Summary
This role oversees the Colorado River Storage Project, delivering cost-based renewable and reliable hydroelectric power to 129 customer utilities. These utilities subsequently provide power to millions of Americans in CO, UT, WY, NM and AZ. This role plays a critical role in advocating for the prioritization of hydropower and power customers in the Colorado River allocation discussions and when working through endangered species issues associated with the Glen Canyon Dam and Colorado River.
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Open to All U.S. Citizens
Duties
- This position oversees the Colorado River Storage Project delivering cost-based renewable and reliable hydroelectric power to 129 customer utilities across 5 Western states, including multiple Tribal nations. These utilities subsequently provide power to millions of Americans in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona.
- This position has impact on the primarily rural economies in this footprint.
- Additionally, this position plays a critical role in advocating for the prioritization of hydropower and power customers in the Colorado River allocation discussions and when working through critical endangered species issues associated with the Glen Canyon Dam and Colorado River.
- Leads 37 staff members
- Manages a $540M annual budget and revolving fund.
- Ensures strong, positive relationships are built and maintained with customers, industry stakeholders, Bureau of Reclamation, and Congressional delegations.
- Is a significant leader in addressing the impacts of the Colorado River megadrought on communities and stakeholders across the West.
- CRSP also markets power from the Falcon-Amistad Project, which is operated by the International Boundary Water Commission, requiring coordination with the U.S. State Department.
- CRSP employees staff a 24/7/365 real-time function responsible for ensuring power is available to meet customer demand and ensure grid reliability at all times.
- CRSP employees also staff robust environmental activities associated with the Colorado River.
- Participates as a member of WAPA's senior leadership team in (1) developing WAPA's overall long-range direction, goals, and strategies; (2) developing and leading high performing teams which ensure quality, customer-focused service; (3) employing excellent business principles and safe, effective, and efficient operating practices; and (4) fostering a WAPA-wide commitment to good power system stewardship and WAPA citizenship in accomplishing broader institutional goals.
- The incumbent has the responsibility for promoting Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and for ensuring full implementation of the Diversity, EEO and Affirmative Employment Program Plan. Provides management direction and input to affirmative action goals and objectives; ensures that personnel management within the organizational entity under supervision is accomplished without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. The incumbent is responsible for managing workforce diversity and instilling a sense of community throughout the organization and WAPA to create a work environment in which all staff members are fully supported.
- Provides positive leadership and direction to ensure equal opportunity for all employees for training, promotions, awards, recognition, and other career-development opportunities. Ensures fair and unprejudiced employment practices in the recruitment and selection of candidates for appointments to positions supervised. Responsible for supporting programs relating to the training and advancement of employees. Actively supports the Equal Employment Opportunity Program in day-to-day activities and is evaluated on personal performance in this area on a regular basis.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
PRE-HIRING REQUIREMENTS: This is a permanent position in the SES. Unless you are already a member of the SES with career status or are a graduate of an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) certified SES Candidate Development Program, your executive qualifications must be approved by OPM before you can be hired. If you are selected, you will be required to prepare your executive core qualification (ECQ) narrative for OPM submission.
CITIZENSHIP: You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: You must pass a background investigation.
PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT (OGE 278): If you are selected for this position, you will be required to file this report prior to entry on duty in accordance with the Ethics of Government Act of 1978.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: You must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance
DRUG TESTING: As a condition of appointment to this position, if you are selected, you will be required to pass a drug test. If you fail to take the test or fail the test, you will no longer be considered for the job.
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year SES probationary period.
SELECTIVE SERVICE: If you are a male born after December 31,1959, you must be registered with the Selective Service registration. To learn more about this law, visit the Selective Service web page, Who Must Register.
MOBILITY: A mobility agreement may be required based on mission needs.
E-VERIFY: New employees will be required to pass the employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
Qualifications
Your resume must describe your executive core qualifications (ECQs) and experience, technical qualifications and give a synopsis of your accomplishments.Do not include a separate ECQ narrative. Additionally, Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed later in this section below must be addressed in a separate document.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: The five ECQs described below were designed to assess executive-level experiences and potential not technical expertise. They measure whether you have the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions.
1: Leading Change: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals and establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2: Leading People: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals and provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3: Results Driven: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations and make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4: Business Acumen: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
5: Building Coalitions: 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): As part of your application package, aseparate document must be uploaded addressing each MTQ listed below. No more than one page per MTQ is allowed; additional information will not be considered. MTQs must provide specific examples that address relevant experience and accomplishments. Your leadership and management skills must be addressed in the MTQs listed below.
Failure to submit a document addressing each MTQ will result in your application to be deemed incomplete and not be considered.
MTQ 1: Experience managing a large, complex utility organization and/or functions associated with the electric utility industry. Experience with utility functions may include negotiating and implementing complex market, transmission, operations and/or maintenance rates or contracts for the delivery of power; and/or the management and operations of electric utility transmission assets.
MTQ 2: Experience building and maintaining a values-driven organizational culture for a team or organization within the electric utility industry in the United States. Experience should include building a culture that prioritizes ensuring work is performed in a collaborative, safe, inclusive, and effective manner.
MTQ 3: Experience building and maintaining productive relationships within the electric utility industry to strategically inform, influence, negotiate and accomplish organizational goals and objectives. Experience may include demonstrated experience establishing and executing public engagement or rate/tariff processes and/or effectively interacting with senior level managers/executives at regulatory agencies; DOE and other federal agencies; customers or customer trade associations; Regional Transmission Organization/Independent System Operator; and/or Regional Coordinating Organizations.
Education
There are no education requirements for this position.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Veteran's Preference does not apply to the Senior Executive service (SES).
You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience, and education (if applicable). Your application will be rated and ranked by an Executive Resources Board (ERB) Panel, comprised of at least three SES members, using only the information submitted within the application package. If your application does not demonstrate sufficient possession of the ECQs and MTQs, you will be determined ineligible for further consideration. In order to be eligible, you must demonstrate that you have depth and breadth of experience to successfully perform the duties of the job.
As part of the Resume Based recruitment method, the ERB Panel conducts a structured interview for all applicants who are determined to be in the top category from the ERB Rating Panel. Based on the Panel's evaluation, applicants who are determined Best Qualified will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration and possible second interview. Persons tentatively selected for appointment to SES positions must prepare their ECQ package for OPM's Quality Review Board (QRB) certification. The QRB review and certification is the last critical step in the SES selection process, and all SES candidates must have their executive qualifications certified by a QRB before being appointed as career members of the SES.
Required Documents
It is important you include and address all ECQs, MTQs, and accomplishments in your resume, MTQ narrative, and optional cover letter. A sample five-page resume addressing ECQs can be viewed in the Guide to SES Qualifications (indexed at page 29-37).
Thoroughly review the following list to determine the documentation you need to submit. If you fail to submit required documentation before the announcement closes, you will be rated "ineligible." Some documents may not apply to all applicants.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. ALL APPLICANTS - Five-page ECQ-based resume including the following:
- Full name, mailing and email addresses, day & evening telephone numbers
- Education information including:
- Name, city, state of colleges/universities attended, major & type of degree received.
- Report only schools accredited by the accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
- All work experience (paid and unpaid) including:
- Job title, duties/accomplishments, employer's name/address, start/end dates (include month, day, and year), average hours per week worked
- Honors, awards, special accomplishments
Tips for preparing SES applications. We recommend that your resume emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of the programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions.
2. ALL APPLICANTS - MTQ Narrative (no more than one page per MTQ, using 1 inch margins and 12 point font size).
3. Current or former career SES members must provide a SES appointment SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES status or career SES reinstatement eligibility.
4. Applicants who have successfully completed an OPM-approved SES Candidate Development Program must submit a copy of their certification.
5. Current or former Federal Civilian employees, must submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (non-award) documenting the following: 1) Full position title; 2) appointment type; 3) occupational series; 4) pay plan, grade, and step; 5) tenure code; 6) service computation date (SCD).
6. Optional - cover letter (one page maximum).
NOTE:
- All documents must be uploaded into the system; USAJobs Resume Builder resumes will not be accepted.
- Separate documents addressing the ECQs will not be considered.
- Pages submitted in excess of the limits described above will not be considered. Substituting pages for other required documents in the application is not acceptable (e.g., submitting only a four-page resume but adding an additional page to address an MTQ).
- Do not use borders, provide photos or list a Social Security Number or date of birth on any attachment.
- If you are selected for this position, you may be asked to provide additional documentation to verify your responses.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date to receive consideration. E-mailed applications and/or resumes will not be accepted. Requests for extensions will not be granted.
All statements made in this application are subject to investigation and any false or dishonest answer to any question may be grounds for disqualification and loss of consideration. If your resume does not support the responses in your application questionnaire, or if you fail to submit required documentation before the vacancy closes, you will be rated "ineligible" or "not qualified."
The application process is as follows:
- You must have a login.gov account to sign into USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/.
- To begin the application process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button.
- Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all required and supporting documentation.
- You must click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing date.
You may update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select Update Application: https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed.
To verify the status of your application, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each application status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) visit the USAJOBS Help Center: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/
If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support.
Next steps
We will continue to update your status online as changes are made. Applicants who meet the mandatory ECQs and MTQs will be evaluated by a panel of senior executives. If you are selected, reference checks may be completed. DOE's Executive Resources Board will make a final approval of the selection, and in competitive cases, OPM's Qualifications Review Board (QRB) must certify the ECQs before final appointment can occur. If OPM/QRB certification is required, you will be required to prepare your ECQ package for OPM/QRB certification. Verification of performance, suitability and security information from reference checks will be taken into consideration before making final job offer.
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