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Duties

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking for dynamic and energetic leaders to join the Senior Executive Service (SES) - a talented team of men and women charged with leading the continuing transformation of our government. This position is SES, an elite group of senior government leaders who possess a diverse portfolio of experience and expertise required to lead across organizations. This cadre of dedicated executives is charged with providing strategic leadership and upholding a commitment to public service that transcends loyalty to a specific agency mission or individual profession. As an SES member, you will influence the direction of innovation and transformation of the federal government and lead the next generation of public servants. As part of the SES at HHS, you will be among a group of highly skilled executives, contributing to one of the most important missions in the federal government. So, don't just make a career move...make a difference! The Department of Health and Human Services Senior Executive Service - Leaders who touch lives. As the Chief Information Officer, you will: Lead the formulation of IT goals, strategies, and performance measures, ensuring alignment with strategic planning, budget formulation, and program performance measurement activities. Monitors, evaluates, and provides regular assessments of agency's IT investments and resources. Promote the innovative use of technology for information management, facilitates management access to information resources, and advocates for cross-organizational program and process improvements. Engage with partners to communicate and coordinate enterprise IT changes, enabling mission success and fostering joint working efforts. Apply knowledge of IT, management services, administrative and program management to solve unique and precedent-setting problems in a scientific research agency with national and international impact. Develop cost-effective and responsible methods and solutions to IT and management issues, ensuring progressive and modem management approaches.

Requirements

• Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
• Drug screening required.
• You must serve a one-year probationary period unless you previously completed one year in the Senior Executive Service.
• This position requires completion of a public financial disclosure report.
• Background and/or Security investigation, if selected for position.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Resume, no more than five (5) numbered pages, recommended.
• In accordance with Executive Order 12564 of September 15, 1986, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is A Drug-Free Federal Workplace. This position may require a Drug Test and be subject to Random Drug Testing.
• The position may require the submission of a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and be subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing upon hiring.
• If required to submit to urinalysis, the appointment to the position will be contingent upon a negative test result.
• Travel, transportation, and moving expenses may be paid.

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), you must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that indicates senior-level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and job-specific Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQ) listed below. The ECQs assess executive experience and potential, not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions. Typically, applicants gain this type of experience in positions at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. If you fail to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors, you will be excluded from further consideration. This executive experience includes serving in a managerial capacity to a large and diverse organization with responsibility for promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of programs and operations. To meet the qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the six Fundamental Competencies, the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) listed below. Your resume should emphasize levels of responsibility, scope, and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, and results. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT You must have executive level specialized experience which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position, such as experience which includes information technology leadership and strategic planning, IT capital planning, IT Modernization, stakeholder engagement, research, development and innovation, collaborative leadership and building and maintaining a diverse and effective staff. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) 1. Leading Change: 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. 2. Leading People: 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. 3. Results Driven: 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. 4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. 5. Building Coalitions: 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. Fundamental Competencies: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation. PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (PTQs) This position also requires applicants have experience for the PTQs that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following PTQs must be evident in your resume. A narrative response is not required separately for the ECQs, PTQs, and characteristics but your resume should contain sufficient information to demonstrate your level of experience and qualifications related to the position. 1. Experience in leading the formulation of IT goals, strategies, and performance measures, ensuring alignment with strategy planning, budget formulating, and program performance measurement activities. 2. Ability to promote innovative use of technology for information management, facilitates management access to information resources, and advocates for cross-organizational program and process improvements. Engages with partners to communicate and coordinate enterprise IT changes, enabling mission success and fostering joint working efforts. 3.Demonstrates knowledge of IT, management services, administrative and program management to solve unique and precedent-setting problems in a scientific research agency with national and international impact. 4.Senior-Level experience in workforce development, retention, diversity, and inclusion. It is strongly recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview You can find additional information on the proper preparation of ECQs on OPM's website at http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf. You are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the guide. If selected, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs to be certified by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) prior to being appointed to the position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you will not need to draft ECQs. 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.

Education

Major study--computer science, information science, information systems management, mathematics, statistics, operations research, or engineering, or course work that required the development or adaptation of computer programs and systems and provided knowledge equivalent to a major in the computer field.

Contacts

• Address OCOO-OHR-OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 1600 CLIFTON RD NE ATLANTA, GA 30333 US
• Name: CDC HELPDESK
• Phone: (770) 488-1725
• Email: [email protected]