Duties

• Establish and nurture relationships with national, state, local, and military leaders with vested interests in improving quality of life for service members and their families.
• Present DoD positions; influence, negotiate, and secure support and joint solutions for actions in areas of concern.
• Perform a full range of first-level supervisory responsibilities. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Govern a broad range of programs and services, specifically family support and family advocacy programs to address the needs and challenges of service members and their families to include the Guard and Reserve, as applicable.
• Evaluate assigned programs for effectiveness and potential efficiencies based on joint service initiatives and/or federal partnership opportunities.
• Review and collaborate in modifying existing policies and programs relating to domestic abuse and child abuse/neglect.
• Develop policies and strategies supporting implementation and administration of policy, and strategic plans with a focus on prevention.
• Oversee a variety of programs, services, and trainings responsive to the needs of service members and their families applicable to child abuse and neglect and domestic abuse.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement.
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• One or two year probationary period may be required.
• Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determination, as determined by a background investigation.
• One year supervisory probation period may be required.
• Pursuant to EO 14043, all Federal employees, regardless of duty location or work arrangement, must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by November 22, or before entrance on duty if after November 22, subject to exceptions as required by law.
• If selected, you will be expected to provide proof of vaccination along with certification of vaccination status.
• To ensure compliance with this mandate, review the vaccination requirements, to include timelines for receiving required doses, at the following: https://www.defense.gov/Spotlights/Coronavirus-DOD-Response/Latest-DOD-Guidance/

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee
• Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes evaluating Family Advocacy Programs (FAP) related to child abuse/neglect and/or domestic abuse; developing policy of FAP's; collaborating with stakeholders to address the needs of service members and their families; preparing testimony, reports to congress, decision briefs and/or action memos to facilitate decision making; and performing a full range of first-level supervisory responsibilities, such as; assigning work to subordinates, evaluating work performance of subordinates, interviewing candidates for positions and identifying training needs of employee. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Influencing/Negotiating
• Managing Human Resources
• Organizational Awareness
• Planning and Evaluating
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Competence

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

A writing sample may be required by management within the interview process.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• 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 .