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This position serves as the Director, Office of Tribal Self-Governance (OTSG), Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The OTSG is located in the Office of the Director at IHS Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. Duty station will be negotiable and will be based on the needs of the Indian Health Service.

The OTSG is responsible for implementing Tribal Self-Governance legislation and authorities in the IHS under Title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Public Law 93-638, as amended. OTSG is further responsible for developing and recommending policies, administrative procedures, and guidelines for IHS Tribal Self-Governance activities, with maximum input from IHS staff and workgroups, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and the Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee. The Office advises the IHS Director on Agency compliance with Self-Governance policies, administrative procedures, and guidelines and facilitates the resolution of problems through coordination with appropriate IHS and HHS staff; assists Tribes and Tribal organizations in implementing the Tribal Self-Governance Program (TSGP); oversees the negotiation of Self-Governance compacts and annual funding agreements with participating Tribal governments; and identifies funding necessary for annual funding agreements and prepares annual budgets for available Tribal shares in conjunction with IHS Area and Headquarters components.

• A member of the IHS leadership team responsible for service-wide policy formulation, policy execution, and setting goals, objectives, and priorities for a comprehensive healthcare delivery system for the American Indian and Alaska Native people.
• Oversees the implementation of the IHS Tribal Self-Governance Program and serves as the principal liaison with the Agency Lead Negotiators (ALNs).
• Serves as the lead Agency Lead Negotiator and can lead any negotiation as needed.
• Serves as the Principal liaison with the Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC). Leads the coordination for the agency with the TSGAC for quarterly meetings and the annual Self-Governance conference.
• Collaborates in Tribal Consultation activities, including Tribal Delegation Meetings, Tribal Consultation Summits, and Area Listening Sessions.
• Conducts workforce development, project, and performance management, including supervising OTSG staff, development of policy, program management, budget formulation, justification and execution, resource allocation of contracts, a national grant program designed to assist Tribes and Tribal Organizations to prepare for and/or expand self-governance, and other agreements, and developing work plans and performance evaluation criteria. Ensures that subordinates achieve Agency priorities and strategic goals.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of Employment

• The selected applicant will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation, which will include a fingerprint check.
• If applicable-Selective Service registration (Males born after 12/31/59)
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Selectee may be subject to a probationary/trial period
• This position requires completion of public financial disclosure report.

Background Investigation: If you are selected for this vacancy, you must undergo a pre-employment fingerprint check and background investigation. Fingerprint results and background investigation documentation must be cleared prior to hire. After you begin your employment, your continued employment is contingent upon the outcome of a complete background investigation as determined by the sensitivity level of your position. The investigation must find that you are suitable for Federal employment in your position. If you are found not suitable, you will be terminated after you begin work. If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or subject to possible criminal charges. You may be subject to a credit check as a part of the background investigation process.

Fingerprinting, as part of the background investigation process, may be delayed due to COVID-19. All other background investigation procedures will apply. Be advised that your continued employment will require you to complete a fingerprint check within 60 days after notification of return to full operations and successfully obtaining a favorable background investigation.

The Indian Health Service is required by law to provide absolute preference in employment to American Indians and Alaska Natives who are enrolled in a federally recognized tribe as defined by the Secretary of the Interior. Indian preference requirements apply to all actions involved in filling a vacant position (e.g., initial hiring, reassignment, transfer, competitive promotion, reappointment or reinstatement), no matter how the vacancy arises. Any individual who claims Indian preference: 1) must submit a properly completed and signed BIA-4432; 2) must meet all qualification requirements as defined by the Office of Personnel Management and the Indian Health Service Excepted Service Qualification Standards (Preston Standards); and, 3) must be deemed suitable for employment.

Qualifications

All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs), listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results.

Fundamental Competencies:
Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation.

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs):

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.

It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview

IF SELECTED, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs and be certified by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you WILL NOT need to draft the ECQs.

Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs):
This position also requires that you possess PTQs that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following PTQs must be evident in your resume.

• ???????Mastery of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and other laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to administering the IHS program for Tribal Self-Governance. Mastery of general administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to Tribal Self-Governance projects and activities.
• Expert, comprehensive knowledge of the development and evolution of the Indian Self­Determination Act implementation in the IHS as precursor and precedent to Tribal Self-Governance demonstration project authority.
• Expert knowledge of IHS program goals and objectives, the sequence and timing of key program events and milestones, particularly the budget cycle and appropriation process, and the relationship of IHS to other programs and Federal agencies.
• Expert knowledge of planning, development, and execution of policies, administrative procedures, and evaluation methodologies necessary to implement new program authority recently provided in statute in a high visibility environment.

Commissioned Corps Officers
If you are applying as a Commissioned Corps Officer and wish to remain in to Corps, you are not required to submit ECQs or PTQs however there must be sufficient information in your application to determine that you meet the criteria of both. If selected, you will not need to prepare responses to the ECQs.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume (your resume must state specific duties that relate to this position) and your responses to the assessment questions will be evaluated against the duties you provided in your resume, along with your submitted documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the PTQ's and the ECQ's.