Job opening: Program Specialist (Direct Hire)
Salary: $165 761 - 191 900 per year
Published at: Oct 31 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Orion Program at Johnson Space Center (JSC) is seeking qualified candidates to serve in various leadership roles interfacing with NASA Headquarters and other stakeholders. Responsible for managing and integrating resources, schedules, risks, and costs. The job may also include contract management, export control, configuration and data management and information technology.
Duties
Serves as a leader in the Orion Program Planning and Control (PPC) Office reporting to the PPC Manager and other managers in the Program. Provides programmatic leadership and communicates best business practices enabling decision making.
Plans, directs and coordinates administrative or management subject matter work specific to the functions within the Program Planning and Control (PPC) office which may include performance management of technical content and resource management.
Provides assessment and advice on a wide spectrum of business topics to the management team. Serves as a subject matter expert and mentor to others within the community.
Integrates, assesses, and summarizes complicated programmatic information and processes to facilitate mission success. Analyzes and manages the program or project portfolio to identify and leverage synergies or address risk, issues, and concerns.
Serves as the primary point of contact for employees within the work unit regarding administrative and/or management of the PPC functions to understand data and information, identify issues and develop resolutions.
Resolves a range of administrative and/or management problems that require the application of logical thinking in order to break down the problem into its component parts.
Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity and teamwork.
Requirements
- This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
- Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/Directorate/Division/Branch requirements.
- You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
- Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, Bargaining Unit and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/Directorate/Division/Branch requirements.
- This position may require a one year probationary period.
Qualifications
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level:
Providing guidance and strategies in areas such as budget, configuration and data management, cost estimating, schedules, Export Control or Information Technology;
Communicating with leadership and internal/external stakeholders, to identify requirements, risks/issues and recommend solutions;
Leading a team to develop, maintain, monitor and provide efficient implementation of NASA or program requirements.
Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.
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Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address Johnson Space Center
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
US
- Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
- Phone: 1-877-677-2123
- Email: [email protected]
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