Duties

Summary

This position is located in the Division of Administration, Corporate Services Branch of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and provides support in the areas of conference, meeting and special events planning and execution for the FDIC Chairman, and other senior FDIC officials, and program staff from the various FDIC divisions and offices, nationwide.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

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Responsibilities

Duties may include oversight management of the FDIC Food Services Program, FDIC Training Center and Student Residence Center operations; and leading the efforts in coordinating assignments and training within the Special Services Unit.

Other duties include:

• Provides guidance and technical support to event sponsors and team for seminars, conferences, and special events. Manages all aspects of requests, Corporate-wide, on planning a conference or other FDIC event. Schedules meetings with division/office representatives to gather information and provide guidance in the planning process to ensure the successful execution of the planned program. Works directly with FDIC senior officials in planning and executing high profile events. Ensures successful execution of events thru the development of new methods and internal processes as well as propose new policies and guidelines to adapt to changing agency needs.
• Serves as the Oversight Manager or Technical Monitor responsible for phases of contract management in connection with several high dollar value and complex cost reimbursement and performance based service contracts, including operation of the student residence center and multiple location cafeteria, executive dining, and food service operations.
• Provides outstanding customer service and the ability to build and maintain relationships, both internally and externally with all levels of management, contractors, vendors and program officials from other government and private sector organizations
• Develops and implements operating procedures and interprets FDIC policies as they pertain to conference and event planning. Evaluates and recommends new or revised program requirements to improve the overall program expectations.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
12

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.

Employment Conditions.

Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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. Additional qualifications information can be found here .

To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG/GS-11 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as planning and coordinating event activities that may be conducted in-person or virtually and working with government contracts as either an oversight manager, key point of contact with a government contractor or a contract technical monitor.

In addition to the specialized experience, the ideal candidate possesses excellent customer service, attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication, and organizational skills.

Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 80 or higher in the online assessment to be determined "well qualified" for this position. For more information, click here .

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.

To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here .

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.

If you are found qualified, you will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) listed below. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans' preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

Knowledge and experience in planning events, including large and complex events conducted in-person and virtually.

Knowledge of multiple virtual events platforms.

Ability to negotiate, think creatively and problem solve.

Knowledge and experience in working with government contracts as either an oversight manager or key point of contact with a government contractor.

Knowledge and experience in providing excellent customer service.

Skill in oral and written communication, including the exchange of information and ideas in ways that promote a mutual understanding and effective decision making using email, written proposals, reports and summaries.

You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.

To preview questions please click here .

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

Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application.

VETERANS' PREFERENCE: If you are claiming veterans' preference, click here . (Note: Veterans must submit the Member 4 copy of the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty - or other copy showing the type of discharge/character of service [e.g., Honorable, Under Honorable Conditions, etc.] along with any other required documents (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, SF-15, etc.) to demonstrate veterans' preference eligibility.)

INTERAGENCY TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ICTAP): If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for consideration under the ICTAP, you must submit proof of eligibility. For more information, click here .

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.