Deputy Director - Washington, United States - US Peace Corps

US Peace Corps
US Peace Corps
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Washington, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties

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The Deputy Director - Office of Global Operations performs the following major duties:

  • Provides support to the AD/OGO in the leadership and coordination of operations across OGO sub-offices.
  • Builds cooperative working relationships and open communications among the suboffices, helping them to gain efficiencies as they share best practices.
  • Develops and implements plans and procedures for communicating best practices to overseas staff.
  • Supervises all activities of the SPD Unit, directly providing oversight and leadership to SPD supervisor.
  • Manages the predeparture environment for departing Peace Corps Volunteers, convening stakeholders as required and ensuring content, timing and requirements of staging and predeparture are adequate and reasonable.
  • Participates in the development and documentation of OGO and agency long
- and short-range planning efforts, including the agency strategic planning process and the Integrated Planning and Budget System process.

  • Tracks achievement of strategic performance goals assigned to OGO and reports on a quarterly basis.
  • Participates in OGO resource allocation and priority setting, making recommendations on planning efforts that can be undertaken within existing resource levels and advises on the impact of efforts that require additional resources.
  • Oversees coordination of OGO suboffice participation and support of Overseas Staff Training and other training for overseas staff in consultation with the Office of Staff Learning and Development.
  • Identifies, evaluates and proposes solutions to management problems which are of major importance to OGO program direction.
  • Leads analysis of projects, issues, or programs to build consensus around solutions that address constraints to excellence among OGO suboffices and overseas Posts.
  • Informs and advises the AD/OGO of major issues having significant impact on OGO programs and operations, offers recommended solutions and updates on work projects through informal/formal discussions, meetings, and conferences.
  • Supports the Senior Policy Committee and provides oversight and coordination of OGO policies and development of crossoffice policies that impact support to overseas Posts and support of Volunteers.
  • Provides leadership, oversight, and direction on the development and revision of OGO sponsored agency policies and procedures.

Requirements

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Conditions of Employment

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  • You must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • You must be at least 18 years of age.
  • All Federal employees are required to have federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
  • You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
  • You must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired originalor certified copies
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  • You must successfully complete a background security investigation with favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet this requirement will be grounds for employment termination.
  • Prior to employment, and in compliance with statutes 5 USC 3322 and 22 USC 2507b, Peace Corps will conduct a check of Peace Corps records for both Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and former Peace Corps employees.
  • All new employees are required to certify and submit a state of understanding acknowledging adherence to the Peace Corps condition of employment prior to day 1 of employment with the Peace Corps.
  • This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Clearance.
  • This position requires the filing of a Financial Disclosure report.
  • This is not a bargaining unit position.
  • A oneyear probationary period is required.
  • A oneyear supervisory probationary period is required.
  • This position is eligible for additional reappointments, per 22 USC a)(8). The initial appointment is a term of five years and subsequent reappointments are in terms of up to five years.

Qualifications

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Specialized Experience

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This vacancy is being announced at one grade level:

Specialized Experience at the FP-01 (GS-15)

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To be mínimally qualified for this position at the
FP-01 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression,
FP-02 or
GS-14 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.


Specialized experience includes

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  • Engaging with executive level internal and external stakeholders to coordinate, integrate, and advance an organization's strategic objectives; and
  • Ensuring effective and eff
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