Supervisory Program Specialist

Summary

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This position is in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. , NW. , Washington, DC, in the Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS) at the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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Overview

* Accepting applications

* Open & closing dates

10/24/2024 to 11/04/2024

* Salary

$139,395 - $181,216 per year

* Pay scale & grade

GS 14

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Location

* Washington, DC 1 vacancy

* Remote job

No

* Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy.

* Travel Required

Occasional travel - Travel is required 5% of the time.

* Relocation expenses reimbursed

No

* Appointment type

Permanent

* Work schedule

Full-time

* Service

Competitive

* Promotion potential

None

* Job family (Series)

* 0301 Miscellaneous Administration And Program

* Supervisory status

Yes

* Security clearance

Secret

* Drug test

Yes

* Position sensitivity and risk

Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk

* Trust determination process

* Suitability/Fitness

* Financial disclosure

Yes

* Bargaining unit status

No

* Announcement number

25-DE/ST-HRC0473703-LMP

* Control number

815745900

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This job is open to

* The public

U. S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U. S.

* Federal employees - Competitive service

Current or former competitive service federal employees.

* Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

* Veterans

* Individuals with disabilities

* Military spouses

* Special authorities

Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.

* Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

* Family of overseas employees

Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.

* Land & base management

Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.

Clarification from the agency

USAID is using this vacancy announcement to recruit under the following areas of consideration: a) All U. S. Citizens (no prior Federal experience required); and b) Status Candidates (on career or career-conditional appointments), including former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility, those eligible for CTAP; ICTAP, VEOA; special hiring programs under a non-competitive appointment authority; Executive Order 12721, and individuals on interchange agreement with Other Merit Systems.

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Duties

* Serves as Deputy Division Chief for OTI's Operations and Management Division, exercising strong leadership and performing management functions and effective workforce planning.

* As an expert in Federal, Agency, and Office policies and regulations, provides advice, guidance, and mentoring on administrative operations in support of crisis operations contingency programs.

* Strategically plans, organizes, and carries out analytical studies involving crisis operations support functions, preparing and contributing to reports and proposing solutions to management issues.

* Liaises with other Office divisions, Agency management and human resource offices, and institutional contractors, sharing procedures and systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

* Analyzes, identifies and resolves problems related to contingency operations, providing specialized knowledge management support such as tracking documents, lessons learned, and best practices.

* Makes decisions on business processes that ensure efficiency and rapid response, providing recommendations for the resolution of administrative problems.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

* United States Citizenship is required.

* Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).

* Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security clearance.

* Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.

* Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required.

* If you have no prior Federal experience or are selected under Delegated Examining procedures, you will be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

* If you select to be considered under Merit Promotion requirements, you must meet the Time-in-Grade requirements before the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

* These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP's) under the Agency's approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.

* You may be required to serve a one year Supervisory probationary period.

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.

Specialized Experience:

GS-14You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the next lower level for this position include:

* (a) Providing technical direction in the conceptualization and management of rapid response, contingency program operational support for, or in support of, a federal international assistance organization;

* (b) Experience improving mission-critical business policies, workload, resources, procedures, and/or methods to support an operational rapid response assistance organization; And

* (c) Supervising staff providing a range of operational functions in support of a global rapid response workforce that includes multiple hiring mechanisms.

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 relevant to the position's duties to be filled, including volunteer experience.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates will be referred to the selecting official if they are found well qualified. Well-qualified means an eligible applicant with the knowledge, ski.