This position is located at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Wage and Hour Division (WHD), in Washington, D.C. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. The "Required Documents" section of this announcement identifies all documents that must be uploaded in order to be considered a complete application package. Applicants that do not submit a complete application will not receive further consideration.

Duties

The Associate Administrator for Policy provides executive-level leadership for the planning, development, and implementation of the regulations and guidance needed to ensure the equitable application and enforcement of the eleven worker protection laws within the authority of the Wage and Hour Division impacting over 165 million workers and 11 million employers across the United States. The incumbent must: - Provide advice and counsel to the Administrator on regulatory, sub-regulatory and interpretive matters. - Effectively communicate agency priorities throughout the agency, Department, and with employer, employee and government stakeholders. - Provide strategic coordination and management of the five division of the Office of Policy and prioritize activities within available resources. - Serve as a leader in advancing equity within the agency. - Collaborate in high-level discussions among executive officials, internal and external to the Department on agency and Department worker protection priorities including chairing or leading committees, conferences, special boards, or task groups. - Provide executive-level oversight of WHD's policy functions and work with senior management in the planning, preparation, and implementation of programs, policies, and strategies that achieve agency goals. - Represent the Administrator, the agency and the Department with Administration and Congressional leaders and staff, to provide technical assistance and coordinate program and policy issues. - Exercise a high level of professional judgment in matters involving complex decision-making and far-reaching impact.

Requirements

Qualifications

Candidates must possess technical and management experience and have developed the knowledge and skills required for effective performance of the specific duties of the position. Candidates must have had experience at a major management level (normally equivalent to the GS-15 level in the federal service). To qualify for this position, all applicants must write a narrative in the spaces provided detailing accomplishments that would satisfy each of the ECQs and MTQs. You must address each ECQ and MTQ separately. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible. MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): In writing your responses to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), your narrative must address each ECQ separately. Each ECQ should contain at least two examples describing your experiences and accomplishments/results. NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO ECQS MUST NOT EXCEED 10 SINGLE-SPACED PAGES. For additional guidance, applicants may visit the Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Senior Executive Qualifications. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the guide. 1. Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and implement it in a continuously changing environment. 2. Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. 3. Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. 4. Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. 5. Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): In writing your narrative responses to the MTQs, please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc. APPLICANTS SHOULD LIMIT THEIR NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO ONE (1) SINGLE-SPACED PAGE PER EACH MTQ WITH A FONT SIZE NO SMALLER THAN POINT 12. 1. Demonstrated ability to direct and coordinate regulatory development and policy making, including leading the planning, development, and implementation of the regulations and guidance needed to ensure the equitable application and enforcement of the eleven worker protection laws within the authority of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD). 2.Demonstrated superior skill establishing and maintaining effective cooperative working relationships with senior officials, providing executive-level oversight of policy functions, and working with senior management in the planning, preparation, and implementation of programs, policies, and strategies that achieve agency goals. 3. Demonstrated superior experience leading a diverse and inclusive team of professionals; and exercising a high level of professional judgment in matters involving complex decision-making and far-reaching impact.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Wage and Hour Division 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Datriana Franklin
• Phone: 202-693-5867
• Email: [email protected]