Duties

Summary

The IT Project Manager (Policy and Planning) is located in the Office of Information Technology and has primary responsibilities in the areas of IT Project and Portfolio Management, budget formulation and execution, acquisition support, electronic records management, and oversight functions. Serves as technical expert and advisor for CNCS concerning IT project and portfolio management; analytical and advisory functions related to IT strategic planning; compliance with laws and regulations.
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Responsibilities

IT Project and Portfolio Management

• Oversees and monitors the Agency's IT investment portfolios identifying risk and making recommendations to OIT management for optimizing IT investment to accomplish strategic objectives.
• Assists IT managers with developing metrics to measure and evaluate systems performance
• Performs cost/benefit and business case analysis to support IT investment decisions
• Conducts audits/reviews of IT programs/projects to determine their effectiveness and advises IT management to inform decision making.
• Leads teams of IT specialists and subject matter specialists to address problems, compliance matters and potential for application of new initiatives.

OIT Financial Management and Office Administration

• Conducts OIT budget and financial planning, formulation, and execution activities including drafting budget narratives for OMB and Congressional Budget Justification; interfacing with the CNCS budget, accounting, and procurement offices; and tracking IT expenditures and briefing CIO and Managers on status.
• Conducts budget/cost, performance, and risk analysis of the IT investment portfolio and makes recommendations to inform OIT Management decisions.
• Maintains and proposes OIT financial management, acquisition, and internal control policy/procedures.
• Serves as OIT Records Management Officer and supports the implementation of an office electronic records management system.

IT Governance/Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC)

• Manages agency-wide IT governance projects to support the CNCS CPIC program and agency IT governance bodies.
• Manages IT capital planning processes and provides technical assistance and training on key processes to stakeholders.
• Leads IT governance board meeting planning activities including working with chairs to set agendas, developing meeting content, facilitating meetings, providing overall meeting support, and tracking action items to completion.

Information Technology Program and Policy Effectiveness

• Maintains Agency IT Strategic plans
• Assesses IT policy needs and develops policies to govern IT activities
• Provides policy guidance to IT management, staff, and customers
• Defines current and future business environments, analyzes gaps, and developments plans for transitioning to the target state.
• Leads teams on broad planning studies impacting substantial IT resources.
• Analyzing program development and conducts studies to evaluate and determine IT requirements

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
4

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a United States Citizen
• A 2-year probationary period is required for new Federal employees
• Merit Promotion applicants must submit a SF-50 to verify Status and grade
• Must be telework ready
• Satisfactory completion of a background investigation

Qualifications

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the mid-range of the NY-03 pay band (at, or equivalent to, the GS-13 level) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT. Specialized experience may include IT Project and Portfolio Management; budget formulation and execution, acquisition support, electronic records management, strategic planning, and oversight and quality assurance for services offered by OIT.

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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Such experience must be clearly documented in the applicant's resume.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position. It is not necessary to submit transcripts for this position.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.

Veteran's Preference: If you are claiming 5-point or 10-point veteran's preference, you must submit documentation described below in "Required Documents."

Special Employment Consideration: Persons with disabilities, disabled veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the Armed Forces, VISTA volunteers, some Peace Corps employees and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for noncompetitive appointment. If you are eligible and would like to be considered for one of these noncompetitive appointments, applicable documentation that supports your eligibility must be submitted with your application package.

Ethics Requirement: Our Agency is committed to the highest ethical standards and, as an employee you will be covered by the criminal conflict of interest statutes (18 U.S.C. 201-209) and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (5 C.F.R. part 2635). Additionally, you may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) or Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) within 30 days of your appointment date and on an annual basis thereafter.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. The applications that meet the basic qualifications will be evaluated further against the following criteria:

• Business Process Reengineering
• Capital Planning and Investment Assessment
• Contracting/Procurement
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Financial Management
• National Service
• Planning and Evaluating
• Project Management
• Risk Management

Important Note: Your resume must support your answers to the job specific questions. High self-assessment on the Occupational Questionnaire that is not supported by the information in your resume or supporting documents can/will result in elimination from further consideration. If you do not answer all of the job specific questions you will not be considered. Incomplete applications (resume and required supporting documents) will be considered ineligible.

Qualified applicants will be placed in one of the following three categories:

1 - Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements as described in the Qualifications section of this announcement.
2 - Well Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrates proficiency based on the answers to the job specific questions.
3 - Best Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrates high level proficiency based on the answers to the job specific questions.

NOTE: Status candidates will be considered under the provisions of the Corporation's Human Resources system which allows for:
1) Non-competitive referral of lateral candidates; and
2) The separation of status and non-status applicants for referral purposes.

Status candidates will be referred on one selection list only, i.e., either merit promotion or non-competitive. Nonstatus candidates who are eligible for Noncompetitive referral, e.g. Peace Corps, VRA, etc., will be referred under Noncompetitive procedures only. For Noncompetitive categories, See "Special Employment Consideration" below under "Other Information."

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Other

Drug test required
No

Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)

Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness

Required Documents

• Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional)
• Veterans' Preference Documentation (DD-214, VA Letter, and SF-15 if claiming 10-point preference; DD-214 if claiming 5-point preference), if applicable;
• For Merit Promotion Eligibility: SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (must indicate tenure and position occupied), if applicable;
• Documentation supporting eligibility for Non-Competitive appointment, e.g., Schedule A (severely disabled), eligible veterans (VRA or 30-percent or more disabled), VISTA, Peace Corps, etc., if applicable

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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.