About the Position: Serves as Chief of Staff and Programs Manager for the District's Strategic Planning, Knowledge Management, Onboarding and Acculturation, Recruitment and Retention, Workforce Development, Leader Development, Internal Review, and Small Business programs. As key civilian member of the Executive Office staff, performs advisory duties and a full range of management functions in planning, organizing, and advising District programs across all business lines.

Duties

Serves as the Chief of Staff for the Louisville District under the supervision of the Deputy Commander (DC) and the District Commander (CDR) in the development and direction of District policies, programs, and operations. As a member of the district corporate Board and executive Staff, advises the CDR, Deputy, Deputy District Engineer (DDE), and other executive senior leaders in all areas of management and administration. Advise and assist in the development and execution of the district’s strategic plans, goals, and business process improvement initiatives. Review and discuss policymaking and precedent-setting with the CDR, Deputy, DDE and other executive senior leaders for advisory purposes. Review the adequacy of work and decisions made through discussions of the program areas assigned, discussions with the Executive Office Staff principals and senior leaders, and through the progress of the mission support programs. Integrates division level involvement to cover the full range of management advisory services and technical functions performed by the district support offices. Assist the CDR, Deputy, and DDE in revising district policy in support of the district mission to include knowledge management, training management, process improvement, outreach, and logistics management functions. In the absence of the Deputy Commander, assumes the role and executes the functions of the office as determined by the District Commander.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position requires initial/annual Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports), IAW with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation dated 17 November 2011.

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. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic 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.) 13473Priority 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 EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized 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 required: One year of specialized experience which includes: assists with development and oversight of new policies, programs, plans and projects; coordinate and monitor the execution of assigned functions; outlines policy and program requirements, providing technical advice and assistance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade level position in the federal service (GS-13). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and ManagementCommunicationsLeadershipPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence 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 RE-W2SM02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-LOUISVILLE DO NOT MAIL Louisville, KY 40202 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk