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As a Talent Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties:

• Serve as the liaison between management and the Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM), Talent Management Office (TMO) to assist management in the effective utilization of workforce resources.
• Perform ongoing analysis of workforce resources support as they relate to performance and effectiveness.
• Coordinate workforce actions and ensure adequate justification is provided on personnel and position actions requests. Review all Personnel Action Requests (PARs) for accuracy before forwarding to TMO for processing.
• Coordinate position reviews as required between TMO and supervisor. Advise and assist managers/supervisors in writing accurate job descriptions for position reviews. Manage and advise on the recruitment and selection process for all positions.
• Serve as the subject matter expert and coordinator on performance issues, counseling, and proper documentation. Review all requests for honorary and monetary awards, including performance awards.
• Identify problem areas, deficiencies, imbalances, or other similar factors that can affect performance, customer service and employee satisfaction.

This palliative care specialist will also contribute to and support the growth and development of successful inpatient and outpatient palliative program which will focus on use of evidence-based practices and with collaboration of the interdisciplinary team to enhance symptom management, clarify goals of care, and implement strategic care plans to increase utilization and access to quality-of-life services for patients with a serious illness. They will work with the interdisciplinary team to complete palliative or hospice consultations including direct patient care for inpatients and have dedicated time for care and management of outpatient Veterans in the palliative program via face to face and telehealth appointments. They must be capable of working in interdisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive patient care across a wide variety of settings with outstanding clinical and interpersonal skills.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Provides direct patient care in the Mann-Grandstaff VAMC Community Living Center (CLC) as well as both administrative and clinical leadership in development of the inpatient and outpatient palliative program.
• Works closely with all healthcare professionals throughout MGVAMC.
• Participates in quality assurance programs and chart reviews.
• Complies with all quality performance measures and improvement programs.
• The physician will be subject to professional performance, including clinical and technical skills, as well as routine MGVAMC performance improvement monitoring activities (e.g. Ongoing Professional Evaluations (OPPE), Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE), etc..
• Participates in Medical Staff committees and task forces.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Chief of GREC.
• Exercises full professional responsibilities for their findings, interpretations, decisions, recommendations and reports in accordance with the clinical privileges this institution provided to them. This position is supervised by the MGVAMC CLC Medical Director.
• Participate in VA continuing educational activities.

As Practice Leader and Senior Director, serves as a member of the management team by supervising the Program Acquisition & Assistance (PAA) Practice Group and providing intellectual and technical leadership over MCC's programs, policies, and practices for the compact Procurement functions. Provides leadership, strategic guidance, and oversight over the execution of MCC's program procurement guidelines across the portfolio. The Practice Leader and Senior Director:

• Defines and develops MCC's approach to international public procurement procedures and functions with partner countries.
• Serves as a recognized expert and senior advisor to MCC leaders on issues related to international public procurement.
• Defines best practices, templates, procurement management tools and approaches, and other guidance to be applied across MCC disciplines.
• Leads MCC's procurement outreach efforts with the private sector, including organizing events, industry days, target marketing, and building relationships with private sector firms and other US government agencies.
• Formulates and recommends plans to improve policies, practices, methods, and organizational operations related to international public procurement.
• Incorporates industry trends such as sustainable procurement and Artificial Intelligence related to the subject matter of international public procurement into ongoing programs and initiatives.
• Represents MCC in external forums vis-à-vis technical discussions, deliberations, and other knowledge management activities concerning areas of expertise.
• Coordinates and consults with other donors and research providers to keep abreast of best practices and trends.
• Manages teams of professional experts and coordinates and interacts with a variety of stakeholders at different managerial levels
• Exercises technical and administrative supervision of subordinates.
• Ensures a continuing affirmative application of MCC policies concerning equal opportunity.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Press Content Development

• Interviews stakeholders to gain insight and background for story development for the purpose of drafting press releases, advisories, or story pitches to garner press coverage.
• Coordinates and shares this information with others to facilitate accomplishment of these tasks. Distill complex ideas, data, and research such as, but not limited to, research gathered by our data team or taken from AmeriCorps grantees in several programs into compelling content.
• Content may include language for the website or for media materials like press releases or advisories. This content is typically posted on the AmeriCorps website or on social media platforms like LinkedIn.
• Drafts and verifies long and short-form content in a fast-paced environment, including national service and volunteerism think pieces, Op-Eds, blog posts, recruitment collateral, web content, emails, and social media.
• Writes, proofs, and edits content to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with brand platform, AP Style, and Agency style guide.
• Writes talking points, FAQs, and other background communications for Agency principals in support of media and external outreach.
• Serves as an editor for Agency departments for external communications, emails, blogs, social media, and other content as requested.
• Tracks and updates editorial calendar.

• Identifies and tracks story ideas by program and key demographic attributes for potential future use.
• Monitors and reviews media coverage and public engagement events to amplify AmeriCorps in the news.

• Assists in preparing briefing memos for senior leader interviews.
• Adeptly manages a busy workload and competing deadlines.
• Provides excellent customer service and responsiveness to colleagues across the agency to receive information to help inform press releases.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Creates and executes objectives and milestones for IT projects supporting mission critical programs, such as implementing enterprise-level applications and IT infrastructure changes aligned with the organization's evolving business processes.
• Develops and applies project and product management tools, procedures, templates, and activities.
• Responsible for establishing project and product objectives, developing milestone charts, resource allocation, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget.
• Leads execution of the full product lifecycle using modern solutions, including AI and AI-enabling technologies.
• Designs cost/benefit analyses to optimize human and material resources while minimizing costs.
• Integrates configuration management, IT architecture, infrastructure design, and systems integration into comprehensive IT project plans.
• Ensures compliance with federal laws, regulations, and standards related to information systems security and guarantees sufficient development and user testing is conducted to meet business and organizational requirements before project completion.
• Conducts program evaluations to ensure IT initiatives achieve their objectives, identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency and oversees complex programs involving multiple interdependent processes, concurrent tasks, overlapping deadlines, resource constraints, and competing priorities.
• Collaborates with top management to develop and advise on long-term plans for project implementation and administration.
• Develops business cases and IT metrics and prepares briefings, white papers, budget justifications, and cost models.
• Researches, develops and evaluates strategies for implementing AI/ML and related technologies into current missions, processes, projects, products and services.
• Works closely with, and may serve as lead to, human-centered design, user experience, product and software development teams or resources using Agile methodologies.
• Manages integration of AI/ML technologies into new or existing products or services while owning or having extensive input into the product's/service's mission and strategic roadmap.
• Identifies opportunities and creative solutions for AI integration, AI-driven product improvement and/or entirely new AI-powered product development based on needs analysis, customer research, proof of concept and organizational needs.
• Monitors technological advancements and makes recommendations for future technology enabled products and services to support agency's mission.
• Conducts authoritative research and analysis on the planning, development, integration, and evaluation of IT products, systems, and subsystems to meet the needs of agency's major organizational units.

As an Electrical Engineer, you will:

• Calculate transmission line impedance parameters (resistance, reactance, susceptance, and conductance).
• Calculate shunt capacitor, shunt reactor, series capacitor and series reactor parameters.
• Calculate Transformer Impedances and identify database inputs for uploading into SED.
• Work with Grid Modelers to maintain accuracy of the parameters used in the powerflow basecases.
• Create, update, and maintain SED SharePoint site posted content including all SED SharePoint site posted documents, diagrams and reports.
• Provide input and recommendations on the enhancement of BPA SED software tools, such as suggesting revisions and new tools.

VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w
Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf

FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES
Incumbent is a professional social worker whose duties and responsibilities relate to the care management of severely ill and/or injured Operation Iraqi Freedom and/or Operation Enduring Freedom service members and Veterans treated at the facility. Care management responsibilities also include providing supportive services to families.

• Must have skill and expertise to work with OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated mental, emotional, behavioral, physical, psychosocial, and environmental problems.
• Uses the social work process (psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and treatment) in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to develop a care management plan and psychosocial interventions.
• Evaluates the need for mental health services and makes appropriate referrals for individual, group, marital, and family treatment services.
• Must be sensitive to the ethnic and cultural diversity and age-specific challenges of the OEF/OIF population and adjusts intervention and treatment plans as appropriate.
• As a member of the health care team, participates fully in developing, planning, implementing and evaluating the interdisciplinary treatment plan, including provision of care management services.
• Coordinates care with interdisciplinary team to promote continuity for OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families.
• Develops and uses appropriate community resources.
• Serves as an advocate for OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families, helping them access needed services at the facility, at other VA facilities, and in the community.
• Assists OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families with advance directives, guardianships, and applications for home care and extended care services.
• Travels, as required, to provide social work care management services to OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families. Such travel requires the incumbent to function without immediate supervision or consultation.
• Conducts and/or participates in research and/or program evaluation as appropriate.
• Is responsible for supporting the mission, policies, and procedures of VA, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the appropriate Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and the facility.
• May serve on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility, VISN, and/or VA Central Office levels.
• Keeps supervisor apprised of problems and recommended solutions to problems encountered in the incumbent's area of responsibility.
• Is responsible for furthering own professional growth through education, appropriate to area of assignment, and providing coverage during social worker absences.
• Must maintain a level of productivity and quality consistent with facility and Social Work standards and the complexity of the assignment.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, appropriate facility meetings, and Social Work meetings. Shares knowledge and experiences gained from own clinical practice and education relevant to the field of Social work
• Must comply with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program and safety policies and procedures.

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU

FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES
Incumbent is a professional social worker whose duties and responsibilities relate to the care management of severely ill and/or injured Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and/or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) service members and Veterans treated at the facility. The incumbent must use a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated psychosocial problems of OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans as they transition to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Care management responsibilities also include providing supportive services to families. In addition, the incumbent assists OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans in coping with acute illness, chronic illness, combat stress, the residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), community adjustment, addictions, and other health and mental health problems. The social worker case manager addresses home care needs, homelessness, and transition across levels and sites of care. Social Work care management practice, which includes psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, is focused on helping OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families maximize rehabilitation and treatment potential and achieve more adequate, satisfying, and productive emotional and social functioning. The incumbent:

• Must have skill and expertise to work with OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated mental, emotional, behavioral, physical, psychosocial, and environmental problems.
• Uses the social work process (psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and treatment) in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to develop a care management plan and psychosocial interventions.
• Evaluates the need for mental health services and makes appropriate referrals for individual, group, marital, and family treatment services.
• Must be sensitive to the ethnic and cultural diversity and age-specific challenges of the OEF/OIF population and adjusts intervention and treatment plans as appropriate.
• As a member of the health care team, participates fully in developing, planning, implementing and evaluating the interdisciplinary treatment plan, including provision of care management services.
• Coordinates care with interdisciplinary team to promote continuity for OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families.
• Develops and uses appropriate community resources.
• Serves as an advocate for OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families, helping them access needed services at the facility, at other VA facilities, and in the community.
• Assists OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families with advance directives, guardianships, and applications for home care and extended care services.
• Travels, as required, to provide social work care management services to OEF/OIF service members and/or Veterans and their families. Such travel requires the incumbent to function without immediate supervision or consultation.
• Conducts and/or participates in research and/or program evaluation as appropriate.
• Is responsible for supporting the mission, policies, and procedures of VA, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the appropriate Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and the facility.
• May serve on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility, VISN, and/or VA Central Office levels.
• Keeps supervisor apprised of problems and recommended solutions to problems encountered in the incumbent's area of responsibility.
• Is responsible for furthering own professional growth through education, appropriate to area of assignment, and providing coverage during social worker absences.
• Must maintain a level of productivity and quality consistent with facility and Social Work standards and the complexity of the assignment.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, appropriate facility meetings, and Social Work meetings. Shares knowledge and experiences gained from own clinical practice and education relevant to the field of Social work
• Must comply with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program and safety policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned

As an Electrical Engineer, you will:

• Calculate transmission line impedance parameters (resistance, reactance, susceptance, and conductance).
• Calculate shunt capacitor, shunt reactor, series capacitor and series reactor parameters.
• Calculate Transformer Impedances and identify database inputs for uploading into SED.
• Work with Grid Modelers to maintain accuracy of the parameters used in the powerflow basecases.
• Create, update, and maintain SED SharePoint site posted content including all SED SharePoint site posted documents, diagrams and reports.
• Provide input and recommendations on the enhancement of BPA SED software tools, such as suggesting revisions and new tools.

As the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), you will oversee, manage, and develop policies and procedures involving the procurement of supplies, construction, and services required to manage the overall operational efficiency within the Secret Service. As the agency authority on procurement and contracting matters, you will be responsible for the acquisition of all goods and services for the protective, investigative, and administrative mission of the Secret Service.

As a key executive advisor, you will inform the Chief Management Officer and the Chief Operating Officer on the interpretation of contracting laws, principles, and regulations to generate new procurement concepts or make recommendations regarding procurement matters impacting the Secret Service.

The primary duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Acquires commercial items, classified/sensitive intelligence technology, protective countermeasures, major nationwide telecommunication network systems, complex and diversified information technology systems and services, major system acquisitions for highly sensitive investigation and protection equipment, and state-of-the-art electronic and security systems. Products and services procured are unique, time sensitive, high dollar value and critical to the mission of the Secret Service.
• Plans, directs, and oversees a worldwide centralized procurement program through several subordinate supervisors who directly supervise contract and procurement specialists, automation specialists, and administrative/support personnel in procuring equipment, supplies, and services for the Secret Service.
• Refines procurement policies used in the acquisition of goods and services to enhance operational efficiency; develops and implements new procedures and processes to streamline and improve operations.
• Develops and maintains liaison with officials from other Federal agencies as well as state and local agencies, the private sector, administrators of other related programs and professional associations, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
• Keeps abreast of newly proposed or enacted legislation impacting procurement programs, program innovations at the Federal, state, and local levels, and in the private sector. Provides authoritative interpretations, instructions, and guidance relative to all phases of procurement management. Provides information and guidance at meetings with senior officials of the Secret Service.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position, you will serve as a Section Chief in the Public Assistance Disaster Operations Branch, overseeing and developing staff while also performing work related to the delivery of the Public Assistance program.

Typical assignments include:

• Leading effective recovery operations under conditions of extreme pressure.
• Overseeing regional recovery level support that delivers disaster assistance resulting from intentional and/or unintentional crises, disasters, and other humanitarian emergencies.
• Executing emergency recovery program operations, and ensuring functional responsibilities are carried out properly.
• Developing and implementing emergency management standards, regulations, practices, training, and procedures to recover from hazards, threats, and crises.
• Serving as a public assistance grant program technical and programmatic expert.
• Overseeing staff who serve as a senior level regional functional proponent for the Recovery functional area.

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

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 not limited to:

• Conducts security and suitability adjudications related to background investigations.
• Reviews completed suitability investigations with the purpose of providing recommendations on pre-employment and continued employment considerations.
• Determines the impact of potential adverse or derogatory information; exercises personal judgement and discretion to evaluate the nature of information received and recommends or takes appropriate action.
• Implements the policies and procedures for the Personnel Security Program.
• Provides authoritative information and assistance by administering programs for continuous evaluation of personnel; developing guidelines, procedures, and other materials for use by operating officials.
• Recommends or takes action on cases where the facts are not completely ascertained, or where there is contradictory evidence or incomplete, inconclusive or controversial material.
• Draft and issue Proposed Action Letters (PALs) to applicants and appointees whose investigative results contain actionable suitability information.
• Obtains and adjudicates investigations conducted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and other certified investigative agencies of agency personnel.
• Processes and oversees the submission of higher-level investigations to the VA-Adjudication Center (VA-AC).

• Articulate and communicate to the team the assignment, project, problem to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion.
• Train or arrange for the training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects, and provide or arrange for specific administrative or technical training necessary for accomplishment of individual and team tasks.
• Prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishments and administrative information, as required, and coordinate the preparation, presentation and communication of work-related information to the supervisor.
• Report to the supervisor periodically on team and individual work accomplishments, problems, progress in mastering tasks and work processes, and individual and team training needs.
• Resolve simple, informal complaints of employees and refer others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official.
• Performs related duties as required.

The Occupational Health Nurse will provide emergency assessment, diagnosis and initial treatment of injuries or illnesses. The nurse also administers life-saving procedures including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other first aid procedures and provides information on health related issues. 

Major Duties Include:

Occupational Health Nurse Services

• Providing health care maintenance, diagnostic and therapeutic services, education and counseling while performing Occupational Health Nurse duties.
• Performing emergency assessment, diagnosis and initial treatment of injury or illness. Notifies the Attending Physician in cases where initial treatment is beyond the competence or scope of the incumbent for advice and assistance, and based on the circumstances, to expedite the conveyance of the patient to a physician or suitable medical facility at the request of or on behalf of the patient.
• Administering lifesaving procedures including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency first aid procedures to stabilize a patient. Must be fully knowledgeable in the areas of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other lifesaving procedures.
• Performing routine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, monitoring stress levels and evaluating the treatment. Provides emotional support to the patient and family by providing information on the treatment. Performs electrocardiograms for patients to diagnose abnormalities of a heart condition. Refers patients to their personal physicians as necessary.
• Dispensing or performing first aid or palliative treatment for conditions to enable the employee to complete the current work shift before consulting with their personal physician. Administers certain treatments such as allergens, vaccines, vitamins and similar treatments requested by the employee's private physician and in accordance with instruction of the OAP. Administers required immunizations as requested.
• Providing standard healthcare maintenance, diagnostic/therapeutic services, education and counseling to patients.

Evaluates and Instructs Patients on Routine and Emergent Care

• Encouraging and informing patients of ways to maintain or improve their health status through education and counseling and performs other routine general nurse duties. 

Serves as an Information Resource

• Serving as a health informational resource to Members of Congress, Staff and visitors for specialized information related to a particular patient population, health issue or clinical protocol. Maintains accurate, complete and confidential medical records on all patients diagnosed or treated and ensures proper security of these records.
• Maintains a supply of emergency drugs in an Emergency Drug Box and ensures all drugs and supplies are current and maintains proper security of the Emergency Drug Box and Supplies.
• Maintains an automated data base of patients treated and operates a personal computer for required and data input and retrieval. Conducts effective observations, prepares personal histories or uses other assessment measurement devices to gather information that portrays the client's physical health.

Must be reliable, adaptable, able to prioritize patient privacy, and capable to work independently and/or with a group.