Job opening: Director of Operations and Administration
Salary: $155 679 - 195 200 per year
Published at: Jan 15 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is an essential labor law enforcement agency responsible for enforcing significant labor laws affecting nearly 150 million workers. Our mission is to protect rights related to minimum wage, overtime, child labor, family and medical leave, employment conditions for migrant workers, lie detector tests, garnishments, prevailing wages on government-funded contracts, labor provisions of several guest worker programs, and more.
Duties
The Director of Operations and Administration for the West Region oversees all operations of the office, which encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following tasks:
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
- Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
- Subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE Form 450.
Qualifications
WHO MAY APPLY: Applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.
Career Transition Assistance Plan
Current WHD Career/Career Conditional Employees with Competitive Status
Current WHD Career/Career Conditional Employees with Non-Competitive Status
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must clearly indicate the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such position. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
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Specialized Experience is experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position and equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties successfully. Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal Service, which includes:
Providing leadership and direction of administrative personnel and management program operations;
Leading and managing office-wide administrative and financial analysis, studies and programs, to develop, improve and implement administrative operations;
Advising senior managers of an organization on proper and efficient resources in one or more program areas such areas as budget, personnel, information technology, Back Wage Collection and Disbursement and Civil Money Penalty Program (BWFS) and the Secure Payment System (SPS), to achieve organizational goals; and
Developing internal policy, procedures and management processes.
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Supervisory/Managerial Qualities - Candidates must also demonstrate in their work experience that they possess at least three of the qualities listed below to successfully supervise/manage:
Supervising/managing employees which includes evaluating performance, providing feedback, creating and managing workflow, and providing technical and administrative direction.
Implementing plans/projects.
Developing a strategic or operating plan for an organization.
Preparing and presenting briefings/speeches to high-level personnel.
Developing and analyzing programs, policies and legislative proposals.
Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements of time-in-grade (52 weeks at the GS-13 grade level or equivalent in the Federal Service), time-after-competitive-appointment (90 days), and minimum qualifications. These requirements must be met within 30 days, 01/21/2025, of the announcement closing date to be eligible and qualified for consideration.
Education
There are no education requirements for this position and there is no substitution of education for specialized experience at this grade level.
Contacts
- Address Wage and Hour Division
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20210
US
- Name: Greg Ramos
- Phone: 646-264-5017
- Email: ramos.gregory@dol.gov