PROGRAM MANAGER

Full Job Description

About the Position: Works under the general supervision of the Chief, Programs and Project Management Division (C, PPMD).

Accomplishes assignments in accordance with broadly outlined Program and Project Management Business Process (PMBP) objectives.

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 Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) 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 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer 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 Reinstatement 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; 1) Provides staff leadership in developing project schedules, budgets, manpower needs, and milestones for programming and project management purposes; AND 2) Makes decisions, recommendations, and commitments regarding basic policies on project management matters; AND 3) Plans the offices work; delegates assignments to subordinates based on priorities and consideration of the difficulty and requirements of the work; AND 4) Monitors obligations and expenditures, anticipates schedules, budget, manpower, or quality problems, and takes appropriate action to prevent them.

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

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-13).

Major Duties:

• Directs allocation of project resources in accordance with policy to assure objectives and commitments are effectively met.
• Oversees the development of the program to assure optimum product schedule, cost, scope, acquisition plan, budget and quality.
• Evaluates overall performance and insures that each employee accomplishes a satisfactory amount and quality level of work in a timely manner.
• Reviews project progress, including contract modifications.
• Plans the offices work; makes assignments to subordinates based on priorities, consideration of the difficulty and the requirements of the work, and the capabilities of the employees.
• Provides direction to all project managers to see that planning and execution problems are resolved and that project costs are controlled and established schedules are met.
• Makes decisions, recommendations, and commitments regarding Corps of Engineers basic policies on project management matters.
• Renders assistance critical to fulfillment of goals, resolving issues or problems arising between technical personnel, contractors, and using services, making compromises based on operating need, regulatory requirements, etc.