Program Manager (Deputy Chief of Staff)

Duties

• Integrate all organizational programs, plans, and policies into an overall plan of operation, working closely with military services and component commands to align strategic goals.
• Plan, direct, and evaluate financial and personnel resources, including formulating, defending, and justifying budgets to support the command enterprise.
• Develop, establish, and review performance objectives and strategic metrics to assess organization progress and overall effectiveness.
• Maintain continuous program reviews and analyses to evaluate organizational progress against budgetary limitations, schedules, and command priorities.
• Direct, through subordinate supervisors, a multi-disciplinary workforce of military and civilian professional, technical, and administrative personnel.
• Formulate and oversee mid- and long-range programming plans, studies, and organizational changes impacting command operations and joint readiness.
• Serve as principal advisor and alter ego to the Chief of Staff, advising senior command leadership on staff processes and readiness efforts.
• Represent the command on boards and committees, negotiating and persuading stakeholders to adopt processes that advance strategic goals.
• Establish and lead multi-disciplinary Organizational Planning Teams (OPTs) focused on sensitive, complex issues of strategic importance.
• Review staff work efforts to ensure support to mission elements, direct corrective actions for deficiencies, and oversee administrative support services.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Designated Tier 5, Special Sensitive (High Risk). Incumbent must obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access as a condition of employment.
• This position is covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program. The incumbent must pass urinalysis testing, as required prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 20% of the time.
• This role is designated 'Mission Essential'. During severe weather or emergencies (both natural and man-made), the incumbent must report to or remain at work as scheduled to fully support critical ongoing military and national security operations.
• Incumbent is subject to no notice call-ins during non-duty hours during crisis action, contingency deployments, and other short notice operations.
• This position is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG). A one year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.
• GE Form 450 assists agencies and staff in avoiding conflicts between duties and financial interests. This position requires a pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter, in accordance with the DoD Directive 5500-7-R regulation.

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 for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• 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
• Reinstatement
• 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 in the Federal service which includes: 1) directing the systematic integration of joint special operations programs, plans, and policies, including managing multi-million dollar financial and human resource processes and establishing performance metrics to advance theater-level readiness; 2) exercising managerial and supervisory authority through subordinate supervisors to set long-range goals, direct a diverse joint workforce (military, civilian, and contractor), and formulate mid-to-long-range programming plans that sustain SOCSOUTH joint readiness, missions, and responsibilities across the USSOUTHCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR); and 3) leading multi-disciplinary Organizational Planning Teams (OPTs) on sensitive, complex issues of strategic importance, representing command interests on executive-level boards, and facilitating critical coordination and communication of operational requirements across a major Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC).

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

• Accountability
• Customer Service
• Decisiveness
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal Skills
• Problem Solving
• Resilience

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).

Education

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.

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.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the information sheet.
• This is a(n) General Administration and Management Career Program position aligned under the Human Capital & Resource Management (HC/RM) Career Management Directorate.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Advanced In-hire may be authorized subject to organization/management discretion.
• Relocation, Recruitment, or Retention Incentive may be authorized subject to organization/management discretion