Chief of Staff.

Responsibilities

• Exercise final authority for the full range of personnel actions recommended by subordinate supervisors.
• Develop speeches and presentations representing the Director's views.
• Represent the Director in face-to-face and telephonic meetings and discussions with headquarters and field staff members.
• Plan, control the agenda for, and administer cabinet meetings of key staff managers and other special conferences and/or seminars.
• Meet with high-ranking management officials, including the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Congressional liaison, and news media representatives.
• Serve as the Director's principal liaison with non-DoWEA officials and functionaries, including senior DoW political leaders, Congress, and staff.

Requirements

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement.
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) clearance eligibility.
• One-year supervisory probation period may be required.
• This position is designated Special Sensitive (Top Secret) and requires a Tier 5 investigation favorably adjudicated.
• This position is a Testing Designated position subject to applicant testing and random drug testing. You will be required to sign a DA Form 5019 requiring participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
• You may be required to sign a transportation agreement.
• Required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the following employment authority categories are eligible to apply:

• Current Competitive Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Civilian Employee
• Current Department of War (DoW) Civilian Employee
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Non-Department of War (DoW) Transfer
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoW MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoW Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:

• Meeting, coordinating, and communicating with external government or non-government agencies or senior/high-ranking officials (such as Federal, State, or local officials, Congressional Representatives, political or military leadership, news media representatives, or local business officials) to communicate agency priorities and operational directives.
• Developing or implementing programs and policies to improve productivity, effectiveness, or efficiency for a geographically dispersed organization.
• Planning and organizing support operations for a large organization and reviewing multi-year budget plans and/or providing recommendations on re-allocating resources to support short or long-range objectives.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone—no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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-14).

Additional Information

• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be serving in a position in Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service. You will obtain competitive status after two years of service in this position.
• Your employment in this position will be at-will.
• Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals of adverse actions concerning performance, discipline, and other matters arising under chapters 23, 43, and 75 of title 5, United States Code will not be available to an individual serving in this position.
• Prohibitions on prohibited personnel practices will be enforced by the Office of General Counsel and not the Office of Special Counsel.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from the Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Effective January 1, 2018, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, most civilian employee relocation allowances became taxable. The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for the additional Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred as a result of receiving taxable travel income. RITA does not apply to new government employees or employees returning from an overseas assignment for the purpose of separation from Government service.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.