This position serves as the Deputy Chief Information Officer and is located in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Peace Corps Washington DC. The incumbent reports directly to the Chief Info Officer, who is responsible for executive direction and effective management and operations of Peace Corps' Information Technology affecting Headquarters and Overseas communication systems. The incumbent is a trusted partner to the CIO, support the CIO's strategic vision and serves as a full deputy.

Duties

The Deputy Chief Information Officer performs the following major duties:

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by 12/27/2024. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate the start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and the location of employment in your resume. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. Qualification requirements: Applicants will be assessed against the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs). Applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) describing accomplishments that would satisfy the ECQs. You must address each ECQ separately. You are required to respond to all ECQs. If you fail to do so, you will be rated as 'ineligible.' Additional information on the ECQs is available at www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp. Each accomplishment should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and results of your actions. Please limit your written statements to two (2) pages per ECQ. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): The ECQs describe the leadership skills needed to succeed in this Senior Leader position and are in addition to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed below. 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 to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Critical Leadership Competencies: Creativity & Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision 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. Leadership Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, Team Building 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. Leadership Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility 4. Business Acumen - This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Leadership Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management 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. Leadership Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating ability to partner with a business. Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs): All applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. You must address each technical qualification separately. Please limit your written statements to one page per technical qualification. Failure to meet any one of the technical qualifications requirements automatically disqualifies an applicant. 1. Ability to plan, develop, integrate and direct a wide variety of management support and services programs responsive to the needs of the Agency. 2. Demonstrated experience in Information Technology project planning, budgeting, software development, Security, and Information and data management. 3. Demonstrated experience in program management, infrastructure, operations, cybersecurity, and the solutions delivery lifecycle. 4. Demonstrated experience leading teams of managers and staff toward an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. 5. Demonstrated experience in Information Technology Management and strategies to pragmatically move technology from ideas to implementations. This vacancy is being announced at one (1) grade level: To be minimally qualified for this position at the FE-00 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-01 or GS-15 grade level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. All current or former Federal employees (including internal employees) must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). Please note: Past experience that satisfies the Specialized Experience MUST be well documented within your resume. Failure to provide this information in your resume with corresponding start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and location of employment may result in disqualification from further consideration. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer work done with National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) or other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site. Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases. The FP-09 is the lowest entry-level grade and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level grade.

Education

Technical Qualifications:
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Information Technology, Business Management, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or other information technology-related field to include course work in information security and project management. Advanced degree in business or information technology-related field a plus

Contacts

• Address Office of the Chief Information Officer 1275 First St. NE Washington, DC 20526 US
• Name: Peace Corps Jobs
• Email: [email protected]