This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region, Great Plains Regional Office, Regional Director, Division of Facilities, in Aberdeen, South Dakota. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see What are bargaining units?

Duties

Provide a wide range of program administrative functions that include planning, program, and management support and serves as the Regional Quarters Officer. Responsibilities include support in the performance of program areas of Planning, Design, Construction, Operations and Maintenance, and Quarters. Conducts programmatic, administrative, and operational policies and procedures, provides advisory services on issues of substantial scope and impact throughout the organization. Analyzing and evaluating (on a quantitative and/or qualitative basis) the effectiveness of program operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Provides substantive management support services in the areas of program cost analysis and fiscal planning. Works with other Regional Quarters Officers, performing routine and recurring tasks in the Regional Quarters Program as well as providing oversight and program review of location units Quarter programs.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Form BIA -4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference.
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incidental Operator position. If you are required to operate a motor vehicle in order to properly carry out assigned duties, the 25 IAM 4 Motor Vehicle Safety Program Policy applies. A Link is provided in the Additional Information Section.
• TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL BE AUTHORIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Administrative and Management Positions, GS-0343). GS-9: I have at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-7 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience must include 3 of the 5 activities: 1.) perform management control work of a broad scope with intra-activity mission impact and recommends to management a variation of solutions; 2.) with little or no supervision from Manager, incumbent analyzes and reviews statistical and narrative data to justify work unit reorganization or position restructuring as a more productive or efficient use of personnel resources; 3.) with little or no supervision from Manager, incumbent analyzes and reviews documentation procedures and controls, files, directives, forms, records control and disposal procedures and office automation and performs equivalent management information studies achieving impact on several organizations throughout the activity with functions that are extensively interrelated; 4.) with little to no guidance from Manager, can create spreadsheets and tracking logs for reporting purposes and maintain the budget involved in the program; 5.) provide technical advice on performance management control and informs management of impact of the program. OR EDUCATION: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. GS-11: I have at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-9 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). This experience must include the following activities: Providing technical support to coordinate, analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the Division of Facilities; studying and evaluating financial, budget, strategic and operational plans; advise and discuss with management on ideas for data collection and performance management; present written reports or oral briefings. OR EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. GS-12: I have at least 1 year of specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS- 11 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience is working experience in providing oversight for planning, monitoring, and allocation of organizational resources for respective program operations; make changes or adjustments in the programs and in their implementation to ensure maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of program operations; present cost/benefit estimates; consolidate work efforts into spreadsheets and written reports, develop, collect, organize, evaluate and validate data for narrative and graphical reports. Providing technical support to coordinate, analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the Division of Facilities; studying and evaluating financial, budget, strategic and operational plans; advise and discuss with management on ideas for data collection and performance management; present written reports or oral briefings. OR EDUCATION: Education is not a qualification requirement at this grade level. GRADUATE EDUCATION: Graduate education must be related to the occupation and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the position to be filled. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Anadarko P.O. Box 1487 Anadarko, OK 73005 US
• Name: BIA Human Resources
• Phone: 405-247-1600
• Email: [email protected]