Program Manager

Duties

• Analyze, integrate, and synthesize scientific, epidemiologic, operational, and response-related information to assess emerging public health threats, inform enterprise-wide response efforts, and provide recommendations to senior DHA leaders.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary military and civilian public health subject matter experts and enterprise-wide rapid response teams in assessing and responding to emerging public health threats.
• Exercise delegated authority and independent judgment to address complex, novel, and potentially controversial public health issues affecting DHA readiness and operations.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level briefings and recommendations to senior DHA leadership, military and civilian stakeholders, and external partners concerning emerging threats, response options, operational risk, and recommended courses of action.
• Coordinate communications and information exchange across DHA, Defense Health Networks, military organizations, and external partners to synchronize preparedness and response activities and resolve complex operational issues.
• Develop and maintain processes for managing the quality of public health emergency management information and products, ensuring consistency, scientific soundness, timeliness, and alignment with applicable public health guidance.
• Integrate contributions from multiple subject matter experts and organizational stakeholders to develop enterprise-wide solutions, resolve complex operational challenges, and establish best practices across Defense Health Networks.
• Evaluate, manage, and coordinate preparedness and response initiatives; monitor significant actions and emerging issues; and advise senior management on planning and implementing response strategies.
• Analyze complex, incomplete, or conflicting scientific, epidemiologic, policy, and operational guidance to determine appropriate courses of action for novel or unprecedented public health emergencies.
• Develop new processes, analytical approaches, methodologies, and operational strategies when existing guidance is insufficient or not directly applicable to emerging threats and public health emergencies.
• Build consensus and influence senior leaders, subject matter experts, and organizational stakeholders to accept and implement recommendations involving significant, complex, or controversial public health emergency preparedness and response issues.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access. A pre-employment and recurring comprehensive background investigations are required.
• This position is required to be screened for and obtain necessary immunizations/vaccinations (hepatitis, influenza, etc.), unless exempted by a licensed physician.
• This position is required to work uncommon tours of duty hours such as, on-call, working either fixed or rotating shifts, evenings, weekends and/or holidays.
• This position is designated "Mission Essential". In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations the incumbent may be required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.

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.

• Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference 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. Additional information about transcripts is .

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes, managing public health emergency response activities to mitigate emerging, complex, or high-consequence public health threats; applying public health emergency management principles or epidemiologic information to assess threats or appropriate interventions; coordinating multidisciplinary teams or stakeholders across enterprise-level partners to manage public health emergency program elements; AND analyzing complex or often incomplete public health emergency information to provide authoritative recommendations or briefs to senior leaders. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

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.

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-13).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the information sheet.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests : If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: