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18 hours ago
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Senior Project Manager
The position is located in in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Environmental Review and Permitting Office. The incumbent serves as a senior project manager overseeing large scale or high priority projects and strategic planning efforts that impact USDA Secretary's responsibilities related to the Administration's priorities as well as its associated partners, communities, other government and non-government organizations, and other stakeholders.
- Implements corporate decisions and initiatives that come from the USDA’s Environmental Review and Permitting Office in support of Chief Environmental Review and Permitting Officer and Deputy Chief direction, guidance, laws, regulations and policy
- Provide technical guidance to CERPO and Deputy CERPO in planning, coordinating, management, execution and evaluation of proposed projects and programs of interest to the USDA’s Environmental Review and Permitting Office.
- Determines risk and develops contingency plans, options, and recommendations for management’s consideration.
- Develops a detailed project plan and tracks work assignments and progress and adjusts plans for efficiency and effectiveness to meet schedules and deadlines, peak workloads, and changing priorities, and compares actual work against established plans.
- Evaluates impacts to projects and problems studied from policy perspectives, changes, resource availability and allocation and integrated schedules.
- Monitors critical milestones and activities to ensure completion of projects and the delivery of products on schedule and within budget.
- Develops and modifies new and existing grants and agreements, participating agreements, challenge cost share agreements, and other formal partnerships, and serves as the Project Manager in the administration of these grants and agreements.
- Leads efforts to improve the department-wide policy planning and decision-making by fully integrating activities with the management processes.
- Formulates policy standards that are implemented across USDA and have significant financial and functional implications, which all agency mission areas and staff are impacted.
- Manages and leads intra-mission area teams that develop national strategies around the development and implementation of policies and processes and exercises significant authority on behalf of the USDA CERPO.
Requirements
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Minimum Qualifications: Applicants must meet the Specialized Experience requirements as shown below. If qualifying based on experience, your application or resume must clearly show that you possess the specialized experience requirements. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. For the GS-14 level Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 level) which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is experience preparing and presenting comprehensive technical findings, project statuses, and recommendations on environmental processes to varied audiences to influence decision-making; and, managing highly complex environmental review projects or initiatives, including their design, development, implementation, and evaluation, from conception to completion. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.