Job opening: Program Manager (Deputy Director)
Salary: $150 776 - 183 500 per year
Published at: Aug 23 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a/an Program Manager (Deputy Director) for the Small Business Administration, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, Field Operations Center West - in Citrus Heights, CA. As the Deputy Director, you will be responsible for performing analytical and evaluative work related to the development and execution phases of the disaster loan-making program; supervise management and staff assigned to various department functions/activities either personally or through subordinates.
Duties
As a/an Program Manager (Deputy Director) at the GS-0340-15, some of your typical work assignments may include:
Provides recommendations to the FOCW Director and other ODR&R Management Officials regarding a wide range of disaster loan program issues including disaster declaration recommendations, policies, procedures, business process improvements/standardization/consistency, workload/staffing requirements, etc.
Coordinates in developing procedures and processes to respond consistently to all types of disasters in cooperation with State, Local, and Federal officials.
Serves as spokesperson with other government agencies, top business officials and Congressional staff and committees while sustaining good working relationships and coordinating with other Center Directors.
Supervises Field Operations, Public Affairs, Information Technology (IT), and Administrative/support staff either personally or through subordinate supervisors.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
This is a Permanent position, which is a competitive service status position with a full-time work schedule.
If required to travel to a disaster site, you may encounter hazardous working and/or living conditions, for example, no water or electricity and/or minimal lodging facilities.
A valid driver's license may be required.
By applying for this position with SBA's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster.
Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining Procedures, announcement # DE-23-FOCW-12103119, open to the general public.
This position is not included in a bargaining unit.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel credit card.
- Favorable background investigation and credit check are required.
- Credit score below 500 may negatively impact consideration in the hiring process.
- You may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
- You must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date, if applicable.
- A one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required.
- You may be required to complete a one-year probationary period for non-supervisors if you fail to complete the one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period.
- This position is not included in a bargaining unit.
Qualifications
*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. If qualifying based on related unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending dates (mm/yyyy to mm/yyyy).
Federal status applicants must meet both Time-In-Grade AND experience requirements by the closing date of this announcement. However, if you have separated from the Federal Government for at least 52 weeks, you are not subject to the Time-in-Grade requirement.
Time-In-Grade Requirement:
GS-15: Must have held grade GS-14 for 52 weeks
You may qualify based on experience.
Experience:
To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement.
You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level.
GS-15: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-14 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following:
*Developing or implementing and communicating the strategy, vision and direction of an emergency management organization or disaster organization, such as a Federal, State or local government program office, department or field office; AND
*Overseeing, managing, or advising on the day-to-day operations of a disaster or emergency management organization/program; AND
*Analyzing and making recommendations or decisions on workload distribution and supervising a large, diverse fluctuating workforce; AND
*Overseeing disaster preparedness and disaster recovery operations; and collaborating with elected Federal, State, and local officials, and organizations regarding resiliency; AND
*Planning for integration of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Accessibility into decision-making, governance, mission, and goals.
Contacts
- Address Field Operations Center West - FOCW
6501 Sylvan Road
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
US
- Name: Cindy Saechao
- Email: [email protected]
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