The Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) is responsible for the planning, design, and construction of all major construction and major lease projects for the Department. The Office of Design & Construction is responsible for the execution of major construction for VA. It develops and facilitates effective, standard construction management and implementation strategies, the work is performed in the VA Headquarters environment in Washington, DC.
Summary
The Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) is responsible for the planning, design, and construction of all major construction and major lease projects for the Department. The Office of Design & Construction is responsible for the execution of major construction for VA. It develops and facilitates effective, standard construction management and implementation strategies, the work is performed in the VA Headquarters environment in Washington, DC.
The Associate Executive Director oversees and directs program activities for the Office of Design & Construction and reports to the Executive Director, Office of Construction & Facilities Management. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1) Provides oversight of field operations, defines and prioritizes strategy, and leads a team who will execute.
2) Manages teams of engineers, architects, and others focused on ways to facilitate rapid establishment of agile forces composed to provide evolutionary, high quality, cutting-edge delivery of facilities to serve the nation's Veterans.
3) Provides oversight and management of budget development and support for field operations through strategic planning, project leadership, process improvement, training and education, business application and technical consultation, reporting.
4) Ensures implementation of effective management strategies with a solution that positions VA for success in future growth of facilities.
5) Supports acquisition programs to meet aggressive cost, schedule and technical objectives.
6) Participates in Congressional briefings on proposed legislation and program oversight.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required.
Qualifications
To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess all of the necessary requirements for this position, you MUST SHOWin your RESUME that you possess the following Mandatory Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Technical Qualification(s) outlined below. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive level assignments such as director of a regional office, medical facility or program manager. An individual's total experience, education and volunteer work experience must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. Eligibility will be based on clear and concise accomplishments that emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments (with results), policy initiatives and level of contacts. Your resume must not exceed TEN pages. Any information in excess WILL NOT be considered or evaluated.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
1. Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically.
5. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (TQ)s:
1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in managing the planning, design, construction, and facilities operations of multiple medical facilities and a variety of land use projects (cemetery, public parks, national monuments, etc.) across a geographical area.
2. Demonstrated experience in implementing a program or project management program in a complex built environment and managing construction projects from requirements definition through activation.
Preferred Candidate: Current Senior Executives, graduates of a Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program (CDP), or current status non-SES with strong executive potential. Generally, this experience would be obtained at the GS-14 or GS-15 or equivalent level in the Federal service.
Education
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Step 1: Assessment of qualification requirements.
Step 2: VA Executive Resources Board
Step 3: Nominating Organization may conduct interviews
Step 4: Approval by the Selecting Official (may include additional screening)
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
A complete application for this position includes the following items:
All Applicants: Resume not to exceed 10 pages (anything over 10 pages will not be considered). The resume should include the following:
1. Personal Information (Full name and mailing address, Day and evening telephone number and Email address);
2. Professional Experience incorporating the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and technical qualification competencies described in the qualification requirements above for both paid and unpaid experience and include:
Position title
Employer's name and location
Start and end dates (include month and year) of employment
Average hours per week worked
Salary
Supervisor name/phone number
Duties and accomplishments
3. Educational Information (Name, city, and state of colleges or universities you attended, type of degree received) Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by the accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Refer to the following U.S. Department of Education website:http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
4. Awards/Honors (Type of award, description and year award received) b. Example: Department of Commerce - Bronze Medal Award 2013
5. Professional Memberships in support your application. (e.g. Society of Human Resource Management, Member - 11/2010 to Present)
Non-Competitive Consideration: You are considered a non-competitive applicant if you are a current career Senior Executive, graduate of a Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program (CDP) or an individual with SES reinstatement eligibility and your ECQs have been certified by the OPM QRB. You may be considered non-competitively for this detail position if you meet the technical qualifications requirements. The agency has the option of considering you non-competitively or including you in the competitive process. Proof of non-competitive eligibility is required.
Proof of non-competitive eligibility (if applicable) consists of an SF-50 showing career status in the SES and proof of certification of your Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administered Qualifications Review Board (QRB).
Transcripts: While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial application, an official transcript will ultimately be required if you are selected for the position. Check the Education section above to see what is allowed and what is required.
All material must be received by the closing date of this announcement to be considered.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm EST on the closing date, 08/23/2024 in order for you to be considered. Please read all instructions before you begin.
To begin click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ and click on "Application Status". Click on the position title and select Apply Online to continue.
Executive Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management
425 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
US
Next steps
The Corporate Senior Executive Management Office (CSEMO) will review all applications to determine if applicants meet the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and technical qualifications of the position as outlined in the Resume. Those resumes that meet the qualifications will be referred to a VA Executive Resources Board (ERB) panel of SES members for review and recommendation for structured interview. The VA ERB panel will recommend a list of Best Qualified applicants to the selecting official for final review/selection.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
A complete application for this position includes the following items:
All Applicants: Resume not to exceed 10 pages (anything over 10 pages will not be considered). The resume should include the following:
1. Personal Information (Full name and mailing address, Day and evening telephone number and Email address);
2. Professional Experience incorporating the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and technical qualification competencies described in the qualification requirements above for both paid and unpaid experience and include:
Position title
Employer's name and location
Start and end dates (include month and year) of employment
Average hours per week worked
Salary
Supervisor name/phone number
Duties and accomplishments
3. Educational Information (Name, city, and state of colleges or universities you attended, type of degree received) Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by the accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Refer to the following U.S. Department of Education website:http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
4. Awards/Honors (Type of award, description and year award received) b. Example: Department of Commerce - Bronze Medal Award 2013
5. Professional Memberships in support your application. (e.g. Society of Human Resource Management, Member - 11/2010 to Present)
Non-Competitive Consideration: You are considered a non-competitive applicant if you are a current career Senior Executive, graduate of a Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program (CDP) or an individual with SES reinstatement eligibility and your ECQs have been certified by the OPM QRB. You may be considered non-competitively for this detail position if you meet the technical qualifications requirements. The agency has the option of considering you non-competitively or including you in the competitive process. Proof of non-competitive eligibility is required.
Proof of non-competitive eligibility (if applicable) consists of an SF-50 showing career status in the SES and proof of certification of your Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administered Qualifications Review Board (QRB).
Transcripts: While unofficial transcripts are acceptable for initial application, an official transcript will ultimately be required if you are selected for the position. Check the Education section above to see what is allowed and what is required.
All material must be received by the closing date of this announcement to be considered.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm EST on the closing date, 08/23/2024 in order for you to be considered. Please read all instructions before you begin.
To begin click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ and click on "Application Status". Click on the position title and select Apply Online to continue.
Executive Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management
425 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
US
Next steps
The Corporate Senior Executive Management Office (CSEMO) will review all applications to determine if applicants meet the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and technical qualifications of the position as outlined in the Resume. Those resumes that meet the qualifications will be referred to a VA Executive Resources Board (ERB) panel of SES members for review and recommendation for structured interview. The VA ERB panel will recommend a list of Best Qualified applicants to the selecting official for final review/selection.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
