This position is located in the Department of Policy and Evaluation (DPE) within Threshold Programs (THPs), at Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Although the position is advertised equivalent to SES, MCC uses a pay banded system to compensate employees. This position is pay band MC-2D which is generally equal to SES in pay only.
Summary
This position is located in the Department of Policy and Evaluation (DPE) within Threshold Programs (THPs), at Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Although the position is advertised equivalent to SES, MCC uses a pay banded system to compensate employees. This position is pay band MC-2D which is generally equal to SES in pay only.
The Senior Director reports to the Managing Director of the Threshold Programs (THP) division within the Department of Policy and Evaluation (DPE). The Senior Director is a member of the senior staff of DPE and works in coordination with the Managing Director to perform the following major duties and responsibilities:
Perform a variety of assignments to support the Managing Director with the overall management of THP and the development and implementation of threshold programs with selected countries.
Provide leadership, supervision, mentorship, and guidance to THP staff engaged in the development and implementation of threshold programs, working closely with the leaders of multidisciplinary teams of subject matter experts from within MCC and external consultants.
Manage THP staff and marshal internal MCC and external resources to ensure THP has the ability to carry out its essential functions within budget and in a timely manner. Identify and takes steps to recruit staff and deploy and manage consultants to provide expert advice on specialized aspects of threshold program development, implementation, and closure processes.
Exercise technical and administrative supervision of THP staff and country team leaders and policy officers, providing advice and counsel to staff on job assignments and administrative matters. Establish and communicate guidance and performance expectations to staff and evaluate the performance of employees.
Provide THP staff with training, mentoring, and other career development opportunities, including public speaking and other representational opportunities.
Ensure the consistent application of MCC policies concerning equal opportunity. Ensure that personnel management within the organizational entity under supervision is accomplished without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, handicap, or national origin.
Serve as an interim team leader, coordinating the activities of country team members to ensure timely achievement of program milestones, such as analyses, project designs, investment committee memos, board approvals; signings, disbursement requests, procurements, program reviews, and closeouts.
Review complex and highly technical information from threshold teams to supervise timely program development and implementation, such as timelines, implementation plans, budgets, reports, and materials needed for on-going division planning and program monitoring and evaluation.
Supervise the procurement and management of external consultants and service providers necessary for country and division needs, including liaising with contracts and grants management staff and acting as a contracting officer's representative, as needed.
Ensure that DPE and MCC-wide requests for information and data are tracked and completed by THP and threshold teams and that documentation is published, updated, organized and distributed as required.
Review and edit briefers and talking points for senior staff in advance of meetings related to THP.
Contribute to reporting to MCC's senior management, Board of Directors, and other USG agencies.
Monitor trends and best practices in development and bring them to the attention of appropriate MCC staff. Study successful governance and policy and institutional reform programs in MCC or by other development organizations and contribute to MCC lessons learned and best practices.
Support the review and updating of existing and development of new MCC policies and procedures. Act as a division point of contact for policy initiatives and working groups.
Coordinate knowledge management activities for THP, including the coordination and leadership of conferences, workshops, and other events, lessons learned documentation, policies, procedures, tools, templates, and other documentation.
Under the guidance of the Managing Director for THP, work with other Practice Leaders/Senior Directors to define best practices, templates, project management tools, and approaches, and other guidance to be applied across MCC disciplines.
Collaborate with DPE and other departments, as appropriate, to ensure policies, procedures, and guidance relevant to THP are appropriate, and work with staff to ensure policies, procedures and guidance are followed.
Provide authoritative advice and assistance to host country counterparts, including high-level government officials, the heads of accountable entities, and implementing partners.. Advice and assistance may include reviewing and clearing on contract/procurement related documents such as bidding documents, statements of work, disbursement requests, reports, or providing support to address implementation challenges and improve the chances of meeting program and project objectives, disbursement and commitment targets and output and outcome targets.
Perform other similar and related tasks as needed.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance
Relocation expenses will not be paid
More than 1 job may be filled if additional vacancies occur within 120 days
Some domestic and international travel is required
Qualifications
To qualify for pay band 2D you must also meet the following:
Have at least one year of specialized experience relevant to the position duties and comparable to the MCC Pay Band 3A (GS-15) or an equivalent level which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, this experience is defined as; performing assignments to support the management, development and implementation of threshold programs with selected countries; defining guidance relevant to threshold program design, development, and implementation; providing recommendations that significantly change, interpret, or develop policies and programs; administering methods in the international development sector and providing oversight to ongoing program design and operations; representing the agency at meetings with other U.S. Government agencies, donors, and the development community; and. mentoring, directing and supervising staff.
Note: This experience MUST be well documented within your resume or application
Time-in-Grade: Time-in-grade requirements apply. You must have one year of Federal service equivalent to pay band 3A or GS-15 to be eligible for pay band 2D.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to ensure the work history portion thoroughly documents the duties, responsibilities, and accomplishments that are directly related to this position in order to verify specialized experience.
A new hire's direct and overall experience are critical factors in determining a salary offer. It is important that your resume fully reflects all of your directly related work experience. Salary offers include three key factors:
The selectee's directly related experience at the same level as the position.
The selectee's overall experience in a particular area.
The salaries of employees in similar positions and with similar levels of experience.
MCC also takes the selectee's skill set into account. Applicants should note that salary offers seldom fall near the upper end of the salary range listed in the vacancy announcement. Salary may be set from the minimum to the midpoint of the salary range pf the pay band. In some instances, based on a selectee's extensive experience directly related to the position, salary may be set at or above the mid-point up to the maximum salary for that pay band. See information on MCC base pay ranges and salary structure (https://www.mcc.gov/careers/pay-bands).
Additional information
Selectee may be eligible for a recruitment incentive of up to 10 percent of the employee's basic pay. The employee must sign an agreement to fulfill a period of service of not less than 6 months and not more than 4 years before an incentive may be paid.
The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower level, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
Qualifications by Closing Date: You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Please note that qualification claims will be subject to verification.
Pay: Your pay will be set within the range specified in this vacancy announcement and will be based on your qualifications, education, experience, training, and availability of funds.
Promotion Potential: If the position is advertised with promotion potential, the selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition. Selection at a lower pay band level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level, nor is the promise of promotion implied.
DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination.
Selectee may be required to complete a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Form (OGE 450).
Government Travel Card - You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government contractor issued travel card to be used for official business.
Selectee may be required to complete a probationary/trial period.
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.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
A review of your application and supporting documents will be made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for the position and to ensure that you have been placed in the appropriate quality category. The HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities related to the position such as:
Experience providing guidance, advice, technical feedback, and support on the development and implementation of large multi-year international development programs sufficient to provide oversight of threshold program design, development, and implementation in support of the Managing Director for THP.
Experience providing oversight to development and implementation activities of large multi-year international development programs, including capacity building, construction of infrastructure, policy reform and other project implementation activities.
Experience managing activities such as procurement, staffing, budgeting, financial, and asset management needs.
Experience representing an agency to governments, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), academia, and civil society.
Ability to work effectively in a cross-cultural environment to include working with U.S. and foreign stakeholders.
You will be evaluated based on Category Rating procedures. Based on the information you provided in your application package, you will be placed in one of three quality categories - Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Those applicants who are determined to be best qualified will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and may be called for an interview.
If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience your category can and will be adjusted to more reflect your abilities, and you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
Applicants must include their own documented examples of the required experience in their resume. Applicants who copy the duties section of this announcement into their resume as their current experience will be disqualified.
Application of veteran's Preference: Category rating and selection procedures place those with veteran's preference above non-preference eligible within each category. Veterans who meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#GS-PROF-OCCUPATIONS
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.
Copy of a current SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (such as promotion, reassignment, within-grade increase, or new appointment which shows status/tenure, eligibility).
Unofficial college transcripts - if the position has an education requirement or if you are using education to qualify "Unofficial" transcripts are acceptable. If selected for the position, prior to your appointment, an official transcript will be required.
If you are displaced Federal employee, you may be entitled to receive special priority consideration under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) or Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP). To be considered eligible under ICTAP or CTAP, you must be placed in the "well- qualified" category for this position, as described above.
Veterans Preference documentation (DD-214 - member 4 copy or other copies that indicate character of discharge or equivalent, SF-15 and VA Letter as appropriate) to validate your claim. For more information regarding eligibility requirements, please go
If you are eligible for Special Appointment eligibility (e.g., 30% compensable veteran, certain military spouses, individuals with disabilities, former Peace Corps or other noncompetitive eligibility candidates.) requires submission of supporting documentation. For more information
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.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Once your application is ready, you'll be sent from USAJOBS to the application system. Follow the prompts to complete your application and the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure that you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account at www.usajobs, select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. To verify uploaded documents have been processed, please wait to ensure they have cleared the virus scan.
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following 12640188. Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/27/2024.
Department of Policy Evaluation - DPE
1099 - 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
US
Next steps
Upon receipt of the online questionnaire, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. We will assess your experience and transcript(s) (if appropriate), identify the best-qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the hiring manager for further consideration and interview. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. We expect to make a final job offer within 40 days after the deadline for applications.
By submitting your application, you are certifying the accuracy of the information contained in your application. If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be terminated after you begin work.
RECRUITMENT/RELOCATION BONUS may be authorized for this position. If you are not a current federal employee this position may authorize a one- time Recruitment bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
If you are a current federal employee this position may authorize a one time Relocation bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Copy of a current SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (such as promotion, reassignment, within-grade increase, or new appointment which shows status/tenure, eligibility).
Unofficial college transcripts - if the position has an education requirement or if you are using education to qualify "Unofficial" transcripts are acceptable. If selected for the position, prior to your appointment, an official transcript will be required.
If you are displaced Federal employee, you may be entitled to receive special priority consideration under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) or Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP). To be considered eligible under ICTAP or CTAP, you must be placed in the "well- qualified" category for this position, as described above.
Veterans Preference documentation (DD-214 - member 4 copy or other copies that indicate character of discharge or equivalent, SF-15 and VA Letter as appropriate) to validate your claim. For more information regarding eligibility requirements, please go
If you are eligible for Special Appointment eligibility (e.g., 30% compensable veteran, certain military spouses, individuals with disabilities, former Peace Corps or other noncompetitive eligibility candidates.) requires submission of supporting documentation. For more information
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.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Once your application is ready, you'll be sent from USAJOBS to the application system. Follow the prompts to complete your application and the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure that you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account at www.usajobs, select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. To verify uploaded documents have been processed, please wait to ensure they have cleared the virus scan.
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following 12640188. Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/27/2024.
Department of Policy Evaluation - DPE
1099 - 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
US
Next steps
Upon receipt of the online questionnaire, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. We will assess your experience and transcript(s) (if appropriate), identify the best-qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the hiring manager for further consideration and interview. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. We expect to make a final job offer within 40 days after the deadline for applications.
By submitting your application, you are certifying the accuracy of the information contained in your application. If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be terminated after you begin work.
RECRUITMENT/RELOCATION BONUS may be authorized for this position. If you are not a current federal employee this position may authorize a one- time Recruitment bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
If you are a current federal employee this position may authorize a one time Relocation bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
