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Duties

The incumbent serves as Director for Native Arts and Tribal Affairs at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), reporting to the Senior Deputy Chair. In this capacity, you will: -Serve as the NEA's primary liaison between the agency and indigenous communities. -Work within the NEA to coordinate and align related work across offices. -Responsible for nation-to-nation relationships with federally recognized tribes (including management of tribal consultation), advising the Chair the Senior Deputy Chair, and other offices on tribal engagement and agency strategy to serve Native peoples and communities, developing and managing cooperative agreements, grants and other resources to support the advancement of native arts and tribal affairs.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position you must meet the following: GS-14: You must have at least one year of full-time specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service, with experience in performing the following duties: 1) Working as part of Native and Indigenous communities or tribal governments or serving as a liaison to Indigenous communities; 2) Working on grants, contracts, agreements, and other resources to support the advancement of Native arts and/or tribal affairs; and 3) Engaging on arts or culture-related issues on behalf or with Native communities. GS-15: You must have at least one year of full-time specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-14 level in the Federal service, with experience in performing the following duties: 1) Working extensively as part of Native and Indigenous communities or tribal governments or serving as a liaison to Indigenous communities on arts or cultural issues. 2) Developing and managing grants, contracts, agreements, and other resources to support the advancement of Native arts and tribal affairs; and 3) Leading the development of a comprehensive strategy on arts or culture-related issues in support of Native communities. (Please Note: In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements above, including experience working with Native and indigenous communities on arts-related issues). NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the advertised grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the dates worked and total number of hours per week. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Program (I/CTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not I/CTAP eligible. View information about I/CTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered well qualified under I/CTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Senior Deputy Chairman 400 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20506 US
• Name: Philadelphia Services Branch
• Email: [email protected]