Program Manager

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as Chief of the Military Project Office.

Responsible for the program and project management activities related to execution of the District's large, complex and diversified Military Programs.

The programs involve investigations, planning, design and construction for the Air Force and other Department of Defense agencies characterized as highly visible with multiple complexities of technical issues, political interest, public impact and environmental sensitivity.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes working with Project Delivery Business Processes and tools; experience with project and program management of vertical design projects Military Construction/ Sustainment Restoration Modernization Interagency (MILCON/SRM), or related military programs; and experience working with program and project and program budgets and schedules.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

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

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications and Media Human Capital Management Project Management 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-12).

Major Duties:

• Responsible for the overall management of the assigned program by supervising teams of project managers (PMs).
• Ensures consistency and continuity of program management within the District and provides a central point of contact on assigned projects.
• Interfaces with other District functional chiefs to ensure overall program coordination
• Provides a work environment conducive to effective integration of the technical functions of planning, engineering, real estate, contracting, construction, resource management, and other organizations.
• Ensures the efficient, effective and timely execution of the assigned program in accordance with established policies, regulations and agreements.
• Prepares performance standards for subordinates and evaluates their performance and identifies developmental and training needs for employees.
• Ensures stakeholder satisfaction by providing a quality product/service consistent with direction of higher authority, laws, regulations and policies.