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See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

• Directs and supervises a multi-disciplinary staff through subordinate supervisors, planning and assigning work to ensure timely and quality outcomes across the branch.
• Manages all personnel actions for the branch, including selecting candidates, establishing performance standards, conducting evaluations, recommending awards, and administering disciplinary actions.
• Oversees all manpower and recruitment actions for the Programs and Project Management Division, including manpower assessments, establishing recruitment plans, and executing hiring actions.
• Leads the consolidation and formulation of the District's comprehensive Civil Works and Military/IIS programs, from initial study through construction, and recommends priorities to align with strategic objectives.
• Serves as the authority for the acceptance and allocation of all project funds, developing and managing annual and multi-year funding programs to ensure fiscal health and maximum fund utilization.
• Acts as the District's staff authority and primary consultant on programs management, providing expert advice on policy, funding, and scheduling to the District Commander and other senior leaders.
• Interprets and determines the impact of legislation and directives on District programs, develops internal guidance, and ensures all programming activities comply with laws, regulations, and standards.
• Reviews and participates in preparation of Design Memoranda, Reevaluation Reports and Post-Authorization Change Reports to assure consistency with project authorization, budgetary policy and funding, schedules, and cost-sharing agreements.
• Plans, directs, supervises, controls, and monitors subordinates in planning, designing and construction of assigned Military or Civil Works studies and projects.
• Prepares and executes local sponsor cost-sharing agreements and financing plans to ensure compliance with programming and budgetary policy and criteria.
• Oversees the implementation and operation of key Army information systems (e.g., CEFMS, P2) to ensure effective and efficient program and project business processes are fully integrated across the District.
• Prepares and assembles high-level charts, reports, and statistical materials to support the District Commander and other leaders in formal presentations on program status, trends, and accomplishments.
• Provides technical advisory and review services on specific projects and programs, ensuring the substance of reports, contracts, and other actions accurately reflects District policy and position.
• Consults with Mobile District elements, higher authorities, contractors, representatives of other agencies, and others relative to the management aspects of the work being performed.
• Plans and assigns work to subordinates determining work schedules and priorities and evaluates performance of subordinates.
• Initiates or participates in review and improvement of work methods, organizational features, and the structuring of positions to eliminate unnecessary ones and achieve optimum content in those remaining.
• Advises subordinates on administrative matters and determines training needs.
• Serves as the principal assistant to the Deputy for Programs and Project Management acting on their behalf when required.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has been designated as performing Project and/or Program Management functions. In accordance with USACE policy CDP, Program and Project Managers are required to achieve, at minimum, Level 1 CDP internal qualification.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 20% of the time.
• This position has been designated "Mission Essential" position.
• This position is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG). A one-year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.
• THIS IS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Level 2 Certified position.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only 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. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience for GS-14: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1)Lead a multi-disciplinary staff and directs the full life-cycle program, funds, and project controls management for the District's Civil Works or Military/IIS programs, serving as the principal staff authority and consultant to leadership on all matters of program policy, funding, scheduling, and manpower; 2) Formulate in the development of multi-year funding strategies with the assurance of date integrity across financial and project databases such as P2, Power BI, Qlik Sense, CEFMS, EDW, and other USACE AIS systems. (3) Providing technical advice and support to customers and other offices, including higher authority, on the execution of Civil Works programs and MILCON programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Financial Management
• Leadership
• Oral Communication
• Planning and Evaluating

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

As part of the assessment process, your resume will be evaluated using a competency-based method. This structured evaluation measures your qualifications, experience, and skills against the core competencies required for the position. Final scores will determine whether you are referred to the Hiring Manager for further consideration.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

You may claim Military Spouse preference.

You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
• Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

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