This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), Center for Policy and Evaluation. The ACL is the principal agency in the HHS designated to lead aging and disability programs.

Duties

ABOUT THE POSITION The incumbent serves as Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation, and is responsible for providing advice on program, policy, and management issues, implementing, overseeing, and managing ACL's performance and evaluation activities. Oversees the development and implementation of programmatic and policy initiatives that reflect targeted goals of the ACL Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging (hereafter Administrator) and the Administration. Offers leadership acumen on key strategic policy priorities and initiatives and demonstrates the ability to work with staff at all levels on serious and usually sensitive matters. Serves as a lead advisor on policies, procedures, and critical issues that have a major impact on programs for people with disabilities and older adults and those who serve and support them. Provides guidance on the implications of proposed, new, or revised policies, regulations, and legislative proposals. Leads development of new ACL regulations, guidance, policies, and procedures in collaboration with the appropriate ACL Centers. Reviews and coordinates program and policy issues from the Centers and studies impact on the policies and direction, organization, and functions of ACL. Serves as ACL's primary liaison to the Office of General Counsel for all policy and programmatic questions. In coordination with appropriate Centers, oversees the development of policy blogs and other information for relevant grantees, consumer groups and others. Along with administering the agency's evaluation and performance portfolio, collaborates with and advises other agency components on performance and evaluation activities, including review of existing programs. Directs development of plans and priorities for evaluation of ACL programs, with subject matter input from appropriate units. Serves as a key liaison within the organization, the Department, and Federal agencies in seeing that programs effectively implement policy initiatives. Ensures that the ACL Centers are aware of and approve all proposed policy actions or decisions affecting the organization and encourages consultation and communications throughout the Agency to ensure collaboration and understanding of key actions and issues. Enlists cooperation and stimulates contributions from Agency staff. Assesses need for special studies of program operations. Directs activities and special projects where two or more centers/offices are involved, and on projects requiring coordination with the programs of other Federal agencies. Serves as ACL representative to Departmental and government-wide work groups that address issues relevant to the populations served by ACL. Manages contracting for mandated evaluation projects and performs intramural evaluation studies. Provides technical guidance on evaluation activities conducted as part of ACL's grants programs.

Requirements

• This employer participates in the E-Verify Program
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Subject to satisfactory security and suitability determinations
• New appointees must successfully complete a 1-year probationary period
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test; random testing after appointment
• This is a career position in the SES. Unless the selectee is already a member of the SES with career status or has successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program certified by OPM.
• Executive qualifications must be approved by OPM before appointment can be effected. If you are selected, you will be responsible for working with an HHS Executive Consultant, or QRB Writer to develop an ECQ narrative for submission to OPM
• You must meet the qualification requirements of this position no later than the closing date of the job opportunity announcement.

Qualifications

Open to all groups of qualified individuals from the public. Current employees within the Federal civil service. Career SES and SES reinstatement eligibles. SESCDP graduates may also apply for noncompetitive consideration. As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory/Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors will automatically exclude you from further consideration. All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ's), listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results. Fundamental Competencies: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): 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. 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. 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. 4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. 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. Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ's): This position also requires that you possess MTQ's that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following MTQ's must be evident in your resume. Demonstrates your ability to maximize communication, collaboration, and consensus building to support programs, policy development, and implementation, statutory and regulatory analysis, and/or program evaluation to meet strategic policy priorities and initiatives. Experience engaging in policy initiatives working with stakeholders to improve or revise policies, providing legal analysis and guidance, and managing change related to new policy implementation. Legal education preferred but not required. It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview IF SELECTED, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs and be certified by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you WILL NOT need to draft the ECQs.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Administration for Community Living 330 C St SW Washington, DC 20416 US
• Name: Breanna Stewart
• Phone: (202) 969-3583
• Email: [email protected]