Duties

• Leads and provides overall direction to management and administrative personnel, providing a broad outline of objectives in program and development and execution.
• Provides key administrative and analytical leadership in the formulation, presentation, execution, allocation, and monitoring of the OHA budget and financial management.
• Performs as Chief Information Officer for OHA identifies and prioritizes OHA information technology and telecommunications needs.
• Coordinates Agency Human Resources, to include organizational development, position management, recruitment, classification, and personnel actions that meet short-and long term goals and objectives.
• Coordinates and monitors staff assignments and ensures there are sufficient resources to meet timeframes.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must pass a pre-employment security investigation and drug screening.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• Position has a Confidential Financial Disclosure (Form OGE-450) requirement. If selected, you will be required to submit Form OGE-450 within 30 days of your initial appointment date, and annually thereafter.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Subject to one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience for the respective grade level(s) in which you are applying:

Employees who are initially appointed to supervisory positions must serve a supervisory probationary period for one year.

GS-15: Must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service that included: 1) making recommendations on internal and external program and policy issues affecting the organization; 2) restructuring and recasting immediate and long-range goals, objectives and plans to meet changes in program authority and/or funding; 3) conducting analyses to determine resource allocations that will enhance priority mission areas and curtail obsolete mission areas; 4) supervising a staff to include developing overall goals and assignments; and 5) making recommendations to enhance overall organizational productivity while maintaining quality and responsiveness. (Must be reflected in resume.)

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Education

There is no education that is qualifying for this grade level.

Additional information

If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

This position is eligible for telework within the local commuting area of the position and other flexible work arrangements. Employee participation is at the discretion of the supervisor.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp#ictap

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp#ctap

Active Duty Service Members-- You must submit a statement of discharge/certification of release or an official written document from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions no later than 120 days from the date the certification is signed. Enlisted Record Briefs and military identification do NOT qualify as official documentation.
Although veteran preference points are not assigned under category rating procedures, veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each category for which they are qualified. In addition, qualified veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more are placed at the top of the highest quality category (i.e. Best Qualified).

Selective Service Information: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/fair-and-transparent/selective-service/