About the Position: This position is to serve as the Director of IWR's Water Resources Center, which is one of four centers within the Institute for Water Resources (IWR), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This is a permanent position located in Alexandria, VA 22315.

Duties

Serves as Director, Water Resource Center (WRC) within the Institute for Water Resources (IWR), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Supervises six GS-15 Supervisors and one GS-15 technical subject matter expert. Serves as a member of the IWR Corporate Board, Project Review Board (PRB), PBAC, and Human Capital Committee. Applies expert knowledge of management concepts, principles, and practices as well as extensive knowledge of the methods and processes of the technical disciplines. Works in collaboration with the WRC and senior team leaders in setting the overall direction and management of the Water Resource Center's (WRC) broad range of water resources missions and programs. Serves as a technical authority in water resources engineering, scientific, socio-economic and analytical planning to support missions. Applies corporate program controls on manpower and funding resources to ensure that both assigned group and concurrent programs and discrete projects meet established objectives. Ensures mentoring of employees both in assigned group and within own technical purview, and collaborate with peer group managers and team leaders to recommend training and developmental opportunities.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires that you submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE Form 450, Executive Branch Personnel confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entrance to this position and annually thereafter.
• One-year supervisory probationary period required. A one-year probationary period is required if the selectee has not previously met this requirement.
• This position requires proof in the form of transcripts, certifications, and licenses for the Occupational Series applied under.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. These positions have a positive education requirement. To view the educational requirements, go to the links listed below for each series you are interested in applying for on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website: Supervisory Community Planner (series 0020) - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/community-planning-series-0020/ Supervisory Social Scientist (series 0101) - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/social-science-series-0101/ Supervisory Economist (series 0110) - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/economist-series-0110/ Supervisory General Biological Science (0401) - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/general-natural-resources-management-and-biological-sciences-series-0401/ Supervisory Landscape Architect (series 0807) and Supervisory Architecture ( series 0808) - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/landscape-architecture-series-0807/ Supervisory Civil Engineer (series 0810) and Supervisory Environmental Engineer (series 0819) https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/civil-engineering-series-0810/ Supervisory Physical Scientist (series 1301) - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/ Supervisory Geology (series 1350)- https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight /classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/geology-series-1350/ In addition to meeting the education requirements for one of the above series, you must also meet the following:To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience which includes: Evaluating internally generated and externally directed water resource-related requirements, to determine scope, complexity, manpower needs, and external coordination required to develop an approach to an initial solution. Leading and planning best approaches, methods, collaboration, and procedures for accomplishing assigned studies/ projects or other requirements. Performing duties as a nationally recognized technical subject matter expert in water resources-related experience. Leading and performs special studies pertaining to long-range water resource planning in area of specialized expertise in water resources; national programmatic funds management; and the use of state-of-the-art methods for projecting and analyzing future US water resource development needs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and ManagementHuman Capital ManagementTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address RA-W4EFAA USACE INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESOURCES DO NOT MAIL Alexandria, VA 22315 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk