About the Position: You will serve as the Assistant Director, Support/Component Acquisition Executive located in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD(P&R)). This position reports directly to the Director, Defense Health Agency.

Duties

Responsible for all matters relating to the full-spectrum support to the Military Health System (MHS) in the areas of research and development, acquisition, medical logistics, and contracting. Sustain timely delivery of all services and items necessary to equip, operate, maintain, and contribute to the optimization of health service support for successful mission performance across global military activities and operations. Support application of research and acquisition policy, processes, and lifecycle oversight/management to ensure medical materiel/services assist the MHS in optimizing health of the beneficiary population/medical readiness for the operating forces. Oversee all matters in medical acquisition and medical research and development for the DoD. Responsible for all acquisition matters of the Agency with an annual acquisition and procurement spend of $2.3B. Provide oversight of Agency end-to-end lifecycle management processes and developing appropriate acquisition policy and guidance; and ensuring implementation of the policy and guidance across DHA. Provide acquisition oversight and management; performing program, project, and services management to enable the delivery of health care and related services. Provide information technology (IT) and related IT services for the warfighter and beneficiaries worldwide. Provide guidance and subject matter expertise to the DHA acquisition community for management of programs, projects, and services, as well as for conducting oversight and management of the DHA acquisition workforce. Provide direction for all DHA acquisition matters; DHA conduct of medical logistics, maintenance, materiel readiness, and sustainment support; DHA Health IT operations; DHA agreements and technology transfer to include intellectual property. Align and integrate the contracting business process to support a unified, single system of health and readiness that is managed and administered by the DHA. Oversee the timely delivery and cost of MHS-wide procurement solutions, filling capability gaps in military health care, and unifies contracting gaps to optimally satisfy MHS enterprise requirements.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final Top Secret/SCI security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278e within 30 days of appointment.
• You will be required to sign the Reassignment Rights and Obligations Agreement as a condition of appointment into the SES in accordance with DoD Directive 1403.03.
• You must submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test before you can be appointed into this position. Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
• This position is identified as a Defense Acquisition Workforce (AWF) position and requires the incumbent to become Advanced Certified at time of assignment in the AWF career field of Program Management.
• Failure to acquire or maintain Advanced certification may result in an adverse action to include removal from this position.
• In addition, the incumbent must meet the corresponding AWF functional area education requirement and have the experience commensurate with Advanced certification as well as attaining 80 continuous learning points every 2 years.
• This position is designated a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP) with further designation as a Key Leadership Position (KLP).
• As a Key Leadership Position (KLP), the incumbent will be required to sign a Tenure Agreement which requires the incumbent to remain in this position for a minimum of 3 years.
• You will serve a one-year probationary period unless you have previously completed the probationary period in the SES.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the requirements described below. Be sure to carefully read this announcement to see if additional information is required and how it should be submitted. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS: Applicants will be assessed against qualifications which fall into two areas: Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs). Failure to provide a separate narrative statement which describes fully and concisely how your experience meets the competencies described in the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) will eliminate you from consideration. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: You will be assessed against the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). They are designed to assess executive experience and potential - not technical expertise. They measure whether you have the broad executive skills needed in a variety of senior executive positions. Failure to meet a qualification requirement will disqualify an applicant. (Each must be addressed separately in your Supplemental Narrative Statement. The ECQs must not exceed 10 pages.) You are required to respond to all ECQs. If you fail to do so, you will be rated ineligible. When responding to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), you must clearly show that you possess the experience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the duties of this position by submitting narrative responses in which you detail your experience in each of the ECQs. Your examples should be clear and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments with results of your actions, policy initiatives and level of contacts. You should limit your narrative to two pages per ECQ and address each ECQ separately. More information on these core qualifications is available at: http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp The ECQs describe the leadership skills needed to succeed as an SES: they also reinforce the concept of an "SES corporate culture." Refer to the OPM Guide to SES Qualifications for specific information and guidance on the ECQ requirements, the Challenge-Context-Action-Result (C-C-A-R) model, and examples of good qualifications statements at the website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf (Note: Current career Senior Executive Service (SES); former career Senior Executive Service (SES) who are reinstatement-eligible; and graduates of OPM-certified Candidate Development Programs are not required to address the ECQs but must address the Mandatory Technical Qualifications.) ECQ 1 - Leading Change: This core qualification involves 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: This core qualification involves 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: This core qualification involves 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: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves 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: (Each must be addressed separately in your Supplemental Narrative Statement. You are required to respond to all of the technical qualifications. If you fail to do so you will be rated as ineligible. Each MTQ must not exceed 2 pages.) In-depth knowledge of the healthcare industry, with broad experience and understanding of one or more of the following: the Military Health System management, TRICARE Program operations, and/or other federal health programs. In-depth knowledge of the federal legislative and regulatory policies and procedures at the senior level that governs the business imperatives, resourcing, contracting, finance management, and logistical systems and processes. Demonstrated experience in acquisition management, program management, and/or contract management, at the senior level, in the federal government or in the private sector, with demonstrated expertise in evaluating acquisition investment performance, developing and managing program budgets, building and presenting successful business cases, reporting program results and strategic planning. DoD Joint Enterprise-Wide Experience Statement: In addition, DoD requires an Enterprise Perspective. This individual must have the ability to apply a broad point of view and an awareness and understanding of individual or organizational responsibilities in relation to DoD or government-wide strategic priorities is required. Executives must demonstrate ability to work with internal and external partners to support national security objectives. This perspective is typically gained through a variety of diverse work experiences. A separate narrative statement is not required. This information should be embedded within the application package (Resume, Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications). Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address KF-DHA-DDAAFC DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HQ DO NOT MAIL Falls Church, VA 22042 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk