Clarification from the agency

Your application will be considered if you are a: • GSA employee - must be employed in Q20E only • 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.

• Develops detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates, and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycles of the program segment operations and projects overseen, managed, and/or executed. 

• Provides technical and administrative supervision to staff, by overseeing the organization's daily operations, this includes planning and scheduling work for subordinates, setting and adjusting priorities, and ensuring compliance with agency policies.

• Participates in meetings with a wide variety of internal program office and external executive and/or other management and staff, such as representatives from other program office entities, agency staff offices,other federal agencies, and private industry to determine program statuses, major milestones, and effect coordination to identify and address issues such as potential delays or increased costs and determine appropriate action(s) required to maintain or improve program office, business, and/or other schedules and operations. 

• Administrative resource responsibilities include management decision-making advice and guidance in consideration of program office and subordinate organizational goals for long-term cost controls and comparable resource concerns in relation to program office budgetary and other financial decisions, actions, and projected outcomes.

• Conducts, delegates, or directs quantitative and qualitative analyses and evaluations of the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of assigned program segment business resource operations in meeting established objectives. Implements or recommends to management methods to improve business processes, procedures, and operational effectiveness and incorporates lessons learned from audit, evaluative, or other findings.

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-15 salary range starts at $169,279 per year.  

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level or higher in the Federal service. 

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

• Overseeing and executing all stages of program management, which includes planning, development, implementation, analysis, evaluation, and the development of complex budgets.

• Reviewing and monitoring resource allocations, financial models, guidelines (e.g., policy, regulations) requirements for operations, including personnel and financial resources.

• Establishing strategic relationships by providing executive consultation on best practices and collaborating with working groups to optimize program efficiency.

• Presenting on program initiatives at meetings (e.g., work groups, conferences) to internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and share progress.

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. Knowledge of and related skill in program management, analysis, evaluation, and execution, to include program planning, development, implementation, and improvement and associated program management business operations administration related to program resources and related functions.
2. Expert knowledge of planning, distributing, coordinating, and monitoring work assignments of others, evaluates work performance and ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed.
3. Knowledge of relationships with other programs/program segments and key administrative support functions within the employing agency and other government agencies and organizations sufficient to provide oversight of the provision of program business operations and associated resource management, administration, and coordination functions; constituent goals.
4. Skill in written and verbal communications and interpersonal relations sufficient to create and present sensitive, controversial, and/or complex program resource management (e.g., budget, contract /purchasing, services management, funding) recommendations, reports, or other information to higher-echelon and external management and/or oversight authorities (e.g., finance, oversight entities, Office of Management and Budget)
5. Knowledge of project management principles, methods, and practices, including developing plans and schedules, estimating resource reqs defining milestones and deliverables, monitoring activities, and evaluating and reporting on accomplishments to conduct and/or oversee projects and related activities in support of program segment support functions managed.

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.