This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/680820900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
This SES position is located in the Office of the Executive Director (OED), Human Capital Management Office (HCMO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission).
HCMO is responsible for human resources activities: staffing and classification, employee and labor relations, employee benefits, executive resources, disability program management, personnel security, human capital information systems, policy development, and strategically partnering across the agency to meet human capital needs. Learn more about this agency09/30/2022 to 10/20/2022
$135,468 - $203,700 per year
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1 vacancy in the following location:
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Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
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Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Applications will be accepted from all groups of qualified individuals.
Specifically, the incumbent:
Possesses broad and deep federal human capital technical expertise. Demonstrates a multi-disciplinary understanding of human capital and how it supports the mission, goals, and work environment of the FTC.
Plans, directs, and oversees the human capital program for the FTC. Formulates, develops, and communicates the Commission's overall human capital philosophy and policies to the executive staff, administrative officers, and other stakeholders and partners.
Leads the HCMO team in delivering human capital solutions that improve both individual talent (human) and organizational performance (capability). Understands or learns the agency's mission and priorities, as well as business processes and cycles, and engages as a strategic partner to provide solutions, address needs and drive progress on key agency goals.
Provides leadership and guidance to the following functions within the HCMO: strategic human capital management; succession and workforce planning; operational employment policy; recruitment and staffing; accountability; employee and labor-management relations; human capital information systems; personnel security; employee development; benefits; work life; and executive resources.
Leads change by managing people and processes including engaging with stakeholders to create or enhance systems and process re-engineering and improvements. The incumbent is also a role model and leads and develops HCMO staff in serving as strategic partners with other stakeholders across the agency.
Identifies and oversees the design of progressive, new ways for providing more effective human capital management for the FTC's program managers and for providing a better organizational environment and better working conditions for FTC's employees. Advises the Chair and senior executives and officials on current trends in the human capital arena and implements specific programs so that the agency is not only a leader in the federal sector but also a model workplace.
Actively leads and engages with partners across the agency to be a "best place to work" and creates an environment within HCMO that is a great place to work.
Works with senior executives and officials to design and implement the FTC's plans for the strategic management of human capital to meet its present and future workforce needs. This includes developing human capital strategies and implementing and/or demonstrating pilot applications of new programs, methods, techniques, and procedures in such areas as succession and workforce planning and restructuring, recruitment and retention, continuous learning, and work life matters. Builds trust, engagement, and alignment among people - within HCMO and throughout the agency. Works to establish a vision and expectations and build alignment and accountability. Demonstrates strong emotional intelligence, including self- awareness, self-management (including the ability to manage conflict and stress), social awareness, and relationship management.
Works with senior executives and officials to plan, direct, and administer the development of labor relations policy. Monitors labor relations activity to ensure a comprehensive and systemic program of education and communication with management and employees, and their organizations on all phases of employee-management relations, employee grievances and adverse actions.
Plans, set goals and objectives, provides guidance, consultation, and broad executive direction on program execution, and evaluates the effectiveness of the FTC's human capital programs. Reviews goals and objectives, and annual program plans to ensure strategic alignment with the FTC's and the Chair's strategic plans. Provides leadership to FTC's bureaus, offices, and regions in succession and workforce planning.
Represents the FTC with outside agencies, including OPM, the Small Agency Human Capital Council, the OMB, GAO, the Partnership for Public Service, and with other public and private sector organizations on human capital programs and processes. Builds strong relationships across the agency and across the federal government. The incumbent is also responsible for partnering with other leaders, championing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility to improve the overall organizational performance.
Total background, including experience, education, awards, self-development, and training will be reviewed.
1. The agency may reimburse relocation expenses.
2. If we select you for an initial career appointment to an SES position, the OPM QRB must approve your ECQs prior to appointment. A selection is tentative until we obtain a QRB certification.
3. You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment before we can hire you in order to certify the accuracy of your written application and provide the information necessary to determine your suitability for federal employment.
4. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959 and we select you for this position, you must certify prior to appointment that you registered for the military selective service.
5. If we select you for this position, you must complete personnel suitability documents. Your appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of an appropriate background investigation.
6. Veterans' preference does not apply to SES positions.
7. The FTC provides reasonable accommodations, where appropriate, to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the FTC. The agency considers requests for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis. Questions about the FTC's accommodation policy can be directed to Adam Mahan at amahan@ftc.gov
8. The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521, requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, SF-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually while employed, and upon termination of employment. You may also be subject to post employment restrictions.
9. Your application includes information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. 552a). This information is necessary to determine qualifications for employment, and collection is authorized under Title 5 of the U.S. Code, 3302 and 3361.
10. We will not accept applications received in government postage-paid envelopes.
To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Further, some jobs may be subject to agency- or job-specific vaccination requirements, so please review the job announcement for details.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the Mandatory Professional Credentials/Technical Qualifications and ECQs stated in this vacancy announcement.
You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, including experience, education, awards, self-development, and training. This information will be obtained from the application package, including the required narrative statements for the Mandatory Professional Credentials/Technical Qualifications and ECQs described in this vacancy announcement.
Your application package may be evaluated by a rating and ranking panel consisting of SES members. This evaluation will determine which applicants are Best Qualified. Highly qualified candidates may undergo an interview and a reference check.
The selecting official will review results and make recommendations on final selections to the Appointing Authority. Unless the OPM QRB has already certified you, your ECQs must be forwarded to the OPM QRB for certification before your appointment can occur.
Note: Veterans' preference does not apply to SES positions. This is in accordance with 5 USC 2108(3), which defines the term "preference eligible" and provides that this term does not include applicants for, or members of, the SES.
DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION* Extraneous materials such as a cover letter, letters of recommendation, past evaluations, award certificates, etc., will be discarded and not considered.
1. RESUME - In addition to your written statements addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and ECQ Narrative (not to exceed 10 pages), submit a resume (not to exceed 5 pages) to describe your qualifications. Your resume should provide the following information:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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 SUBMIT AN APPLICATION: Please select the "APPLY" button at the top of this announcement.
Your online resume is not considered a complete application. In order to expedite the review of your application, you must submit a complete online application package to include a Resume, Mandatory Professional Credentials, Technical Qualifications, and ECQs.
Carefully read the "Required Documents" section of this announcement to verify whether any additional information is required, as well as how it should be submitted.
If you are unable to apply online, please see the Reasonable Accommodation Policy at the bottom of this vacancy announcement.
*DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION* Extraneous materials such as a cover letter, letters of recommendation, past evaluations, award certificates, etc., will not be considered.
After all application packages are received, a preliminary review of applications by a human resources specialist will be completed to ensure your application meets the basic qualification requirements. An executive Rating and Ranking panel may evaluate qualified applicants based on the information provided, and will generate a certificate of "Highly Qualified" candidates for the selecting official. The selecting official may interview the "Highly Qualified" candidates before making a selection recommendation to the Appointing Authority. We will verify performance, suitability, and security information and consider this information in making employment offers. You should expect a response on the outcome of your application within 90 workdays of the closing date of the announcement, excluding weekends and holidays.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/680820900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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