Job opening: Program Manager (Strategic Planning)
Salary: $139 395 - 163 964 per year
Published at: Jun 06 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Strategy & Integration Office located in Washington, DC.
This position will be filled on a permanent basis. This is not a remote position.
Duties
Facilitate organizational learning for change management, knowledge transfer, increased effectiveness, or increased efficiency.
Assess the enterprise’s external operational environment for implications to the organization’s internal operational environment.
Assist with research and reviews of holistic organizational operations (work unit, corporate, and/or enterprise wide), to include organizational structure, workload, and manpower/workforce requirements.
Synchronize activities with a variety of invested colleagues (such as corporate leaders, other lateral portfolio counterparts, and stakeholders) for attainment of desired effects over various time horizons.
Incorporate base elements of project management through delivery processes (i.e., initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling, closing) of assigned corporate and/or enterprise-wide projects.
Conduct fact-finding corporate and/or enterprise-wide level organizational and functional management analyses, to confirm and/or identify root causes of issues.
Apply a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods and strategic planning methodologies to aid/support executive level (e.g., General Officer/Senior Executive Service) decision making
Formulate possible operational approach frameworks (i.e., solutions or ‘ways’) to address organizational problems, issues, and/or initiatives.
Collaborate with internal and external organizational entities (i.e., Non-Federal Entities, other DoD, outside DoD) in support of assigned projects and initiatives.
Advise senior corporate leadership and manage team members and stakeholders on achieving short, mid, and long-term goals to reach desired effects at the corporate and/or enterprise-wide level.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure Statement OGE Form 450 and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
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.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent 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 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.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Delivering corporate and/or enterprise-wide level assigned projects using the principles of project management (i.e., initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling, closing); 2) collaborating, coordinating, integrating, and synchronizing corporate and enterprise-wide activities with stakeholders for unity of effort and attainment of desired effects over various time horizons; 3) conducting research to identify and/or confirm root causes of organizational problems and issues at the corporate and/or enterprise-wide level; 4) applying a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods and strategic planning methodologies to aid/support executive level (e.g., General Officer / Senior Executive Service) decision making; 5) advising and/or consulting within corporate and/or at the enterprise-wide level as a subject matter expert on strategic planning, analysis, and integration; and 6) assisting with reviews of administration operations (work unit, corporate, and/or enterprise wide), to include organizational structure, workload, and manpower/workforce requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13 or above).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Oral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingProject ManagementStrategic Thinking
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-13).
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted
Contacts
- Address RA-W1B7AA HQ US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
DO NOT MAIL
Washington, DC 20314
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
- Email: [email protected]
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