This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Secretary (OSEC), Deputy Secretary. The Office of the Secretary is the top organization in the Executive Branch for the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of all agricultural and nutrition assistance programs administered by the Federal Government. The impact of these programs is national and international as well as economic and social in the broadest scope.

Duties

Serves as an authority to the Chief of Staff for the Deputy Secretary and USDA Secretary and Deputy Secretary on the Agency's financial and business operations. Provides leadership and direction over the development of the long-range planning and evaluation systems for OSEC. Manages the internal control requirements for OSEC; conducts assessments of vulnerabilities within OSEC's operations. Develops, directs, and coordinates the fiscal management areas. Identifies and proposes solutions to highly complex and extremely sensitive organizational issues and problems that strongly influence USDA programs. Manages various agreements, including but not limited to partnership agreements, cooperative agreements, memoranda of understanding, interagency agreements, etc. Establishes management controls to monitor inter-agency compliance with OSEC's goals and to enhance the quality of services to customers. Develops and implements USDA policy standards in support of the OSEC programs. Plans and carries out programs, resolves conflicts that arise, integrates and coordinates the work of others, as necessary, and interprets policies in terms of established objectives. Monitors taskers and data calls to other USDA mission areas to ensure timely responses and leadership visibility is occurring with the mission areas and staff offices that can have significant impact on policy decisions. Represents the Department on interagency work groups established to develop government wide policy initiatives and solutions to critical issues. Serves as immediate supervisor of the OSEC administrative team.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions and specialized experience, as defined below. Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Specialized Experience: GS-15: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service or equivalent responsibility in the private sector/pay systems that has equipped the candidate with the particular competencies to successfully perform as an Administrative and Operations Officer. For this position, the specialized experience is experience developing policies; providing guidance and advice regarding policy development and implementation; overseeing the daily operations of an office (administrative, budget, procurement, contracting, procurement, etc.); supervising a staff/team of subordinates. 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

There is no educational requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Teresa Thompson
• Phone: 202-260-8935
• Email: [email protected]