Total 32 Administrative / Clerical job vacancies in McLean, Virginia

Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following:

• Provides general support to any and all witness, survivor and victim family member transportation and logistical matters.
• Monitors operations at Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) site locations, providing guidance and problem solving to CCTV site administrators.
• Reviews, analyzes, and initiates recommendations on correspondence, instructions and publications relating to the administration of the office.
• Furnishes necessary data or information as requested by researching appropriate subjects such as regulatory material and provides guidance to other clerical employees on records management and vital records administration.

• Serves as senior DoD specialist and advisor on DoD major acquisition programs, policies, and associated procedures.
• Monitors Business Process Re-engineering and Information Management initiatives within the OUSD(A and S) supported community to ensure coordination and integration.
• Assists in the development, evaluation and implementation of DoD acquisition resource management systems and improved business processes.
• Evaluates and reviews various documents and reports covering a wide range of all acquisition pathways in various stages of development, production, and operational use.
• Participates in special projects, integrated product teams, studies for improving DoD business processes and practices and meeting established goals and objectives.

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice, under this recruitment, applications will be accepted for each location and/or installation identified in this Public Notice and selections are made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application.

This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection.

This position is being filled under Direct Hire Authority (DHA) 5515-538; Subtitle A-Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States; Sec 1717.(a).(4).(b).

Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following:

• The incumbent will lead the Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) team and coordinate with DoD stakeholders in assessing domestic acquisitions of major U.S. defense suppliers, including impact to: (1) national security; (2) the industrial and technological base; (3) competition and innovation; and (4) the public interest.
• Provides broad program management, strategic guidance, support, and oversight to the M&A mission, including guidance for support contractors.
• Develops the recommended DoD position on applicable transactions.
• Seeks input from applicable DoD customers and coordinates the response within the Department Coordinates with the Antitrust divisions of the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission.
• Works with stakeholders to monitor transactions post-merger/acquisition.
• The incumbent will also be responsible for creating a DoD Defense Suppliers List based on inputs from across the Department.
• Draft high-quality work products, including policy proposals, policy papers, DoD issuances, briefing materials, and reports for senior leadership.
• Coordinate and oversee the development of measurable strategic initiatives, including goals, objectives, milestones, implementation plans, and execution.
• Monitors program effectiveness through measurable metrics.
• Provide input into the budget for program requirements.
• The incumbent identifies and resolves highly complex problems that cross organizational boundaries and promulgates solutions.
• Resolution of problems requires mastery of the field to develop new hypotheses or fundamental new concepts.
• The incumbent assesses and provides strategic direction for resolution of mission critical problems, policies and procedures.
• Works at a senior level to define, integrate and implement strategic direction for vital programs with long-term impact on large numbers of people.
• Maintains knowledge of the totality of the activities and resources related to the M&A mission, measuring overall effectiveness of the Departments M&A program.
• Represent DoD in interagency meetings.
• Expresses information effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information.

The incumbent provides expertise and insight to support the delivery of a high-quality final
report which will discuss all relevant issues, explains the research and analysis conducted under
the auspices of the review, and presents a strategy for implementing the recommendations of the
report. The incumbent will advise and assist leadership in coordinating within the Office of the
Secretary of Defense and the Military Departments to integrate and implement recommendations
of the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation.

The incumbent provides expertise and insight to support the following actions:

1. The drafting of the charter of the QRMC.
2. The development of a mission and vision for the Quadrennial Review of Military
Compensation.
3. Integration of compensation policies with other personnel policies and that supports the
readiness of the military manpower force to achieve United States strategic policies and
objectives.
4. Liaising with the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation Senior Advisory Group
through providing progress reports, as required by either the Senior Advisory Group or
the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and by planning,
arranging and supporting Steering Committee meetings.
5. Supporting briefings and reviewing public information releases as necessary to explain
the work of the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation to official and public
audiences.
6. Supporting engagements with Congressional Committee Staffs, with other Federal
Agencies and with other involved functional areas within Department of Defense and the
Service Departments and with the private sector and the public as necessary in
accordance with standing Department of Defense policies.

***THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting the supervisor during all business hours in performing and/or managing administrative tasks
• Scheduling appointments, coordinating meetings and/or scheduling conferences
• Providing general calendar maintenance and clerical services (such as maintaining calendars, recording appointments, arranging meetings and small conference administrative details)
• Coordinating conference logistics and food service activities (such as printing or picking up conference materials, picking up conference supplies such as trays of water and food)
• Set up and breakdown of conference space and activities (such as food and light cleaning prior and after the completion of the meetings and/or schedules conferences)
• Monitoring the use of services, supplies or equipment for the office
• Performing time and attendance record keeping duties in the VATAS/or equivalent programs for the office staff
• Processing Executive Administrative staff correspondence for appropriate dissemination
• Providing front door coverage (including incoming/outgoing mail, telephone triage, customer service, etc.)
• The selectee will perform other duties as assigned

Receives visitors, determines the nature of the requests, personally providing the information desired when it is of a routine or procedural matter, before referring them to the Associate Warden.

Maintains supervisor’s calendar, takes request for appointments with supervisor and staff.

Serves as a liaison to the Associate Warden, personally processing requests.

Responsible for the preparation in draft and/or final form of material such as memoranda, letters, reports, requests, etc., as assigned.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution.

The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Serves as an Agency travel advisor, responsible for providing guidance in support of preparation for making travel, hotel and other arrangements related to domestic and international business mission related travel by agency staff.

Conducts training for the Agency on travel related processes and procedures and period reviews of Agency processes to ensure accuracy and proper use. Works closely with Agency offices to implement new travel processes and/or initiatives, including working directly with partnering organizations.

Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative responsible for the management of administrative/operational contracts including managing and tracking contract related funds and working with the Acquisition's Office to ensure effectiveness of contract support.

Provides support for the Personnel Security Program and Assistant Information Systems Security Officer, including support with applying Department of State and agency regulations for all personnel security related processes and procedures.

Works closely with the Administrative Officer (AO)/Deputy AO to ensure that the operational needs of the agency are met efficiently, expeditiously, and in accordance with agency and federal policies and procedures.

As appropriate, evaluates, recommends and facilitates implementation of new approaches and alternatives to address current or anticipated implementation issues. Analyzes the workflow of specific administrative programs to determine if processes can be streamlined or made more customer friendly.

Participates in the continual review and evaluation of activities to remove any barriers to achieve streamlined, cost-effective operations. Highlights redundancies and areas for improvement.

• Develop guidelines and a general framework for the formulation of policies, plans, and programs to ensure effective conduct of assigned missions, functions, and operations of the Branch.
• Provide management support to the Executive Director on status of funds, budget policy and budgetary impacts, and internal accounting.
• Recommend solutions to systems cost control problems to ensure the most effective and timely cost control for the organization
• Prepare narrative and statistical evidence and narrative justification in support of budget requests.
• Review work completed by subordinates, accepting, amending or rejecting work as appropriate.
• Make decisions on work problems presented by subordinates.

• You will provide technical advice and assistance to Secretariat managers and operations personnel in the resolution of difficult staffing problems.
• You will develop recruitment strategies, pay-setting strategies, short and long range staffing plans to forecast civilian personnel mission requirements, assess employee turnover, and review recruitment practices and local labor market conditions.
• You will review staffing actions/packages for completeness and compliance in accordance with Secretariat hiring process, Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR) hiring process, and other applicable guidelines and regulations.
• You will execute recruitment, reassignment, and other personnel actions for assigned Secretariat organizations.
• You will provide advice on various stages of the hiring process, coordinate issues and questions with OCHR and management officials, explain regulations, procedures and determinations to inquiring employees, candidates and supervisors.
• You will serve as a management consultant in designing and planning a current and future workforce and analyze trends and forecast changes in workforce requirements to meet future demands.

The incumbent of this position serves as the Deputy Director for the Department of Defense (DoD) Special Access Program Central Office (SAPCO) responsible for the program management oversight and governance of all DoD SAPs in the functional areas of acquisition, financial management, budget, procurement, security, export, and Low Observable/Counter Low Observable policies.

Major duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Establishes oversight procedures related to planning and executing some of DoD's most highly classified programs within the government and industry.
• Responsible for leading change by exercising leadership skills, encouraging creative thinking and innovation, and influencing others toward improved SAPs and processes.
• Builds coalitions and effective communications avenues on issues relating to SAP implementation.
• Identifies and defines major planning, management, and problem areas pertaining to all aspects of directorate programs. Analysis of programs and problem areas serves as an input to development of long-range plans and programming options for issue resolution. Develops recommendations based upon in-depth analysis of issues and consideration of overall program missions, budgetary constraints, technological advances, political environment, and resources.
• Acts as a recognized expert in assigned areas, and develops, interprets, and implements policies as well as procedures to support the DoD SAPCO organization. Provides authoritative guidance in problem areas where policy and direction are lacking, based upon mastery of complex policies, guidance, and law.
• Works closely with a variety of external organizations to resolve programmatic issues and participate in special projects. Articulates these policies to affected staff, senior leaders (including the DoD SAPCO), and DoD organizations, and to other agencies, Congress, academia, and industry. Prepares and provides factual reference material for use during senior DoD briefings and Congressional hearings.

• You will compile written reports to provide status updates.
• You will operate automated computer systems to maintain and update electronic records and data.
• You will answer inquiries of a general nature to make referrals to responsible staff members.
• You will determine specific action to take to correct discrepancies, errors, or problems following instructions and procedures.
• You will research rules, regulations, and procedures to resolve questions or issues.
• You will compose correspondence (e.g., technical reports, presentations) observing proper format, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
• You will perform duties as a Command Pay and Personnel Administrator (CPPA).
• You will ensure all documents and information for personnel and pay support are relayed to the appropriate supporting organization.

For the Department of the Army, sets strategic direction, develops policy, oversees policy implementation, allocates resources, and supervises all matters pertaining to Civilian Personnel Policy. Collaborates on civilian personnel workforce transformation, hiring, talent development/management, performance management, retention, and separation. In conjunction with M&RA's Director of Force Management, Manpower, and Resources, establishes strategic direction for aspects of the PPBE process. Provides policy oversight for Civilian Personnel Systems including Federal Wage Service; General Schedule; Defense Intelligence Civilian Personnel System; Acquisition Demonstration Project; Cyber Excepted Service; Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory, (12 within Army); Non-Appropriate Fun; and Title 10 Faculty. Performance is reviewed in the broadest terms for technical perceptiveness, managerial competence, and senior leader effectiveness for contribution to the ASA (M&RA) missions. Serves under the general direction of and receives broad strategic guidance from the Office of the ASA(M&RA). Oversees a workforce of 30 civilians and directly supervises personnel at the GS-15 and 14 levels.

• Coordinates with the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in developing materials used for formulating, justifying, and executing budgets and monitors expenditure of funds.
• Participates in reviewing management analysis programs with a view towards developing improvements of major problem areas in administrative management.
• Plans, develops, and maintains systems and procedures for personnel management activities.
• Completes and/or reviews personnel action requests.
• Serves as a point-of-contact and Government Purchase Cardholder for vendors and manufacturer representatives and makes recommendations for purchase of supplies.
• Assists the Cyber Assistant Special Agent in Charge and Resident Agents in Charge with administrative support as requested.

• Provide financial administration support to the procurement and budget officer on all procurement requirements.
• Initiate spending chain transactions to ensure each transaction is committed and obligated against the appropriate line of accounting.
• Monitor and track obligations and expenditures throughout the budget process.
• Coordinate with key officials relating to funds availability, limitations, and ceilings.
• Ensure all contracts and financial data is secured and maintained for audit purposes.
• Advise customers when a contract should be awarded versus a government purchase card (GPC) and miscellaneous payment type.
• Monitor contract status and assist departments in answering budget related questions.
• Carry out all duties associated with being the Lead Defense Travel Administrator.
• Provide guidance to employees on the appropriate use of a government purchase card.

Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following:

• Develops and provides read-aheads, presentations and recommendations to DoD CIO Senior Leadership for appropriate engagement.
• Ensures that industry responses are timely, tracked, and responsive to partners.
• Develops, modifies, and implements industry engagement program as appropriate.
• supports project management framework and process implementation, operation, and development for industry engagements.
• Coordinates with internal offices to ensure engagements are appropriate and within ethical standards.
• Ensures that procedures and methods are established for determining benefits, risks, and concerns regarding engagements, team performance, and work processes and are documented and repeatable.
• Provides expert advice and coordinates efforts between DoD, industry, and academia on engagements and meetings for the purpose of sharing information, best practices, and finding innovative solutions to the Departments IT requirements.
• Provides recommendations regarding engagements and ensuring CoS is informed and aware of all engagements as well as providing recommendations on the industry engagement program.