Total 25 business management project planning job vacancies in Washington, District of Columbia

Job Requirements:

• Candidate must possess at least a Professional Certificate, Diploma,
• Advanced/ Higher/ Graduate Diploma, Engineering/ Business Studies/ Administration/ Management, Secretarial, Finance/ Accountancy/ Banking/ Project Human Resource Management or equivalent.
• Required skill(s): able to communicate with all level of people, proficient in both written & spoken in english, Prompt with experience in interior fit out with of related field, MS Office.
• Required language(s): Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese, English
• At least 2 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
• Preferably Junior Executives specializing in Secretarial/Executive, Enginering background or equivalent.
• 1 Full-Time position(s) available.

General Scope:

The Project Secretary plays a pivotal role in overseeing and coordinating the administrative and documentation aspects of construction and consultancy projects. This position demands exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, effective communication, and a fundamental understanding of contract law.

Qualifications and Skills:

Proven experience in project management and administration, with a fundamental understanding of contract law.

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage complex documentation.

Proficiency in project management software and Microsoft Office applications.

Knowledge of industry standards and processes in construction and consultancy.

Professional qualifications in mechanical engineering are preferred.

Previous experience in ISO auditing is a plus.

This job description outlines the critical responsibilities of the Project Secretary role for construction and consultancy projects. It underscores the importance of meticulous planning, adherence to contractual obligations, and effective communication, with a special focus on the essential skill of understanding contract law to ensure project success and compliance.

Perks & Benefits

• Personal leave
• Personal development opportunities

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, overseeing the three Branches of the Award Administration Division within the Grant Programs Directorate. Typical assignments include:

• Leading a division comprised of highly skilled and certified Grants Management Specialists with financial policy and oversight responsibilities.
• Serving as an expert and advisor on complex grants management matters to the Director of the Grant Operations Administration, and other executives, on a routine basis.
• Providing strategic input on the development of Agency-wide grants management policies, practices and initiatives.
• Managing a multi-billion dollar and highly complex grants portfolio; representing the Agency as a "Steward of the Public Trust" regarding accountability of and oversight of federal funds and administrative and audit processes.
• Providing technical assistance, training, and mentorship as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the federal grants enterprise to recipients, subrecipients and other internal and external stakeholders.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

Your new company

A very exciting, global retailer is looking to hire a Group Financial Accountant - a newly created position - to assist their finance team. You'll report into both the UK Finance Manager & Europe Finance Manager, assisting both with managing the month-end process & full management accounts.

Your new role

Reporting to the UK Finance Manager & Europe Finance Manager, you'll be responsible for:

• Produce month-end and year-end journals.
• Full management accounts ownership
• Produce financial statements including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, management accounts, variance analysis, and commentaries
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations for relevant balance sheet accounts
• Analyse financial information to assist business profitability and growth
• Review accounting/business processes and practices and improve where necessary to ensure efficient financial operations.
• Support budgeting and forecasting
• Ad-hoc finance projects

What you'll need to succeed

You'll be a Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) with experience as a management accountant within industry (open on sector, but retail or similar would be advantageous).

What you'll get in return

You'll work for a fast-growing and exciting global company with opportunities to grow & develop, reporting into impressive finance leaders. They are offering a competitive salary of £55,000 - £60,000.

What you need to do now

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The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of highly complex demanding management and program analyst assignments requiring a mastery of the application of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program(s) effectiveness and to ensure high-quality implementation and management of ASPE s legislative, compliance, and executive secretariat activities.

As the federal agency whose mission is to ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans, the Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. To build and retain a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the American people, we welcome applicants from the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, religions, and cultures of the United States who share our commitment to public service.

The duties and responsibilities of a Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist generally include, but are not limited to, the following:
*Providing oversight of mail management and printing related programs.
*Coordinating services involving mail management, fleet management, transportation and worldwide delivery services management, property utilization and disposal program.
*Providing solutions to warehousing, moving services, distribution services and logistics management.
*Managing the Justice Management Division mail services program.
*Managing the mail and warehousing services budget operating plans.

In the Management and Program Analyst role, you will become a key team member of Homeland Security individuals involved in performing the broadest and most significant types of review and management analysis embracing all areas of administrative resources in support of U.S. Border Patrol's systems and applications, participating and contributing to management decisions in the assigned program areas.

This position starts at a salary of $117,962.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $153,354.00 (GS-13, Step 10).

GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.Please visit this link to view special pay rate charts.

Typical duties of this assignment include:

• Providing assistance in the development of policies, plans, and strategies to improve departmental data management.
• Coordinating with functional leads to complete and maintain an up-to-date inventory of systems and data assets.
• Providing assistance in the implementation of USBP's data governance policy through access to a data catalog, enterprise business glossary, data lineage, and traceability between business and technical assets, data policies, and rules.
• Utilizing oral, written, and visual communication and analytical skills to support enterprise-level data management initiatives.
• Providing day-to-day business operations, technical analysis, and support activities with responsibilities in the areas of data, analytics, strategy, reporting, information governance, database management, and communications.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a Program Analyst (Budget) for the Resilience National Preparedness Directorate, Assistant Administrator, Business Operations Branch. Typical assignments include:

• Collecting budget data, performing data analysis, and preparing data visualization work products.
• Developing and managing program spend plans, budget reports, procurement trackers, travel funding, and travel cards.
• Reviewing procurement actions for funding availability, accuracy, program legitimacy, procedural requirements, and compliance with appropriate federal procurement regulations.
• Monitoring integrated financial management reporting information affecting programs with interrelated functions and operations for any anomalies.
• Planning and completing budget-related projects and assignments to meet deadlines based on the fiscal year cycle, as well as managing sensitive budget and procurement matters with internal and external stakeholders.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

The candidate selected for this position will:

Serve as the primary liaison and manage agency space utilization of over 500,00 square feet of privately and publicly leased facilities nationwide. Accountable for full lease administration, including rent reconciliation to protect PBGC's interests, value of the leasehold asset, proper compliance with the terms of the lease.

Monitor and analyze levels of performance related to facilities and building management services. Ensure that space and building service needs are being met, respond to complaints, resolve competing requests for services, and evaluate and monitor the use of available space by occupants

Generate, modify, and evaluate drawings and operate and maintain facility and space data in a computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software or an integrated workplace management system (IWMS). Serve as the subject matter expect responsible for designing, planning, communicating and delivering interior design and furniture modification services

Manage multiple support services projects, programs, or initiatives. Ensure that policies and procedures are relevant and serve as the Contract Officer’s Representative (COR) for various space and facility related contracts.

• Serve as Civilian Personnel Advisory Center liaison and advisor to the organization's management and staff.
• Participate with CPAC and, as required, planners, in program evaluation of personnel programs and results.
• Use extensive knowledge and understanding of management principles, methods and practices to analyze, advise manage and perform substantive duties.
• Coordinate all Request for Personnel Actions for the organization
• Monitor compliance with civilian personnel management policies and procedures

As an IT Project Manager, you will:

• Ensure all DFC/OIT projects are proceeding according to timelines, meeting target expectations, and adhering to established operating parameters; negotiate changes in project resources as necessary to achieve objectives and timelines.
• Advise leadership and/or business executives at the highest levels about the project portfolio, status, and resource planning.
• Support assigned projects through all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Be responsible for engaging and directing resources involved with the success of programs.
• Develop program requirements and roadmap for program execution within management provided guidelines.
• Lead the monitoring and executing of agile programs.
• Assist in the preparation of statements of work contract specifications and/or requirements for compatibility with procurement laws and contract specialists in acquisition planning efforts.
• Determine award milestones and execution of planned targets.
• Conduct budgetary planning- programmatic and contract.
• Support the requirements gathering process using modern techniques.
• Serve as a contracting officer's representative (COR).
• Evaluate, monitor, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures.
• Develop and implement information systems security plans and procedures.
• Develop acquisition strategies and oversee the execution of contracts aligned with the constraints established by the budget and acquisition strategy.
• Maintain communication plan for programs and direct the development of program materials, including business cases, status, and management reports.
• Facilitate the effective resolution of technical problems, conflicts, and controversial issues, ensuring that program issues are quickly resolved.
• Exercise initiative and judgment, under management provided guidelines, in accomplishing program objectives in alignment with OIT strategies and standards.

As an IT Project Manager, you will:

• Ensure all DFC/OIT projects are proceeding according to timelines, meeting target expectations, and adhering to established operating parameters; negotiate changes in project resources as necessary to achieve objectives and timelines.
• Advise leadership and/or business executives at the highest levels about the project portfolio, status, and resource planning.
• Support assigned projects through all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Be responsible for engaging and directing resources involved with the success of programs.
• Develop program requirements and roadmap for program execution within management provided guidelines.
• Lead the monitoring and executing of agile programs.
• Assist in the preparation of statements of work contract specifications and/or requirements for compatibility with procurement laws and contract specialists in acquisition planning efforts.
• Determine award milestones and execution of planned targets.
• Conduct budgetary planning- programmatic and contract.
• Support the requirements gathering process using modern techniques.
• Serve as a contracting officer's representative (COR).
• Evaluate, monitor, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures.
• Develop and implement information systems security plans and procedures.
• Develop acquisition strategies and oversee the execution of contracts aligned with the constraints established by the budget and acquisition strategy.
• Maintain communication plan for programs and direct the development of program materials, including business cases, status, and management reports.
• Facilitate the effective resolution of technical problems, conflicts, and controversial issues, ensuring that program issues are quickly resolved.
• Exercise initiative and judgment, under management provided guidelines, in accomplishing program objectives in alignment with OIT strategies and standards.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a first level supervisor over a staff who perform analytical duties and serve as an advisor on the planning and evaluation of agency programs. Typical assignments include:

• Facilitating collaborative problem-solving work sessions with federal and nonfederal partners and industry leaders in the development of strategies to build tools and resources to increase recovery capacity at all levels of government.
• Leading a team to write and/or edit technical materials, policies, and guidance documents for leadership and executive review and to develop tools to assist the Community Assistance Recovery Support Function (CA RSF) in delivering its mission.
• Providing technical assistance, advice and guidance to state, tribes, territories, and localities to assess community recovery capacity and planning challenges and needs.
• Providing consultation to state, tribal and local leadership on long term recovery, redevelopment planning and on the Community Assistance Recovery Support Function (CA RSF) and to FEMA Field Leadership on operational requirements for capacity and planning support.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides HRO program management/administration to ensure that programs/initiatives align directly with the journey to high reliability.
• Serves as the subject matter expert on the HRO mission and objectives.
• HRO Baseline Training, Clinical Team Training facilitator. Facilitates, coaches and trains staff at all levels of the organization on high reliability principles/concepts.
• Manages a portfolio of projects and works independently while responding to requests for information and support from all levels of the organization, including senior level managers.
• Responsible for the identification of information and analysis needed to manage critical aspects of operations as well as for the design and development of information sources, reports, analytical studies, and data templates.
• Develops and implements systems to assist in providing oversight of critical informatics and analytics functions.
• Interfaces with the QSV and hospital leadership to evaluate and incorporate best practices to improve patient care and ensure that standards set are met.
• Responsible for the oversight of the use and management of data for the HCS, including collection, reporting and analysis in support of its high reliability journey.
• Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects.
• Monitors and develops milestones for assigned portion of the execution of organizational plans, particularly those requiring physical relocation of personnel, work, and equipment.
• Supports new programs/initiatives that align directly with the journey to high reliability, which puts Veterans at the center of all processes, innovations, improvements, and changes.
• Serves as the primary supporting consultant for the development and implementation of program operations related to new programs and/or initiatives that have a direct impact on data management, processing, problem resolution, and process improvement along the journey to high reliability.
• Stay current on all aspects of the initiatives, identify potential risks and issues, collaborate with staff both internal and external to ensure necessary requirements are appropriately documented and met, and effectively lead and socialize the changes necessary for successful implementation.
• Applies knowledge of health care system delivery, performance and quality improvement and health care accreditation to provide technically correct and pragmatic advice.
• Conducts innovative analysis and extends accepted standards to achieve high reliability organization (HRO) principles and an operating plan the Medical Center.
• Prepares and delivers written and verbal review of findings and recommendations to HCS, VISN, and VHACO leadership to determine applicable requirements and feasible problem resolution.
• The incumbent provides detailed reports to senior leadership on the schedule, measures, and key change management components.
• The incumbent works in partnership with the National Center for Patient Safety, Office of Systems Redesign and Improvement, Quality Manager, Patient Safety Managers, Systems Redesign (Improvement) Coordinator and Clinical leadership to ensure planning, coordinating, tracking, reporting and communicating objectives to the various stakeholders both external and internal to VA.
• Have a clear working expert knowledge of the HRO mission and objectives with excellent communication skills.
• Continuous improvement of services to stakeholders requires significant interaction with a wide range of professionals and results in the incumbent assuming a highly visible role in representing the Medical Center at the VISN and national level.
• Have the ability to communicate orally and in writing about complex clinical and non-clinical matters with individuals with varying levels of understanding and authority.
• Performs Other Duties as Assigned.

As a Management and Program Analyst, you will:

• Engage in knowledge sharing, streamlined operations and efficient program delivery across regional and HQ offices.
• Ensure continuous improvement in operations and program effectiveness.
• Collect, analyze, and consolidate data to assess resource needs, and alignment with goals. Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses in collaboration with regional and HQ program offices.
• Review and edit documents, draft reports, and presentations. Represent TRS on interagency groups.
• Develop Contract Requirements to support Regional Services programs and projects. Serve as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to manage contract tasks.

The ideal candidate is an accomplished and strategic professional, the ideal candidate drives operational planning, excels in data analysis, and demonstrates expertise in contract management. With a robust analytical capability and a history of successfully navigating complex issues, this candidate significantly contributes to agency efficiency and effectiveness.

As a Management & Program Analyst (Disaster Recovery) (Public Notice Flyer), you will:

Disaster Recovery Program and Policy Management:

• Provide program and analytical support to EDA's Division of Economic Development Integration and Disaster Recovery (EDI-DR).
• Prepare Economic Recovery Support Function (ERSF) and other disaster-related training materials for EDA and other federal staff for approval.
• Review ERSF mission assignment deliverables and lessons learned to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Research and documents disaster recovery and resilience best practices to inform EDA resilience strategies and activities.
• With oversight by the supervisor, develop and maintain EDA disaster recovery reporting products, dashboards, presentations and talking points, as needed, for DOC and EDA leadership. Analyze management information requirements to develop or operate program or administrative reporting systems.
• Develop and recommend reporting approaches that better meet higher level management information needs, identifying the data required for use in the management and direction of programs.

• Serve as the Contract Officer Representative (COR) to facilitate EDA's utilization of contractors for Disaster Recovery Missions by coordinating and providing contracting packages, such as Statement of Work (SOWs), Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), Sole Source Justifications (SSJs), and contracting documentation acquisition office.
• Assist the Contracting Officer in the pre-award and post-award phases of procurement processes, including preparing solicitations and evaluating contract proposals in keeping with the terms and conditions of EDA's Disaster Recovery Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).
• Provide technical direction to contract in accordance with the contract terms. This may involve clarying technical requirements, reviewing proposed changes, and assisting contractors in understanding complex contract elements.
• Maintain accurate and complete records, including inspection reports, meeting minutes, and communication logs, to document contractor performance. These records are used to provide feedback to the contracting officer and may serve as evidence during contract disputes or performance evaluations.