Branch Chief

The successful candidate will perform the full range of Branch Chief duties.

Such duties include but are not limited to:

• Leads agencywide IT governance activities including demand intake requirements collection portfolio coordination and facilitation of structured decision-making for IT investments.
• Oversees planning scheduling and execution of governance board operations including preparation of materials documentation of decisions and tracking of actions and follow-ups to ensure accountability.
• Supports compliance with federal IT requirements by implementing Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) processes maintaining governance artifacts and ensuring alignment with federal mandates and audit needs.
• Coordinates across Enterprise Architecture Strategic Vendor Management and with other office divisions to ensure integration of governance processes and clear communication among stakeholders.
• Manages Branch operations including resource allocation priority setting workforce supervision performance management and contractor oversight including the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) responsibilities.
• Ensures approved IT initiatives transition effectively to execution by facilitating prioritization sequencing scheduling and monitoring of portfolio performance and reporting.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

All information in your resume must be true and accurate.

Conditions of Employment:

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• This is a Drug Testing position
• Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:
  • your performance and conduct;
  • the needs and interests of the agency;
  • whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
  • whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

In order to qualify for this position Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG-14 level or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: experience applying IT governance principles and frameworks including Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) enterprise IT portfolio management and related governance processes to support organizational decision-making; interpreting and applying Federal IT laws regulations policies and guidance including the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directives; analyzing and presenting complex technical and business information to inform organizational decisions; coordinating IT governance processes and facilitating structured decision-making among multiple stakeholders; leading projects and supervising staff; and communicating effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.

Individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.

1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces including the general public individuals who work in the agency other agencies or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs provide information or assistance resolve their problems or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
3. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example technical sensitive controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.
4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Possess a high degree of expertise including hands-on experience managing and leading efforts to gather consolidate and analyze IT needs and facilitates governance processes that supports evaluation prioritization and oversight of IT investments to meet compliance with FITARA OMB CPIC and other federal requirements.

   (Example: Describe job related experience and training which demonstrates your leadership experience in gathering consolidating and analyzing IT needs to support the agencys mission and associated governance processes. Describe your ability to accomplish objectives as planned and within established funding levels and timelines for IT activities.)

2. Ability to effectively monitor portfolio performance and support reporting on IT investments and initiatives.

   (EXAMPLE: Describe specific experience training and accomplishments which demonstrate your ability to effectively monitor IT portfolios and investments that meet compliance with federal standards to include the identification of gaps inefficiencies in governance processes and implement improvements.

3. Knowledge of Federal and/or private sector project management and contracting practices.

   (Example: Describe specific experience and training which demonstrates your knowledge of project management and contracting techniques and your ability to accomplish project objectives and procurements as planned and within established funding levels. Describe positions you have held while gaining project management and contracting experience. Describe specific projects or programs where you have served as a project lead senior technical member or as the Contracting Officers Technical Representative. Provide examples of your experience that demonstrates your ability to manage full life cycle projects from developing project specifications/objectives to implementation operation and ongoing support.

4. Skill in effectively communicating and presenting information ideas and advice in a clear concise and logical manner.

   (Example: Describe specific experience training and accomplishments which demonstrate your ability to: (1) use informal and formal networks to build support for programs; (2) to lead complex discussions and consolidate complex and diverse opinions into concise balanced and well-founded recommendations; (3) to establish effective working relationships with subordinates supervisors peers and government and industry officials; and (4) to develop and implement successful approaches to problem solving and conflict resolution. Describe your most difficult or challenging writing assignments.)

5. Ability to direct lead and manage a technically diverse staff in critical programs with competing deadlines and conflicting resource demands.

   (Example: Describe specific experience training and accomplishments which demonstrate your ability or potential to manage and provide leadership for a staff as demonstrated by success in activities such as: formulating goals and objectives to successfully accomplish a complicated project; establishing processes and evaluating their effectiveness; effectively utilizing resources (people and dollars); effectively utilizing infrastructure such as IT resources; effectively performing contract budgeting and management; managing multiple projects and programs with competing deadlines and resource conflicts in the context of achieving organizational goals; planning long-term and short-term program activities including management of priority assignments; establishing and controlling procedures and schedules of work products or programs to achieve timely high-quality products; coordinating and/or managing technical personnel that demonstrates effective utilization of human resources; and reviewing and evaluating findings and conclusions.)

Specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume. You may also provide additional information related to your qualifications in the vacancy question provided for supplemental response.

A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.