This position is located in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA). All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. The Required Documents section of this announcement identifies all documents that must be uploaded in order to be considered a complete application package. Applicants that do not submit a complete application will not receive further consideration.

Duties

Participates fully with the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration in the formulation of ETA programs and implementation of the Administration's employment and training programs and activities. Represents the Assistant Secretary and the Employment and Training Administration in meetings with top- level officials of the Department of Labor, other Federal agencies and State and local government, private and public organizations, and international organizations. Represents the Assistant Secretary in meetings with members of Congress and their staffs and Congressional Committee staff, White House staff, national labor unions, State elected bodies, and other private and public organizations as well as inter-national organizations. Meets with the Assistant Secretary and represents them before Congressional committees and subcommittees and testifies before the office of Management and Budget. Oversees the formulation of employment policies that provide the basis for development and execution of comprehensive employment and training programs and provides guidance and direction in and implementing strategies.

Requirements

Qualifications

Candidates must possess technical and management experience and have developed the knowledge and skills required for effective performance of the specific duties of the position. Candidates must have had experience at a major management level (normally equivalent to the GS-15 level in the federal service). To qualify for this position, all applicants must write a narrative in the spaces provided detailing accomplishments that would satisfy each of the ECQs and MTQs. You must address each ECQ and MTQ separately. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible. MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): In writing your responses to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), your narrative must address each ECQ separately. Each ECQ should contain at least two examples describing your experiences and accomplishments/results. NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO ECQS MUST NOT EXCEED 10 SINGLE-SPACED PAGES. For additional guidance, applicants may visit the Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Senior Executive Qualifications. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the guide. 1. Leading Change: This core qualification involves 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 implement it in a continuously changing environment. 2. Leading People: This core qualification involves 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: This core qualification involves 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: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. 5. Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves 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. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): In writing your narrative responses to the MTQs, please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc. APPLICANTS SHOULD LIMIT THEIR NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO ONE (1) SINGLE-SPACED PAGE PER EACH MTQ WITH A FONT SIZE NO SMALLER THAN POINT 12. It is recommended that applicants draft their MTQs in a Word document first, then cut and paste into the spaces provided following each MTQ to ensure length requirements. Executive level experience in leading a large multi-mission organization with geographically dispersed offices. This includes the ability to care for and invest in staff, overseeing two or more offices in the following areas: human resources, operational strategies and policies, customer service, or internal employee training. Experience developing and overseeing comprehensive programs, analyzing complex issues and programmatic data, interpreting, and using data effectively, coordinating and implementing regulatory strategy, and policy guidance for program operations in a large organization and accomplishing strategic targeted goals.

Education

This position does not have a Positive Education Requirement.

Contacts

• Address Employment and Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Robert White
• Phone: 202-693-2457
• Email: [email protected]