Director

This Director position is located in the Bureau for Management, Office of Management Policy, Budget and Performance (M/MPBP) at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, DC.

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 (TQs), and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS - MANDATORY

You will be evaluated on the following Executive Core Qualifications:

ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE

This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Core Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, and Vision.

ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE

This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Core Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, and Team Building.

ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN

This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Core Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, and Technical Credibility.

ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN

This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Core Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, and Technology Management.

ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS

This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Core Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, and Influencing/Negotiating.

The following competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS - MANDATORY

You will be evaluated on the following Technical Qualifications:

TQ1 - Demonstrated knowledge of management principles, concepts, methods and evaluation techniques related to budgeting. Experience leading the formulation and execution of complex multi component operational and program budgets and the relationship of those budgets to other management resources such as workforce, infrastructure and technology budget planning and implementation of operational management policies for a national or international agency or organization. This includes assessment of impact and results achieved through both operational and program budgets, what cannot be achieved if budgets are cut and what can be achieved with additional budgetary resources. Experience leading the development of results based , budget and workforce utilization requirements pertaining to Organization Strategic Plans and Performance Reports.

TQ2 - Demonstrated experience using an agency's management and operational principles, performance methods, and risk management planning, to analyze organizational and operational problems and develop solutions for new and complex initiatives. Demonstrated experience reducing administrative and bureaucratic burdens related to Agency or Organizational level policies and procedures that impact an organization's management operations. Demonstrated experience drafting new policies and operational strategies in addition to adjusting agency policies and strategies to achieve Agency goals.

Responsibilities:

Working under the general direction of the Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA/M), the incumbent directly supervises the Management Bureau's central unit for budget planning and implementation; policy formulation, rule making, partner vetting, exchange visitor visa compliance; operational performance monitoring and improvement, business process analysis and customer experience; risk, safeguarding and compliance; the Agency accountability mechanism official; administrative support services for the M Bureau and manages the Bureau's program and operating expense (OE) budget.

Has overall responsibility, as well as delegated authority, for the oversight and administration of broad, emerging, and/or critical agency programs or operations. Primarily responsible for the direction and management of large-scale agency programs and operations to efficiently achieve specified goals and objectives.

Specifically, the incumbent oversees the formulation of the Bureau's annual budget submission, justification, execution and reporting for operating expenses and program funds, and manages the Agency's operating expense (OE) budget.

The incumbent manages the overarching framework of the President's Management Agenda for the Agency, the Management Operations Council and ensures that the staff of the office support the Agency Sustainability Officer and the Agency Performance Improvement Officer.

Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with various high-level individuals, including Members of Congress and their staff, other legislative and executive agencies, executives of major corporations and non-governmental organizations as well as distinguished members of the public.

The incumbent oversees all Bureau hiring and personnel actions.

The incumbent develops, conceives, plans, and implements policies and guidelines affecting broad, emerging, and or critical agency programs.

The incumbent provides management and consulting services to top executives of the agency on change management and internal business process improvements to improve the effectiveness of major agency operations and functions.