Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Program Manager. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Lakewood, Colorado

Duties

Policy and Guidance Development. Plays a key role in the development and implementation of program policies, plans, guidelines, proposals, processes, and recommendations on issues which cross functional lines. Works with team members enacting an initial repeatable process for performing reviews and assessments, and documenting, analyzing, and reporting findings. Findings are also captured in the form of lessons-learned and managed in a data repository, or other appropriate tool, to ensure continuous improvement of the Bureau mission and program accomplishment. Consults with key managers and stakeholders to ensure that all implications are identified, weighed, and considered in study and discussion of effective and efficient resource use and distribution. Obtains and/or develops models for managing various issues, identifies and resolves problems that are barriers to achieving goals. Formulates appropriated budget requests and justification documentation for prioritized program activities essential to achieve the Dam Safety Program goals and objectives. Initiates, prepares, and reviews legislation, budget requests, and correspondence relating to the work of the Dam Safety Program. Comments on proposed legislation to influence on the objectives and goals of the Dam Safety Program. Prepares and coordinates responses to dam safety related suggestions, comments, and complaints. Supervision. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work; assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees; evaluates work performance of employees; provides advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on work and administrative matters; interviews candidates for positions; hears and resolves complaints from employees; effects disciplinary measures; identifies developmental and training needs of employees, provides and/or arranges for needed development and training; finds ways to improve production and increase the quality of the work directed; and develops performance standards. Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement. Plans, organizes, and oversees efforts and projects that are aimed at achieving and improving the quality, effectiveness, and timeliness of program accomplishment. Serves as a senior advisor to management and executive leadership on developing and implementing strategic plans in support of achieving the program objectives. This includes developing detailed plans to improve efficient operations; implementing plans and initiatives to achieve mission and policy objectives; and assessing program accomplishment and making course corrections when necessary.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-14, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-13 level in federal service. Examples of specialized experience are leading multi-disciplinary teams developing policy or guidelines for a program; identifying metrics and using that information to identify program improvements and monitor the effectiveness of a program; developing programmatic budget requests for the Congress; and communicating program changes and issues to internal and external stakeholders. 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. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Applicants eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) are not required to meet time-in-grade restrictions in order to be considered. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 10/26/2023.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Dam Safety and Infrastructure Bureau of Reclamation Denver Federal Center P.O. BOX 25007 Denver, CO 80225-0007 US
• Name: Emanuel Swindell
• Email: [email protected]