You will serve as an Executive Specialist for the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience (ODR&R), Executive Support Division in Washington, District of Columbia. This position provides support in strategic planning, expert advice, and assistance on a wide range of assignments, such as policy, internal controls, staffing, and coordination of strategic planning, to the Associate Administrator and Deputy Associate Administrator.

Duties

As an Executive Specialist at the GS-0301-13, some of your typical work assignments may include: Developing program evaluation and metrics to evaluate program effectiveness and directing and managing the preparation of analysis to report findings and assisting the ODR&R Leadership in decision-making. Briefing decisions and action items to ODR&R Directors and other stakeholders on behalf of the Associate Administrator. Assisting the ODR&R Leadership Team by directing and ensuring the coordination of significant, critical, and high-priority staffing actions, congressional correspondence, and requests for information from all levels of stakeholders. Maintaining continued awareness of overall disaster-related activities to evaluate effectiveness and keep the ODR&R Leadership informed. Preparing speaking points and visual presentations for high-level meetings and reviewing/approving presentations prepared by other staff members. IMPORTANT NOTES: This is a Permanent position, which is a competitive service position with a full-time work schedule. If required to travel to a disaster site, you may encounter hazardous working and/or living conditions, for example, no water or electricity and/or minimal lodging facilities. By applying for this position with SBA's Executive Support Division, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date. This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining Procedures, announcement # DE-24-ESD-12518682, open to the general public. This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel credit card.
• Favorable background investigation and credit check are required.
• You may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date, if applicable.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

Qualifications

You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Experience: To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level. GS13: To qualify, you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate ALL the following: Evaluating administrative aspects of mission-oriented programs that involve internal controls, strategic planning, and/or data metrics collection and analysis; and Coordinating special projects and/or ensuring the resolution of problems such as delays, and communication obstacles that cause bottlenecks and/or delays in the accomplishment of objectives; and Building coalitions within and outside an organization to meet mission goals and objectives; and Developing narrative and evaluative materials, correspondence, and reports for an organization. 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. TIME-IN-GRADE: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled. All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 08/24/2024.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience for this position.

Qualification Standards: Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0301 (opm.gov)

Contacts

• Address Executive Support Division 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050 Washington, DC 20416 US
• Name: Ebube Utomi
• Email: [email protected]