Duties for this Position Include:
Advises and assists the Regional Administrator on strategic planning, policy, program operations, and performance accountability for the development and administration of a national workforce development system
Supervises managers, and other employees.
Provides program framework, and technical assistance to managers located within assigned regions.
Plays a key role in personnel management. Develops robust recruitment strategies; interviews and selects candidates for vacancies and initiates other personnel actions.
Provides advice, counsel, and instruction to individual employees on performance, and administrative matters.
Establishes performance standards, evaluates performance, and rates subordinate supervisors and employees.
Initiates disciplinary measures and adverse actions as needed; and supports Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) affirmative action plans and objectives.
Provides assistance to office staff on personnel matters relating to recruitment, promotions, details, reassignments, grievances, etc.
Represents management with NCFLL (union) on grievances, unfair labor disputes, development of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), and Labor-Management Relations meetings, as needed.
Advises and assists the Regional Administrator and other Employment and Training Administration (ETA) executive staff on all matters within the scope of assigned unit(s)/Division(s) responsibility, develops plans to convert strategic goals into action.
Ensures that staff are knowledgeable of the annual performance metrics, and ensures that products are delivered, and deadlines are met.
Ensures that implementation of operating plan obligations are met, program performance goals are closely tracked, and prepares suggestions for mid-course corrections.
Monitors the performance of the Divisions with respect to the operational plan.
Coordinates Division activities with other Divisions and Offices throughout the Employment & Training Administration (ETA).
Works as a partner with other Offices to facilitate the achievement of goals.
Promotes and sustains positive relationships with customers, stakeholders and partners, to include collaboration with various officials from Federal, State and Local government agencies, in an effort to build support for the overall ETA mission.
Works to foster understanding between and among these constituencies about how individual missions, goals, and objectives interact and impact service to workers and employers in the region.
Collaborates with the Administrator and senior leadership on all matters pertaining to the regional mission.
Utilizing the knowledge of total regional operations and broad managerial capability reviews and evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency with which all regions and staff office performing their mission.
Develops and recommends short and long-range program plans taking into consideration management objectives.
Directs the assessment of grantee data and ensures timely and responsive technical assistance.
Utilizes ETA wide risk analysis techniques and tools that identify grantees at greatest risk.
Effectively represents the Department and the Regional Office internally and externally.
Effectively communicates Departmental and Agency priorities.
Starting at $162,377 Per Year (GS 15)