This vacancy is for a Program Manager in the Minority Business Development Agency within the Department of Commerce. Serves as a Director, Executive Secretariat reporting directly to MBDA's Chief of Staff and performs assignments which support and assist the Undersecretary and the Chief of Staff in dealing with a volume of time-consuming critical communications, analytical, and technical matters associated with the consideration of problems.

Duties

As a Program Manager, you will perform the following duties: Provides the Chief of Staff with continuing counsel on current domestic and foreign policy issues of concern to the Undersecretary, including insights and recommendations on enlisting the agency's resources and the technical evaluation and review of work Coordinates and integrates the work of the constituent agencies/bureaus to advance the policy and managerial objectives of the Secretary; and performs special assignments as requested by the Undersecretary and Chief of Staff. Personally, initiate action on key policy and program issues as the result of information coming to his/her attention, or in anticipation of needs of the Chief of Staff and the Undersecretary. Reviews information with regard to labor management relations, impacts on MBDA personnel, disposition of grievances, and other related matters. Provides the Chief of Staff with guidance on appropriate operating activities of the agency on matters affecting the Undersecretary's program and management priorities. Serves as a channel of communication with the Secretary and Deputy Secretary's staff, ranking officials of the White House, its constituent elements, and other agencies. Develops and oversee a variety of formal and informal correspondence on critical policy and program issues for the Undersecretary, Chief of Staff, and key leadership. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Program Manager GS-0340-14 GS-14 level positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify at the GS-14 level, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level, in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Serving as an advisor to senior-level agency officials on a variety of sensitive subject matters, i.e., communication policy, programs, labor relations, domestic or foreign policy issues, operations management; AND Overseeing or coordinating the flow of senior-level communications on key issues at the headquarters level of an agency or business to further the goals and objectives AND Identifying and developing strategies to resolve problems directly affecting the accomplishment of program goals and objectives. 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.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

See Qualifications section above.

Contacts

• Address Minority Business Development Agency 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Stephanie Webb-White
• Email: [email protected]