Program Manager

Full Job Description

This position is located at the Kansas City Passport Agency in Kansas City, MO.

This position serves as a Program Manager, with a working title of Director and contributes toward the directorate's policy guidance efforts by leading the Passport Agency.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CONSULAR AFFAIRS VISIT: https://www.state.gov/about-us-bureau-of-consular-affairs/ Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.

NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience planning, direction, oversight, and evaluation of a broad range of highly specialized passport adjudication, issuance, and/or production services carried out by the assigned passport agency/center Experience exercising the full range of supervisory responsibilities and authorities associated with accomplishing the functional responsibilities of the agency/center Experience with laws and regulations governing nationality as related to passport eligibility.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-15 position.

In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities: Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others; Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances; Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress; Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and Capacity to "see the job through." Major Duties:

• Exercises the full range of supervisory responsibilities and authorities associated with accomplishing the functional responsibilities of the agency/center.
• Analyzes and interprets broad directives and oversees the administration of laws and regulations governing nationality as related to passport eligibility.
• Serves as an authority in and exercises highly effective oversight of the activities of the passport agency/center to which assigned by providing authoritative planning and direction.
• Represents the Bureau of Consular Affairs in dealing with Members of Congress and their staff, state and local government officials, officials of other federal agencies, and high-ranking travel, tourism, and transportation industry officials.
• Develops, negotiates, interpret, and oversees the implementation of policies and processes that ensure organizational efficiency and responsiveness to new and changing program requirements.