Director Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight
What you'd do
This vacancy is for a Director Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight in the Office of the Secretary within the Department of Commerce. Serve as the subject matter expert on federal financial assistance policy and oversight and the program manager over suspension and debarment and vendor responsibility matters.
Major duties
As a Director Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight, you will: Lead your team's work on researching, reviewing, and analyzing how federal grants are managed. Advise on how decisions may affect agency financial assistance business processes. Stay current on relevant federal financial assistance laws, polices and regulations. Provide guidance on how these rules may affect agency programs and operations. Administer and oversee the Department of Commerce's Suspension and Debarment Program. This includes working with the Office of Inspector General on cases involving potential instances of waste and abuse of federal funds and directing the development of case packages. Use project management skills to foster collaboration, prioritize tasks, stay on track, and meet deadlines. Represent the organization in meetings with internal and external partners and share ideas and expertise on key issues. Coach, facilitate, solve work problems and communicate policy and guidance to the agency Federal Financial Assistance community. Represent the organization in forums with both internal and external stakeholders and actively contributes to discussions. Plan and manage the work of your team by setting priorities, assigning tasks, ensuring quality, supporting employee development, and overseeing performance. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Grants Management Specialist,ZA-1109-5, positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.
What you need to qualify
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being filled under the Department Of Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career path and pay band. The ZA-V is equivalent to the GS-15 grade levels. Under CAPS, supervisors may be eligible for supervisory performance pay allowing for salaries up to six percent higher than the maximum rate of their pay band, dependent upon performance rating and geographic location. To qualify at the ZA-5 level you must meet the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-4 or GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience: Performing as the official supervisor; organizing and delegating tasks, evaluating completed work for thoroughness and quality, and overseeing employee performance management; and Overseeing a Suspension and Debarment program at the agency level, which includes evaluating case referrals, developing recommendations, and drafting written case documents; and Developing and distributing financial assistance policies and guidelines to ensure the agency was compliant with Executive Orders, the Code of Federal Regulations, and other relevant federal requirements.
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