Total 287 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Cowley - Remote/Hybrid

• Technical authority and lead specialist responsible for ensuring effective, economical, and advanced technical management of customer computing requirements.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and conducting studies, analyses and evaluations of plans, programs, projects, networks, policies, and procedures.
• Organizational focal point for synchronizing efforts to achieve strategic goals and increasing operational effectiveness through a unified project management approach.
• Establishes criteria and make recommendations to address new support requirements.
• Plans work to be accomplished and prepare schedules for completion of work for review by senior staff.

As a Loan Specialist at the GS-1165-09/11 for COVID EIDL Loan Servicing Center - CESC, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Negotiating with borrowers and/or third parties to obtain satisfactory resolution in adversarial situations.
• Conducting investigations and analyses in preparing a variety of servicing, collection, and liquidation actions.
• Determining the financial responsibility of borrowers and/or guarantors following a detailed financial analysis.
• Responding to demands for payoffs from escrow companies and research requests for reconveyance on previously paid loans to prepare documents.
• Preparing releases for borrowers and notice of fully paid accounts where certified funds are received.
• Responding in writing to a full range of inquiries from borrowers concerning residential and commercial loan servicing and liquidation to assist in the liquidation of delinquent loans.

• This is a Term Appointment, which is a Competitive service position and does not confer competitive status, reinstatement rights, or eligibility for non-competitive conversion to a permanent job to the individual(s) selected. You may be promoted or reassigned to another term position within SBA's Office of Capital Access; however, you may not be non-competitively appointed to another Federal position. You will be given an initial Term Appointment up to 1 year, but not more than 4 years. If all other conditions of employment are met, this appointment may be extended, up to a total of four (4) years in increments determined by SBA.
• By applying for this position with SBA's Office of Capital Access, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster.
• The COVID-19 EIDL Servicing Center (CESC) Ft. Worth, TX location is conveniently located near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and DART/TRE Station.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required while on assignment (up to seven days a week and ten to fourteen hours a day).
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• This is not a bargaining unit position.

-Maintain expert level knowledge and experience with Federal environmental reviews and authorizations pertaining to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), Clean Water Act, and other relevant Federal statutes and regulations;

- Actively track and monitor multiple FAST-41 covered projects throughout the entire permitting process;

- Represent the Permitting Council and the Executive Director before other senior level government officials (including Deputy Secretary level management) and other senior level executive stakeholders;

- Draft and provide interpretations of FAST-41 Implementation Guidance (Appendix A and B);

- Function as lead on permitting process improvements, efficiency, predictability and transparency, including development of Agency Best Practice Report and Annual Report to Congress;

- Assist Contracting Officer Representative to manage contractor deliverables;

- Act as the Permitting Council liaison to other senior level government officials to ensure continuous business process improvements across the interagency infrastructure permitting process, utilizing data analysis, performance metrics consistent with the statutory requirements set forth in FAST-41; Interpret, analyze, and apply project data on front and backend of Permitting Dashboard to provide executive and senior level permitting officials accurate briefs;

- Liaison with various Federal and state permitting agencies and staff to ensure compliance with the FAST-41 statute and relevant regulations and guidance;

- Identifies and implements best practices to add consistency, predictability and accelerated timeliness to federal infrastructure permitting process, without degrading environmental impacts or community outcomes;

- Functions as an authoritative advisor to management for development, implementation of performance metrics (i.e. Recommended Performance Schedule), and all matters related to project activities within the Permitting Council.

• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Programs and Project Controls Branch, Data Quality Team (DQT)
• Responsible for interpretation and application of regulations relating to Civil and Military programs, automated funds management systems, civil programming and fiscal matters related to these programs.
• Functions as the senior policy advisor to the Deputy District Engineer for Project Management and Programs and Project Management Branch Chiefs, as well as other District leadership on schedule related matters
• Staff advisor working with the District’s Civil Works, Military, and IIS program managers, District resource providers, and the Operational Management Board (OMB).
• Provides strategic advice to SPK leadership regarding project schedules, resourcing, and budgets.
• Develops, maintains and distributes a list of current and future projects for workload forecasting and resource planning of Civil Works, Military, and IIS projects.
• Performs data traces to confirm that sub-tier contractor schedules are accurately networked and incorporated into the prime supplier and the overall program schedule.
• Registers projects and project data in the specific District Primavera P6 library; maintains District standard WBS templates and is responsible for the Primavera P6 database management for resourcing, programming and execution of projects.
• Provides comprehensive analysis of data obtained by utilizing government Primavera or AE firm/customer analytical tools of contractor construction claims, involving alleged delay of project completion with enormous potential cost impacts.
• Coordinates with PDT, Civil Works Project Management, the Supplemental Program Managers, and Military Program Managers to assure funds are available for established schedules.
• Analyzes program and project data to take input data in Primavera P6 for the proper interface with the RMS, CEFMS, and other upward reporting tools, and as required to provide information for the PM to utilize Primavera P6 to manage projects.

As a Project Management Specialist your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Develops and implements detailed project plans to improve the organization's financial assistance processes and policies, including defining objectives, resources, and deliverables.
• Develops and implements innovative solutions to optimize financial assistance procedures and address emerging challenges by utilizing AI, automation tools, and other technologies to streamline operations and enhance efficiency.
• Applies extensive knowledge of financial assistance (grants) to identify areas for improvement in processes and policies, ensuring enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in program delivery.
• Analyzes financial trends and data to inform strategic decision-making and future planning, ensuring that insights drive effective resource allocation and support organizational objectives.
• Builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders to support project initiatives and drive positive outcomes. Facilitates collaborative planning sessions to integrate stakeholder feedback and ensure effective project execution.

• Develop, administer and maintain data collection systems and other strategies that optimize and streamline statistical efficiency and data quality.
• Develop and administer databases which are used to contain Performance and Quality data sets for mission-critical reporting requirements.
• Develop and maintain organizational or units website to accurately disseminate pertinent Division-related information.
• Research and evaluate new technologies to improve the overall efficiency, advancement and productivity of mission-critical processes.
• Provide technical training on technological integrations and implementations to ensure overall user proficiency and significantly improve quality of completed products.
• Support the Regional Budgetary process and analyze for better efficiencies by the use of various process improvements.

As a Supervisory IT Project Manager (Director), you will:

• Have technical responsibility for leading, planning, developing, implementing, Technology (IT) application projects for the Treasury shared service offering within the HR Line of Business.
• Oversee the work of subordinate staff members who are engaged in the management of significant IT projects, essential to the shared service mission of the Department and impactful to the customer population exceeding 200,000 users on a long-term or continuing basis.
• Provide all necessary coordination in the review and approval of proposed projects, proposed application projects, and exercises full project management responsibility for planning, administrating, budgeting, training, organizing, controlling, and reviewing the utilization of total project resources.

As a Supervisory IT Project Manager (Director), you will:

• Have technical responsibility for leading, planning, developing, implementing, Technology (IT) application projects for the Treasury shared service offering within the HR Line of Business.
• Oversee the work of subordinate staff members who are engaged in the management of significant IT projects, essential to the shared service mission of the Department and impactful to the customer population exceeding 200,000 users on a long-term or continuing basis.
• Provide all necessary coordination in the review and approval of proposed projects, proposed application projects, and exercises full project management responsibility for planning, administrating, budgeting, training, organizing, controlling, and reviewing the utilization of total project resources.

• Responsible for delivery of all solutions for NRCS including recommendations by teams for new cloud technologies in alignment with ISD governance processes.
• Oversee acquisition planning, monitoring, and management of IT Contracts that support delivery of solutions for NRCS.
• Coordination with IT operations staff managing on premise and cloud-based operations to ensure Solutions have required support to meet solution delivery.
• Coordinate with NRCS stakeholders on well-defined integration between ISD and business stakeholders, ensure transparency of SAFe programs, production support activities, data calls, data change requests, and activities that support NRCS.
• Coordinate with other Section Chiefs within SDOB and other ISD branches to share knowledge and drive reuse and efficiencies across FPAC.

The Program Specialist serves as a Strategic Planner for Member Services (MS) within in the Directors Office (DO). As an advisor to the MS Executive Leadership Team and MS managers, the Strategic Planner provides advice on the formulation of strategic policies, plans, and programs. Major duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for Planning, Programming, budgeting, and Executing (PPB&E) process of assigned strategic initiatives or enterprise-wide projects. Responsible for planning and programming the steps required for the initiative, coordinating with stakeholders and action action officers to develop the human capital plan and budget plan.
• Strategizes with development teams to transform general ideas into workable solutions. Analyze existing practices to isolate areas ripe for improvement or enhancement. Exercises expertise to create or refine metrics for key performance indicators.
• Identifies opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives. Advises and supports in the development of strategic sub-plans, reengineering, business process review, and other change change management initiatives, to ensure consistency and integration.
• Consult with program officials and subject matter experts at the national and Member Service level to document existing business processes, functional requirements, and process flows. Investigate and analyze adverse quality trends or conditions and coordinate and initiate corrective actions.
• Develops programs to ensure quality provisions are planned, developed, and implemented to identify, prevent, and correct unsatisfactory conditions and elements which influence the regulatory correctness and responsiveness of transactions and services. Develops data capture and reporting procedures to track progress of quality program management initiatives, analyzes segments of business process or transactions and identifies indicators and emphasis areas for attention of operating managers and staff.
• Designs studies, training programs, and organizational strategies for the identifying opportunities to improve customer service, process qualities and employee satisfaction. Analyze key steps in transaction process or business practices to identify potential for significant quality process improvement.

As an Information Technology Specialist (Applications Software) at the GS-2210-12, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• The design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, and support of new or existing applications software.
• Interactive communication with end users and OCA management.
• Evaluating new technologies, especially upgrades to existing development tools, to assure backwards compatibility with existing applications, to justify acquisition based on cost/benefit analysis, and potential for unresolved bugs which is common in new applications.
• Designing applications architecture and program codes to multi-tier client/server model that isolates and optimizes components for data access, business rules and user interfaces.

• The Term Appointment does not confer competitive status, reinstatement rights, or eligibility for non-competitive conversion to a permanent job to the individual(s) selected. You may be promoted or reassigned to another term position within SBA's Office of Capital Access; however, you may not be non-competitively appointed to another Federal position. You will be given an initial Term Appointment lasting more than 1 year, but not more than 4 years. If all other conditions of employment are met, this appointment may be extended, up to a total of four (4) years in increments determined by SBA.
• If selected, employees work on an intermittent (on-call) work schedule. This means that employees are in a pay status only when activated to respond to workload needs, especially in response to heightened disaster activity. When no longer needed, employees return to a non-pay status until the next event necessitates additional staff.
• However, depending on the workload and/or level of disaster activity, your work schedule may be changed to full-time. Subsequently, if the workload decreases, your work schedule may be changed back to intermittent.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• This is not a bargaining unit position.