The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Director of the Policy Division within the CWMD Office Policy, Strategy, and Analysis Directorate. In this role, the Director is a policy advisor for CWMD and provides strategic planning and policy expertise in support of external and federal affairs activities of the Office. Serves as a technical expert, providing advice and guidance in areas that require extensive interpretation. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Supervisory Policy Advisor, GS-0301-15, your typical work assignments may include: Providing CWMD with policy expertise on issues having national implications on homeland security, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and related issues. Plans, tracks, organizes and analyzes legislation related to DHS CWMD medical readiness, biodefense and WMD planning and response initiatives. Assists in the development and preparation of Congressional testimony for CWMD, and for its timely delivery to the Congress. Supervise a workforce and direct a staff within the Policy Division. Workforce direction generally includes typical first level supervisory duties such as: work planning; work assignments; work evaluation; providing advice, counsel, or instruction to employees; identifying employee training needs; finding ways to improve the quality of the work directed; performance appraisals; and grievances. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 150 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

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 successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test. This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP).
• Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Security Clearance.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-15 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in Federal Service or equivalent private/public sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Leading a team of analysts conducting analysis and evaluation for policy development and strategic planning on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, (CBRN) and/or related issues. Providing advice and guidance in areas that require extensive interpretation for many different program processes and methods on CBRN and/or related issues. Building and maintaining strategic relationships within and external to the Agency and at all levels of management for developing policy definition and funding. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. 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. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

Not Applicable

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Amy Lenderman
• Email: [email protected]