Vice President, Office of Small Business & Financial Services
What you'd do
This position is part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Small Business and Financial Services. As the Vice President, you will serve as a senior leader responsible for managing, developing, and executing on the small business and financial services deal pipeline. Excepted Service: This is a Schedule Policy/Career position in the excepted service and is at-will employment. See the Additional Information/Conditions of Employment section below.
Major duties
The Vice President has overall responsibility for leading and managing the Office of Small Business and Financial Services (OSBFS) of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Serve as a member of DFC's senior leadership team and participates in the DFC's overall strategy development, goal setting and execution of Agency-wide priorities and initiatives. Establish and builds DFC's reputation to increase external stakeholder awareness of DFC's presence and impact in the assigned sector. Develop and maintain DFC's institutional expertise, including the key relevant relationships with banks, fund managers, investors, industry experts, regional experts, service providers, international finance institutions, US government partners and allies, and others. Direct investment efforts spanning the full lifecycle of investment, including business development, screening, due diligence, negotiating and structuring, recommendation for Board approval, and execution, including disbursement and post-investment management and monitoring analysis. Provide strategic and operational direction to prioritize activities and potential investment opportunities based on strategy, Administration priorities, and feasibility of projects. Distribute overall sector target across investment staff based on capabilities, experience, and interests; and determine resources required to accomplish strategic goals and objectives. Ensure that departmental staff adhere to all internal DFC policies and procedures. Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.
What you need to qualify
Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify at the SL-00 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Candidates must have at least one year of specialized experience related to this position. This experience must be at or above the GS-15 grade level or equivalent. Your resume must reflect experience: 1. Providing effective senior leadership in an organization that involves progressively responsible supervision to subordinates including investment professionals (i.e., demonstrating management of people and resources, strategy, and prioritization); 2. Making investments in emerging markets, including direct transactional experience of varying type and complexity (e.g., direct loans, guaranties, equity, securitizations, etc.); AND 3. Evaluating, negotiating, and structuring complex financial transactions in international emerging markets. 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 announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.
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