The incumbent of this position serves as a Sustainability Advisor in the Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings.Location of position:  This position is NOT REMOTE. The position is located in the Washington, DC geographical location. We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

Duties

Serves as a recognized professional expert in across the multifaceted aspects of climate risk management, climate change adaptation, climate readiness, and Federal High-Performance Green Buildings. Manages the continuing review and evaluation of the effectiveness of recently implemented process improvements, resolves specific problem areas, and furnishes authoritative advice on the adequacy or feasibility of initiatives and recommendations in areas such as climate ready high-performance building standards and guidance; coordination and technical interface with professional societies with authority to develop standards and guidance. Provide analysis of climate ready high-performance green building, environmental and climate change laws and regulations as they apply to the aspects of real property appraisal, valuation, acquisition, development, operation and disposal. Conducts climate ready high-performance green building policy and climate change adaptation analysis. Maintain awareness of emergent and evolving climate ready existing buildings issues, high performance green buildings issues and assess the opportunities and/or challenges they pose to the organization's operations specifically and the real estate development and management industry generally. Identify and promulgate climate ready high-performance green buildings best management practices applicable to the organization's operations. Provides authoritative advice and interpretation to all federal agencies, as well as the organization's regions, and business lines, on policies, new developments, practices and procedures governing issues related to aspects of climate risk management/climate change adaptation/ climate readiness for gradual/chronic climatic change as well as risk mitigation or prevention of the impacts of acute/extreme weather incidents and climate variability for the organization's real estate service enterprise in nexus with the organization’s supplies and services enterprise. Represents the organization and serves as a spokesperson for Federal sustainability initiatives. Develops and maintains relationships with officials across the federal government; continuously monitors and evaluates their needs. Communicates with others effectively both orally and in writing in working out solutions to problems or questions relating to the work. Deals effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view. This position has job functions that must be executed within a specific geographic location. The official duty station is a federal facility, leased space, or an alternative worksite (typically the employee’s home). Positions include routine telework and remote work arrangements that is geographically specific to: Washington, DC.

Requirements

• US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
• Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

Qualifications

For each job on your resume, provide: the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year) number of hours per week you worked (if part time).     If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here. The GS-14 salary range starts at $139,395 per year.  If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.  To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience leading national-level sustainability programs for an agency or organization. Experience must include developing and implementing an organization’s climate risk management strategy, program or initiative (e.g. physical risks to assets, risk management processes, use of climate variability in energy modeling, and design of climate robust and resilient buildings). 

Contacts

• Address GSA, Office of Governmentwide Policy General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM) 1800 F Street NW Washington, District of Columbia 20405 United States
• Name: Tomiko Conklin
• Phone: 571-368-8429
• Email: [email protected]