The Chief, Operations, Security and Preparedness (COSP) serves as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) and other key officials on matters pertaining to Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) law enforcement, emergency management, police operations and training, personnel security and credential management, and national security programs, practices, applicable laws, and regulations.

Duties

The position leads the Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness (OSP) and advises on matters pertaining to VA's law enforcement, emergency management, personnel security and credentials, management, police operations and training, and national security programs, practices, applicable laws, and regulations. The Chief, Operations, Security and Preparedness has overall responsibility for leadership of OSP with a budget of approximately $20 million. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring VA's capability to: Continue operations and services to veterans and their families. Protect employees, veterans, and visitors using VA facilities. Secure VA's physical infrastructure. Perform contingency support missions to the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland. Security, Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other Federal agencies engaged in emergency response activities. Respond effectively in times of national emergencies. Other duties include, but are not limited to: Manages all aspects of OSP including directing and overseeing development of policies, determining priorities, and establishing organizational goals and objectives. Develops and implements strategic plans and initiatives in OSP through direct guidance and oversight of all planning efforts in subordinate organizations. Represents the Department across the interagency and before Members of Congress and their staff and participates in Congressional hearings, as required. Collaborates with the heads of VA Administrations and Staff Offices to coordinate, negotiate, make decisions on Department-wide initiatives. Cultivates working relationships with Department of DoD, DHS, HHS, FEMA and other Federal agencies.

Requirements

• US citizenship is required.
• One year probationary period required for initial SES appointment.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
• Successful completion of drug screening required.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required within 30 days of appointment.
• May be subject to reassignment geographically or organizationally.
• VA structures its SES positions into pay bands. This is a pay band 1 position and the salary range is $141,022-$212,100. Exceptions to the cap of the range may be considered in certain circumstances.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the following technical and executive core qualifications. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive level assignments such as director of a regional office, medical facility or program manager. An individual's total experience, education and volunteer work experience must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. 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. MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative response to each of the following ECQs and include your name on each page. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and demonstrate the underlying competencies in the narrative. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised; size of budget managed; amount of money saved, etc.). Applicants should use the Challenge, Context, Action and Results (CCAR) model below when responding to each ECQ: Challenge. Describe a specific problem or goal. Context. Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale, etc). Action. Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge. Result. Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills. Your narrative response should not exceed 10 pages, be typed in 12 point font with one-inch margins. It is recommended that you include 2 recent (not older than 10 years) examples per ECQ and draft your ECQs in a Word document before uploading into the system to ensure these guidelines are met. Information that exceeds these guidelines will not be reviewed. Detailed information on each ECQ, the underlying and fundamental competencies, sample narratives and a tips sheet for writing effective ECQs are available in the "Guide To Senior Executive Service Qualifications" GUIDE (opm.gov) at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/. 1. Leading Change: 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 to implement it in a continuously changing environment. (Underlying Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, and Vision) 2. Leading People: 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. (Underlying Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others and Team Building) 3. Results Driven: 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. (Underlying Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving and Technical Credibility) 4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically. (Underlying Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management and Technology Management) 5. Building Coalitions: 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. (Underlying Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy and Influencing/Negotiation) TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (TQ)s: In addition, all applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following specific TQ(s). Please label and include your name on each page. 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 managing a large public or private sector organization that administers complex, rules-based benefits or services, etc. It is recommended that you draft your TQ(s) in a word document and then upload into the system. TQ1: Demonstrated experience in law enforcement, personnel security and credential management, directing Agency-level programs or equivalent with National Scope in an organizational setting. TQ2: Demonstrated experience in emergency management and national security directing Agency-level programs or equivalent with National Scope in an organizational setting. _________________________

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address AS Human Resources and Admin - 1007 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Darline Terrell
• Phone: (202) 461-6397
• Email: [email protected]