Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Applied - Arlington, United States - US Office of the Secretary of Defense

US Office of the Secretary of Defense

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Arlington, United States

3 weeks ago

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Description

Duties:

The DASD(AT) will serve as the principal advisor to the ASD(CT) with responsibility for providing management oversight, policy guidance, and coordination for the Research and Engineering programs in the Military Services and Defense Agencies to all areas of applied technology.

These areas include but not limited to:
directed energy, hypersonics, and integrated sensing and cyber.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Provides oversight and assessment of the DoDwide investments related to the Applied Technology areas.
Oversees a process that includes the DoD Components, as appropriate, to ensure investments and alignment in these priority areas.
Participates in the planning, programming, and budgetary decisions affecting all programs in the area of purview. Responsibilities include reviewing, evaluating, and monitoring program and project plans to ensure that planned efforts properly support program objectives.
Provides analyses of the requirements and the program and project plans proposed by the Military Departments and Defense Agencies in the area of Applied Technology.
Responsible for conducting comprehensive reviews of technology efforts. These actions must consider the current and potential threats, national priorities and objectives, and technical opportunities in order to develop the specific criteria for assessing the validity of the proposals and their value to the DoD.
Serves on boards, committees, and other groups pertaining to the DASD(AT) functional areas, and represents the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the USD and DUSD (R&E) or the ASD(CT) may direct.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.
All newly appointed Career SES leaders must sign the Reassignment Rights Obligations Agreement as a condition of appointment into the SES.
You must submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test before you can be appointed into this position. Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
In order to qualify for this position, you must be able to obtain a Top Secret security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
This is a Critical Acquisition Position. This position requires an Engineering and Technical Management, Practitioner, acquisition certification. The incumbent has 48 months to achieve this certification.
This position is eligible for situational telework, as determined by agency policy.
Submit resume and all other required documents online by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on 05/17/202
The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (OGE278) in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 197
You will serve a oneyear probationary period unless you have previously completed the probationary period in the SES.
The position is designated as emergency essential. Emergency recall to duty during nonduty hours may be necessary.
Please read the vacancy announcement in its entirety before applying.

Qualifications:

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below.
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Applicants must utilize the Challenge-Context
Action-Result (CCAR) Model when writing Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ).
Use two examples of relevant experience for each ECQ being sure your experience matches the ECQ criteria.

Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal.
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Context

Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, coworkers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale).

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Action

Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge.

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Result

Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills.
Each accomplishment should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments (e.g., Led the development and implementation of....) and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised; size of budget managed; amount of money saved, etc.).

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ECQ 1 -
Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organizatio