Clarification from the agency

Your application will be considered if you are a: • Current GSA employee with the Public Buildings Service (PBS) • GSA surplus or displaced employees in the local commuting area who qualify for the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) You must be serving on a career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service.

• Oversee and direct the performance of building management work to include facility operations, asset planning, asset stewardship, customer relationship management, project management, contract administration and lease administration for Federally-controlled buildings and leased inventory within the same geographic area. The facilities house customer agency headquarters and/or major field offices, high level executive and judicial customers. Work with subordinate staff to ensure compliance with PBS building management regulations, policies and standards.
• Exercise significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials; assure reasonable equity among subordinate groups of performance standards and rating techniques; make decisions on work problems presented by subordinate leaders; approve expenses comparable to within-grade increases, extensive overtime, and employee travel; recommend awards or bonuses for personnel and changes in position classification, subject to approval by higher level officials, supervisors, or others.
• Oversee and ensure designated staff provides the technical and fiscal management of assigned contracts, ensuring overall contract compliance. Guide staff to ensure contractors adherence to all contractual commitments during administration, including the timely delivery of quality goods and services. This includes reviewing and processing invoices for payment and managing all operations throughout the contract life cycle and configuration management processes.
• Set long-term and overall objectives for the assigned property management team. Determine the most efficient and economical manner by which to accomplish assigned workload, establish priorities, and provide positive direction to subordinates on goal attainment and methodology. Analyze the functions and tasks assigned and determine how best to use employee skills to accomplish work assignments. Assign tasks and adjust workload to meet program needs.
• Establish and maintain effective cross-business line communications. Represent the Service Center Director at conferences and in contacts with officials of other services and business lines of GSA. Work with these officials to resolve problems or disagreements, develop new procedures or approaches to delivery of real property management operations and/or interrelated support. Represent the Service Center Director, as necessary, in high-level customer meetings on matters involving the facilities managed within your area of responsibility.

Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
• Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

Qualifications

For each job on your resume, provide:

• the exact dates you held  each job (from month/year to month/year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).    

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

The GS-14 salary range starts at $125,776 per year. Salary depends on the duty location and associated locality pay.

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: providing program oversight for a building management program which includes planning, directing and managing policies, regulations, and procedures related to the day-to-day operations of a commercial office building. This experience must also include managing and overseeing building programs that are related to customer and client agency satisfaction; maintenance and building operations; building services contracts; repair and alterations; environmental; custodial; asset planning and asset stewardship programs.

How you will be evaluated

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

A panel of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will review the resumes of qualified candidates and assign a score for each of the five required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) based on the experience documented in the resume and narrative responses.

1. Ability to ensure compliance with PBS building management regulations, policies, and standards.
2. Competence in exercising delegated managerial authority to set a series of annual, multiyear, or similar types of long-range work plans and schedules for inservice or contracted work.
3. Knowledge of contract oversight, administration and negotiation.
4. Ability to analyze functions and tasks to accomplish work assignments, including adjusting workload to meet program needs, deadlines, and efficiency metrics within budget constraints.
5. Ability to establish and maintain effective cross-business line communications to coordinate operations and resolve organizational challenges.

Demonstration of these KSAs must be supported by your resume. Applicants should also make note of each KSA, as you will be asked to address them later in the application process.

Consideration will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3). You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume so that information will be taken into consideration during the selection process.  If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

If you are eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) or GSA’s Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), your resume must clearly demonstrate experience in at least 3 of the 5 required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) to receive priority consideration.