Duties

Summary

As the Managing Director (MD) of Programs for a nimble, independent U.S. government agency, the incumbent leads the shaping of the agency's vision for community-led development across Latin America and the Caribbean, articulating it to staff and external audiences. The MD supervises grant selection, portfolio management and leads a passionate team of ~25 Program staff; work is conducted in Spanish and English (written and oral).
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Responsibilities

• Builds and sustains a grants portfolio that advances our mission to foster the social and economic development of under-served communities in Latin America and the Caribbean by partnering with grassroots and community-based organizations.
• Using a mastery of international development concepts and practices in the Latin American and Caribbean context, oversees and reviews the grants selection and administration process for all country portfolios.
• Reviews and recommends grants for IAF President and CEO approval, ensuring that grants meet all applicable strategic, programmatic, technical, and operational criteria and that grantees comply with all applicable legal and programmatic requirements.
• Ensures that necessary data is captured to report on our grants', gathers results, and synthesizes lessons to inform future programming.
• Supervises approximately 25 staff, including: planning and overseeing staff work assignments; mentoring - giving advice, counsel, and instruction; identifying developmental, and training needs.
• The MD develops performance standards and measures employee performance as well as recommends promotions, awards, and reassignment's.
• The MD hears and resolves employee complaints effecting disciplinary measures in accordance with the agency's policies.
• Conducts effective workforce planning, building a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative team. Recruits and interviews candidates for vacant positions.
• Sets, updates, and communicates the Program Office's goals and priorities.
• As part of the agency's Management Team, plays a key role in setting agency policies, defining programmatic priorities, ensuring quality of grant selection, facilitating funding and programmatic partnerships, and achieving desired program impact.
• Consults with the IAF President and relevant Office Directors in overseeing budgetary, accounting, procurement, human resources, policy, and general administrative support for the agency's programs.
• Articulates the agency's mission, vision, programming priorities, results, theory of change to the IAF Board of Directors, national and international gatherings, government officials, business and civic leaders, and other experts.

Travel Required

50% or less - You will be expected to travel for this position.

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
15

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by background investigation.
• Direct Deposit of pay is required.
• Selective Service registration required for male applicants, unless exempt.
• Status candidates must meet time-in-grade (see Qualifications).

Qualifications

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

This position contains selective placement factors (SPF) that is part of the minimum requirement of the position. If you do not meet the SPF, you are ineligible for further consideration. The SPF for this position are:

1) Fluency in both English and Spanish, both orally and in writing,
2) Demonstrated experience living outside the continental US and working in the development arena, AND
3) Understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural trends in Latin America or the Caribbean that impact development opportunities.

This must be documented in your resume.

Basic Requirements:

Applicants must meet one of the following basic requirements to be eligible for the Foundation Representative occupation:

Degree: behavioral or social science, or related discipline appropriate to the position.
OR

Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
OR

Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field

In addition to the meeting the basic requirements above, applicants must meet the specialized experience for each grade level.

Applicants for the GS-14 grade level must possess one year of specialized experience to at least the GS-13 level.

Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes but is not limited to demonstrated experience that reflects having served as a subject matter expert providing guidance regarding international or grassroots development; monitoring and coordinating programs or grants and to make recommendations; and, experience involving economic assistance projects and the interrelationships of different grant and aid processes. In addition, demonstrated experience serving in a leadership or mentoring capacity (team leader, supervisory, or comparable role); with procurement functions; and formulating and evaluating solutions is required. This experience must be clearly reflected in your resume.

Applicants for the GS-15 grade level must possess one year of specialized experience to at least the GS-14 level.

Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes but is not limited to demonstrated experience that reflects having served as a subject matter expert providing guidance regarding international or grassroots development; monitoring and coordinating programs or grants and to make recommendations; and, experience involving economic assistance projects and the interrelationships of different grant and aid processes. In addition, demonstrated experience serving in both a supervisory and leadership capacity; overseeing procurement functions; and formulating and evaluating solutions is required. This experience must be clearly reflected in your resume.

A written test is not required, however, if selected for an interview, portions of the interview will be conducted in Spanish, including a writing exercise.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).

Education

Additional information

Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp) .

Appointment Authorities: For more information on appointment authority eligibility requirements:
Persons with Disabilities-Schedule A
Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans
Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses
Other Special Appointment Authorities
OPM Interchange Agreement and Other Miscellaneous Authorities

Telework Suitability:
The duties of this position are suitable for occasional telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval and if they meet the eligibility criterion in the 2010 Telework Act.

Stipulations of Employment:
Selection may require completion of a 1-year supervisory or managerial probationary period.

This position is subject to a negative drug test prior to entrance on duty, and random drug testing while you occupy the position.

Work Schedule:
This position allows for a flexible work schedule.

Miscellaneous:
IAF uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify .

If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Alternate_Application_Information

This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement #IAF-20-DE-10894509JS using Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet DE requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days.

If selection is made below the full performance level, promotion up to the full performance level may be made without further competition. However, promotion(s) will depend on the performance of the incumbent and are not guaranteed.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Community Development
• Leadership
• Oral Communication
• Program Planning and Resource Development and Management
• Strategic Thinking

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Top Secret

Drug test required
No

Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk

Trust determination process

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment mm/yy and duties performed.
2. SF-50 or DD-214

• Current/Former Career/Career-Conditional Eligible: Your most recent non-award Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent) showing that you are/were in the competitive service, as well as the highest grade (or promotion potential) held, on a permanent basis

3. Other supporting documents:

• College transcript(s), if qualifying based on education
• SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for consideration under Veteran hiring authorities
• Non-competitive appointment authority documentation, if applicable
• Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documentation, if applicable (e.g. Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal)
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• Cover letter, highly recommended

Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.

It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing date of the announcement.