Job opening: Director, Human Resources
Salary: $205 236 - 211 583 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: May 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Serves as Director, Human Resources, at a Center Human Resources Office. The incumbent is a key member of the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Enterprise Leadership Team and serves as principal senior advisor to the Center Director on all human capital matters. This announcement will be used to fill two vacancies - one at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and one at Kennedy Space Center. The MSFC selection will serve as the Human Resources Director for MSFC and Stennis Space Center.
Duties
The Director, Human Resources:
Manages the development and administration of an extremely complex and comprehensive human resources management program at the assigned Center.
Executes broad program responsibilities which include leadership of workforce planning, hiring and staffing strategies, employee performance management, career and leadership development, organizational design, and Federal labor-management relations.
Manages a variety of organizational development activities, including major organization assessment surveys and culture and climate studies and oversees the development of group problem solving and action planning processes.
Fosters teamwork across the HR Senior Leadership Team, by balancing center and customer needs with the goal to adopt to an enterprise model for service delivery. This includes sharing best practices and leading an enterprise project or team.
Promotes and maintains working relationships with organized labor and Federal employee organizations. Responsible for negotiation of multiple labor agreements and changes to human resources policies and procedures with recognized employee labor organizations.
Spearheads and, as needed, participates in collaborative efforts across the Agency to develop new human resources programs, initiatives, and strategies that leverage Agency resources to ensure unique and critical skills are developed and maintained by a diverse workforce in support of Agency common goals.
In close cooperation with the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, analyzes and assesses the status of diversity and inclusion efforts, identifies barriers and develops strategic diversity and inclusion plans, and works collaboratively with supervisors/managers to advance diversity and inclusion goals.
Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.
Requirements
- The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report' (OGE-278) in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
- Initial Senior Executive Service (SES) Career appointee is subject to a one-year probationary period.
- Successful completion of a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
- Successful completion of pre-employment and random drug testing may be required.
- Must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Qualifications
You must have the skill and ability to perform the duties described above as demonstrated by progressively responsible supervisory/leadership experience, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent.
Your application package must be in your own words. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you MUST address each Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) and Mandatory Technical Qualification (MTQ) separately. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible. We recommend you provide two (2) examples of relevant experience for each ECQ. Responses to ALL ECQs must not exceed ten (10) pages; MTQ responses must not exceed one (1) page per MTQ. Please include your full name on all documents submitted.
If you are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES (this means you were previously employed as a Career SES employee and you successfully completed a one-year probationary period), or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program and been certified by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) you MUST submit a resume and in a separate document address the MTQs. Any ECQs submitted will not be considered. Your resume must clearly state that you are a current career SES, eligible for reinstatement, or SES CDP certified and year of certification.
When preparing your responses to the ECQs and MTQs, you are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the OPM's Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualification. For a sample template on how to format your ECQ narrative visit NASA's Executive Leadership Opportunities.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS:
ECQ 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.
ECQ 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.
ECQ 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.
ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 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 - Demonstrated experience leading and managing a complex, multi-organizational human resources program. This includes extensive experience applying human resources and human capital regulations, policies, and practices and spearheading organizational change efforts.
Education
No Educational Requirement
Contacts
- Address NASA - Agency Wide
300 E st SW
Washington, DC 20546
US
- Name: NASA Executive Staffing
- Email: [email protected]