This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: This announcement is open for five (5) workdays or until the first 50 applications have been received. The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement.

Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY: As a Policy Director, you will use your knowledge of and experience with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary, to optimize business results and customer experience by: Developing and presenting briefings to all levels within and outside of the Agency on cross-cutting human services policies, and effects mutual relationships with other staff activities and personnel in the overall accomplishment of assigned functions. Advising and conducting research, analysis, and coordination on a variety of complex cross-cutting policy, programmatic, and technical issues related to the operational activities of ACF and related organizations as needed. Leading and organizing complex tasks and complicated logistics of delivering cross-cutting policies and initiatives generated by ACF. Resolving complex cross-cutting human services issues or problems. Developing cross-cutting policies and procedures to enhance operating effectiveness and efficiency across ACF, HHS, other Federal agencies, and service providers. Developing options papers and analytical documents to provide input and drive cross-cutting policy decision-making.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov.
• Suitable for federal employment.
• Meet time in grade restrictions by the closing date of the announcement.
• Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Minimum Qualifications for GS-15: You must have one-year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. To be creditable, specialized experience must include three of the following tasks: Interpreting and/or revising existing cross-cutting human services policy and regulatory guidance used by others within the Program and/or organization. Managing key cross-cutting initiatives that advance the mission and ACF strategic plan goals such as, equity, upstream prevention, whole family approaches, supporting resilience, and innovation. Advise leadership on broad, complex, and/or sensitive issues on cross-cutting human services program and policy efforts. Provide advice and/or consultation on assessments of a broad range of complex and/or sensitive cross-cutting human services policy issues. Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. OPM Qualification General Policies Website

Education

Education is not required for this position.

Contacts

• Address Administration for Children and Families 330 C St SW Washington, DC 20201 US
• Name: SROC Help Desk
• Phone: -----
• Email: [email protected]