Clarification from the agency

Current FCC Employees Only

• At the direction of the Bureau Chief, the Assistant Bureau Chief for Management is responsible for the administration and program management operations of the Bureau. In addition, incumbent is responsible for the overall coordination and management of the Bureau administrative support, personnel, and services. A principal responsibility for this position is the execution and coordination of efforts to ensure efficient Bureau workflow and interface with outside Bureau contacts, including other Bureau's and Offices. The incumbent makes assignments to Bureau divisions regarding programmatic inquiries from outside sources and ensures the timelines of the response. Incumbent also acts as a liaison for the Bureau in Commission labor union proceedings; defines possible manpower redeployment requirements of a large multidisciplinary professional and clerical staff and; leads a team of subordinate administrative staff.
• The Assistant Bureau Chief for Management is responsible for the preparation of the Bureau's performance plan; for ensuring that the objectives, action plans and priorities are consistent with Commission and Bureau policy; for ensuring that they are consistent with the Bureau's available resources; and for ensuring that all Bureau personnel are accountable for the objectives through the FCC performance appraisal system.
• Incumbent oversees the development and implementation of budget papers and supporting documents.
• Incumbent makes a continuing review of methods and procedures of the Bureau, including workflow analysis, records and record-keeping activities, the design and use of systems and forms, maintenance and disposition of files and other systems/procedural considerations, consulting with officials of the division(s) involved, as necessary.
• Directs administrative staff in the liaison with the Office of the Managing Director on the matters of recruitment, placement, training, position classification, promotion, performance evaluation, employee relations, discipline, grievances, and other personnel matters; coordinates recruitment within the Bureau
• Incumbent procures or sees to the procurement of needed office space, equipment, computer hardware and software, telephone facilities, and office equipment and material needs in order to satisfy Bureau requirements in a timely fashion.

Conditions of employment

• FCC Employees Only.
• Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status.
• Resume must not exceed two pages and must meet resume format criteria.

In order to be considered for this position, applicants must:

-Currently be employed in the Federal Communications Commission in positions serving under career or career conditional appointments.

ALL FCC EMPLOYEES MUST provide a legible Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade.  If an SF-50 is not submitted, the application will be rated as ineligible. To request a copy of your SF-50 please send an email to PersonnelRecordsRequest@fcc.gov

Qualifications

Interested candidates should be passionate about the ideals of our American republic, committed to upholding the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution, and committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government. Hiring decisions will not be based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

In order to be deemed as qualified, candidate's resumes must demonstrate all required specialized experience in addition to the required competencies for this position.

GS-14

Specialized Experience:  Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 in the Federal service.  For this position, specialized experience includes the following:    

1) Experience performing at least three or more of the following: program management, human resources, financial management, budget analysis, and administrative services;
2) Experience planning, coordinating, and executing business functions, resource allocation, and production; 
3) Experience demonstrating knowledge of the laws, regulations, and agency policies regarding public notice of vacancies.
4) Experience demonstrating knowledge of the techniques for creating effective job opportunity announcements, and handling a variety of human resources actions; AND
4) Experience communicating information  to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information ; makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. 

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: 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, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How you will be evaluated

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

Optional Four Essay Questions

At the time of application, applicants have the option of answering the following four short, free-response essay questions.

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
3. In this role, you will be expected to professionally and efficiently implement executive direction. Provide an example where you implemented leadership direction on a strategy or policy decision that differed from your own recommendation.
4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples, and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Applicants will be required to certify that they are using their own words, and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). The responses to each question cannot exceed 200 words per question.

All applicants will be rated on the extent and quality of experience and education relevant to the duties of the position.  An automated score is administered based on the on-line application process used.  Eligible applicants will receive a numerical rating based on their responses to the job specific questions for this position.

There are several parts to the application process that affect the overall evaluation of your application including:

1. the core questions
2. the vacancy questions
3. supplemental documentation (e.g., DD-214, SF-50, SF-15, transcripts), if applicable; and
4. your resume.

Applicants will be rated ineligible, if they do not respond to job specific questions provide supplemental documents and submit resume.  For more information, please click on Rating Process

SME REVIEW

Subject matter experts will review your application to determine if you meet the following required competencies:

• Skill providing guidance and direction to staff and/or assigning work.
• Skill assessing organizational needs, and advising on and achieving performance goals.
• Skill communicating and providing information to management on budget operations and/or human resources matters.
• Skill evaluating and measuring productivity of administrative programs.

If you are deemed to be qualified by the Subject Matter Experts, your application will be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration. Alternatively, if your application is not deemed as qualified by the Subject Matter Experts, your application will not be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration.