This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the Office of Health Security (OHS), Health, Food, and Agriculture Resilience Directorate (HFARD). OHS is principal medical, workforce health and safety, and public health authority for DHS. The Assistant Director for HFARD will provide direction, policy oversight and coordination to DHS's efforts to protect the nation from a broad spectrum of health security threats.

Duties

The Assistant Director for Health, Food and Agriculture Resilience Directorate (HFARD) [Deputy Assistant Secretary equivalent] will provide leadership to DHS's efforts to protect the nation from a wide spectrum of health security threats and ensures a ready and resilient enterprise that effectively and efficiently delivers on DHS's role as a supporting agency for Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) #8 (Public Health and Medical) and #11 (Agriculture and National Resources), and ESF #13 (Public Safety and Security). Specific responsibilities include: Responsible for overseeing a diverse portfolio encompassing state, local, tribal, territorial (SLTT) health engagement, medical intelligence integration, health security and the medical aspects of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) policy and risk analysis, health security preparedness and response, health impacts of climate change, food and agriculture defense (National Security Memorandum-16), emerging health threats forecasting, biodefense and chemical preparedness, as well as overseeing divisions, units and resources of the HFARD. Participates with the Assistant Secretary/Director/Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary/Deputy Director/Deputy CMO in managing and directing policies and programs pertaining to the medical, public health and workforce safety and health activities of the Department. Provides leadership, subject matter expertise, advice, and other assistance in formulating and implementing health security policy and the means for communicating those policies and related procedures internally to OHS and to experts and executive leadership across the interagency, Congress, and the public. Provides executive leadership and implementation oversight, often through subordinate managers (GS/GP-14/15 and SL/ST leaders), of activities related to planning, risk and evaluation, including health security risk assessments, food and agriculture research and development (in collaboration with S&T), health security intelligence (in collaboration with CWMD and I&A), mission needs assessments, homeland aspects of select agent programs (HHS and USDA) and the health security aspects of biodefense, biosafety, biosecurity and bioassurity. Responsible for executing all food, agriculture and veterinary defense activities directed by the Securing our Agriculture and Food Act and National Security Memorandum. Provides executive leadership and implementation oversight, often through subordinate managers of activities related to readiness, engagement and response, including medical countermeasures (MCMs), DHS equities and representation on the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE), Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC), International Health Regulations (IHRs), SLTT partner engagement, fusion center public health analyst advocacy and support, development and maintenance of policy and response strategies for emergent circumstances, including surges in land and maritime migration, National Special Security Events, Special Event Assessment Rating events, and Stafford Act declared disasters.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test.
• You must be able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• You may be required to undergo periodic drug testing.
• You will serve a one-year probationary period unless you previously completed the probationary period in the SES.
• Selectee will be required to complete form OGE-278, Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Form.

Qualifications

This is a Senior Executive Service Level (SES) position and applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic Requirements AND Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) below, as appropriate for this series. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Basic Requirement (0601 series). You must possess a bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the US Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. You must submit a copy of your college transcript OR a list of college courses with credit hours, dates completed, and grades received to verify education. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted. Official transcripts will be required if you are selected for the position. AND Basic Requirement for entry into the SES: Applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-14/15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent in the private sector. As such, your resume should demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions such as: Directing the work of an organizational unit; Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects; Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance; Supervising the work of employees; and Exercising important policymaking, policy determining, or other executive functions. The application process used to recruit for this position is RESUME-BASED Method. The applicant must address the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) within their resume. Resumes must not exceed five (5) pages. We recommend that your resume emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of the programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions. You will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required of the position and on the extent your application demonstrates that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position. Please be sure to give concrete examples of your experience and demonstrate the complexity of the knowledge you possess. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): YOUR RESUME MUST CLEARLY DOCUMENT AND DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) EVIDENCE WITHIN YOUR RESUME NOT TO EXCEED FIVE PAGES: ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE. This core qualification involves 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. Leadership Competencies: Creativity & Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision. ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE. This core qualification involves 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. Leadership Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, Team Building. ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN. This core qualification involves 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. Leadership Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility. ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN. This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management. ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS. This core qualification involves 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. Leadership Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating. 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" Senior Executive Service Executive Core Qualifications and Senior Executive Service Qualifications & Fundamental-Competencies. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (TQ)s: IN ADDITON, YOU WILL BE EVALUATED ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your responses to the TQs should be embedded/addressed within your resume not to exceed five pages. TQ 1. Demonstrated experience in public health incident management and extensive knowledge of health security. TQ 2. Demonstrated expertise and experience in biodefense, public health and medical policy, and food and agricultural defense, and with demonstrated evidence of applying creativity and critical judgment in integrating science and public policy based on a consistent record of professional achievement. TQ 3. Demonstrated experience in providing technical and administrative leadership, with a preference for the possession of public health or medical acumen and leadership. NOTE: Your demonstrated leadership ability and the evidence of the ECQs and TQs must be clearly shown in your resume. A separate narrative statement will not be accepted. A sample 5-page resume that incorporates ECQs and TQs can be viewed on this link (indexed at page 29 - 37) http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf. YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION IF YOU FAIL TO MEET OR FULLY ADDRESS EACH MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AND IF YOUR RESUME EXCEEDS FIVE (5) PAGES. Veteran's Preference does not apply to the Senior Executive Service. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize any employment offers made to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employees in the Executive Branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employee, please indicate this in your resume. Serving in a Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES appointment WILL NOT eliminate you from consideration.

Education

This position has mandatory education requirements. You must meet the education requirement for the series listed. You must certify that you have qualifying education by including an unofficial transcript or a list of course work, including semester hours earned and grade received. Education will be verified upon appointment. If you are a current Federal employee in one of these occupational series, you may include a copy of a personnel action in lieu of a transcript.

• Please review the OPM page on specifics about required curriculum and for more information on qualifications, please visit: OPM Qualification Standards for the GS-0601 series.

You must submit a copy of your college transcript OR a list of college courses with credit hours, dates completed, and grades received to verify education. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted. Official transcripts will be required if you are selected for the position.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Sylvia Jackson
• Phone: 202-536-6373
• Email: [email protected]