There is one position located in the Chief Operating Officer Organization (COOO), Office of Human Resources (OHR), Hiring Operations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C., or one of the seven regional offices.
Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $277,500.
Summary
There is one position located in the Chief Operating Officer Organization (COOO), Office of Human Resources (OHR), Hiring Operations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C., or one of the seven regional offices.
Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $277,500.
Leads the creation of a standardized, collaborative framework for proactive position management and workforce structuring. This includes consistent engagement with Staffing, Divisions, and Offices to enable strategic organizational planning, reduce reactive personnel actions, and ensure accurate organizational charts. Ensures the team approaches all classification and organizational design challenges through a solution focused, collaborative lens, creating bridges across HR and operational lines.
Plans and directs Corporation-wide programs/initiatives in classification, position management, and classification policy addressing highly complex and sensitive needs of the FDIC. Serves as management’s technical advisor regarding position management, reorganizations, and classification policy for client organizations. Analyzes broad, complex, and sensitive issues requiring extreme care in problem resolution.
Ensures FDIC-wide position classification accuracy and consistency in interpreting and applying classification standards. Advises others on accepted principles and analyzes and resolves contentious and complex position and organization structure issues. Oversees the preparation of position audits and classification appeal decisions.
Drafts and responds to inquiries associated with human resources management policy and procedures received from FDIC employees or outside entities such as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Leads annual audit of assigned areas and creates a mechanism for spot-checking classification consistency and problem areas such as Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Bargaining Unit Status (BUS), and position risk designations/security clearance requirements, etc., to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Provides expert leadership for the FDIC’s compensation programs and is accountable for the administration of corporate-wide compensation programs for the FDIC covering employees, managers, and executives. This includes developing, implementing, administering, evaluating, and continuously enhancing agency wide human capital programs, policies, and procedures to ensure alignment with evolving business needs. Serves as a key advisor to the Assistant Director on best practices within assigned program areas, offering authoritative guidance and interpretations of FDIC policies and applicable federal regulations.
Leads and oversees FDIC’s workforce planning and analytics program, ensuring that all activities support corporate priorities, human capital strategies, and mission objectives. Directs the creation, implementation, and ongoing improvement of enterprise-wide workforce planning processes, tools, and methodologies. Ensures these frameworks are applied consistently yet flexibly across divisions and offices, enabling coherent and strategic workforce decision making. Integrates data analytics and storytelling to communicate insights and align compensation and workforce decisions with corporate goals.
Provides strategic advice to the Assistant Director, Executives and other stakeholders on workforce planning issues, cultivates stakeholder engagement across the organization, and assesses the effectiveness of workforce action plans and strategic initiatives. Strengthens the FDIC’s capacity to anticipate workforce needs, allocate resources effectively, and advance long term human capital goals. Promotes a forward looking, creative approach to workforce analytics, encouraging staff to identify emerging patterns, propose innovative solutions, and challenge outdated assumptions.
Ensures workforce planning initiatives and action plans are routinely evaluated and improved, resulting in more accurate predictions, stronger talent pipelines, and measurable progress toward corporate human capital goals.
Fulfills all supervisory responsibilities including, but not limited to, assigning and reviewing work products, assessing employee performance, providing counseling and coaching as necessary, reviewing and approving leave, training and travel requests. Manages performance and provides guidance and feedback to assist others in enhancing their knowledge, skills and abilities. Directs and coordinates training and development of staff.
Supports FDIC and Equal Employment Opportunity principles by fostering a fair and discrimination‑free workplace and ensuring that workforce, development, performance, and personnel programs are carried out fairly and consistently in alignment with FDIC policy, legal requirements, and OHR’s mission.
2-page Resume Requirement: Please limit your résumé to 2 pages (minimum 10-point font). If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
High Risk - Background Investigation (BI) required.
Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.
Qualifications
To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the following leadership and technical experiences. These qualifications would typically be gained through serving in roles that require managing projects/teams or guiding the technical work of others.
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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, skills, and abilities that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, and concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised).
Leadership Experience: Experience in leading and coordinating projects, including establishing expectations, reviewing work products/services, monitoring progress, and providing guidance and feedback to team members; AND
Technical Experience 1: Experience in conducting the full range of classification services, meeting with and discussing complex position classifications and issues with management and organizational subject matter experts, making recommendations, and defending classification determinations; AND
Technical Experience 2: Experience in providing technical guidance and advisory services on compensation policies, programs, and pay-setting authorities; AND
Technical Experience 3: Experience in managing projects or programs with cross‑organizational impact, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with policies, strategic plans, and organizational priorities.
Education
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
Additional information
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If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. During the probationary or trial period, you will be evaluated for fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
your performance and conduct;
the needs and interests of the agency;
whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
If selected, you may be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rate for these duty locations range from a low of 18.97% to a high of 40.07%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the selectee is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.
This position is a Corporate Manager, CM-00, which is equivalent to above the CG/GS-15.
This is a recommended minimum Step 5 position.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
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.
1. Your resume will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contains sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination.
2. If you are found minimally qualified, a Management Screening Panel (MSP) will review your resume against pre-established benchmarks related to the competencies/Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs), to determine if you possess the competencies/KSAs and key experiences.
3. Top ranked candidates will be invited to participate in one or more structured panel interviews to further assess technical competencies, confirm organizational fit, and commitment to American ideals.
The competencies/KSAs you will be assessed on are listed below.
HR Management
Advising
Organizational Awareness
Change Management
Direction Setting
Influencing Others
Knowledge of human resources management functions, principles, and techniques to lead federal classification and position management programs.
Ability to design and sustain a structured framework for position management and consultation across FDIC.
Skill in advanced federal compensation principles and regulations to lead and mentor a team developing complex, high impact human capital programs.
Ability to apply organizational design principles and workforce analytics to diagnose issues, anticipate needs, and craft forward thinking solutions.
Ability to influence executive decision makers, bridge communication gaps, and communicate complex concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders.
Your resume will serve as responses to the competencies/KSAs. Only include experience directly relevant to the position.
Experience must be explicitly stated in the resume as experience not specifically described in the resume cannot be assumed. Resumes that are vague or don't address specific requirements will not receive maximum consideration.
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.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
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.
Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:
Your two (2) page resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end dates (month/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).
FDIC EMPLOYEES: If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying. Multiple SF-50s may be necessary to determine your eligibility.
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.
To begin, click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts. If you haven’t already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the “Apply” button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click “Submit Application” to complete the application process. You must apply online.
To apply for this position, you MUSTprovide a complete application package.
Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on “Applications” tab. Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional ApplicationInformation” to continue.
You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.
Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Human Resources, Executive Services
3501 Fairfax Dr.
Room VS-D3026
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States
Next steps
The Fair Chance Act prohibits inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal history information unless the hiring agency has made a conditional (tentative) offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other information, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the date of alleged non-compliance by contacting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Human Resources Staffing Policy and Accountability team at HRPolicyTeam@fdic.gov
You may check the status of your application on-line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through USAJOBS by signing in and selecting "Application Status." Thank you for your interest in working for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:
Your two (2) page resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end dates (month/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).
FDIC EMPLOYEES: If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying. Multiple SF-50s may be necessary to determine your eligibility.
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.
To begin, click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts. If you haven’t already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the “Apply” button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click “Submit Application” to complete the application process. You must apply online.
To apply for this position, you MUSTprovide a complete application package.
Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on “Applications” tab. Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional ApplicationInformation” to continue.
You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.
Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Human Resources, Executive Services
3501 Fairfax Dr.
Room VS-D3026
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States
Next steps
The Fair Chance Act prohibits inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal history information unless the hiring agency has made a conditional (tentative) offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other information, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the date of alleged non-compliance by contacting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Human Resources Staffing Policy and Accountability team at HRPolicyTeam@fdic.gov
You may check the status of your application on-line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through USAJOBS by signing in and selecting "Application Status." Thank you for your interest in working for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
