Total 23 job vacancies by Small Business Administration

As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) at the GS-0201-12, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Performs staffing, recruitment, and placement activities for a variety of positions in the competitive service and excepted service.
• Ensures appointments are within the scope of Human Resources laws and regulations.
• Assesses the qualifications of applicants and determines the grade level(s) and occupations(s) for which they are qualified.
• Keeps abreast of changes in Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Human Resources Policies and regulations by regularly accessing their websites. and advises the Human Resources Officer of changes impacting Center employees.
• Advises management on merit promotion and recruitment matters and planning for future starting needs.
• Serves as liaison with state employment offices to assist employees with obtaining unemployment compensation when their employment ends.

• This is a Permanent appointment in the competitive service with a full-time work schedule.
• Current Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Delegated Examining (DE) certification is required.
• By applying for this position with SBA's People Operations Disaster Division - PODD, 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.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required heighten Disaster Activities.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) at the GS-0201-9/11, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Performs staffing, recruitment, and placement activities for a variety of positions in the competitive service and excepted service.
• Ensures appointments are within the scope of Human Resources laws and regulations.
• Assesses the qualifications of applicants and determines the grade level(s) and occupations(s) for which they are qualified.
• Keeps abreast of changes in Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Human Resources Policies and regulations by regularly accessing their websites. and advises the Human Resources Officer of changes impacting Center employees.
• Advises management on merit promotion and recruitment matters and planning for future starting needs.
• Serves as liaison with state employment offices to assist employees with obtaining unemployment compensation when their employment ends.

• This is a Permanent appointment in the competitive service with a full-time work schedule.
• By applying for this position with SBA's People Operations Disaster Division - PODD, 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.
• This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining Procedures, announcement #DE-25-PODD-12620641, open to the general public.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required heighten Disaster Activities.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) at the GS-0201-9/11, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Performs staffing, recruitment, and placement activities for a variety of positions in the competitive service and excepted service.
• Ensures appointments are within the scope of Human Resources laws and regulations.
• Assesses the qualifications of applicants and determines the grade level(s) and occupations(s) for which they are qualified.
• Keeps abreast of changes in Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Human Resources Policies and regulations by regularly accessing their websites. and advises the Human Resources Officer of changes impacting Center employees.
• Advises management on merit promotion and recruitment matters and planning for future starting needs.
• Serves as liaison with state employment offices to assist employees with obtaining unemployment compensation when their employment ends.

• This is a Permanent appointment in the competitive service with a full-time work schedule.
• By applying for this position with SBA's People Operations Disaster Division - PODD, 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.
• This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining Procedures, announcement #DE-25-PODD-12620641, open to the general public.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required heighten Disaster Activities.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) at the GS-0201-9/11, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Performs staffing, recruitment, and placement activities for a variety of positions in the competitive service and excepted service.
• Ensures appointments are within the scope of Human Resources laws and regulations.
• Assesses the qualifications of applicants and determines the grade level(s) and occupations(s) for which they are qualified.
• Keeps abreast of changes in Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Human Resources Policies and regulations by regularly accessing their websites. and advises the Human Resources Officer of changes impacting Center employees.
• Advises management on merit promotion and recruitment matters and planning for future starting needs.
• Serves as liaison with state employment offices to assist employees with obtaining unemployment compensation when their employment ends.

• This is a Permanent appointment in the competitive service with a full-time work schedule.
• By applying for this position with SBA's US Small Business Administration, 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.
• This position is also being announced under Merit Promotion Procedures, announcement #MP-25-PODD-12620642. In order to receive consideration as a status candidate, you must apply to the Merit Promotion announcement.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required heighten Disaster Activities.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

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.

• Monitors Web Support request box and works with contractor team to prioritize requests and implement updates to SBA.gov.
• Reviews and updates Web content for various programmatic content areas. Makes recommendations and implements recommended approaches using the Drupal Content Management System.
• Evaluates Web statistics, analyzes trends and compiles reports that include recommendations for site updates, tools, and strategies.
• Applies high-level project management techniques and best practices to the planning, development and implementation of SBA's Web content development and communications projects.
• Facilitates individual and group communications with diverse staff members and contractors and takes the lead on managing project-related meetings and follow-up conversations. Works closely with contractor and OCIO content and development teams.

• Monitors Web Support request box and works with contractor team to prioritize requests and implement updates to SBA.gov.
• Reviews and updates Web content for various programmatic content areas. Makes recommendations and implements recommended approaches using the Drupal Content Management System.
• Evaluates Web statistics, analyzes trends and compiles reports that include recommendations for site updates, tools, and strategies.
• Applies high-level project management techniques and best practices to the planning, development and implementation of SBA's Web content development and communications projects.
• Facilitates individual and group communications with diverse staff members and contractors and takes the lead on managing project-related meetings and follow-up conversations. Works closely with contractor and OCIO content and development teams.

As a/an Public Affairs Specialist at the GS-1035-12, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Communicating the Agency's programs and objectives and ongoing activities related to disaster declarations with all levels of management and Congressional officials.
• Analyzing social media statistics to determine and manage the effectiveness of the campaign with digital and social media activities in meeting stated goals.
• Participating in the development and coordination of social media campaigns.
• Independently utilizes social media as well as other platforms on a regular basis to implement and engage in online conversations including chats, webinars, and live events.

• This is a temporary appointment in the Excepted service with a full time work schedule.
• If required to travel to a disaster site, you may encounter hazardous working and/or living conditions, for example, no water or electricity and/or minimal lodging facilities.
• By applying for this position with SBA's US Small Business Administration , 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.
• 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.

• Programs that fall under the authority of the role include Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Historically Underutilized Small Business Program (HUBZone), 8(a) Business Development program (8(a)), and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB).
• Maintains extensive knowledge and expertise in the certification and compliance processes for all certification programs within GCBD that help firms engage and expand in the federal marketplace.
• Directs the management of the assigned programs to include planning, development, coordination and evaluation of the entirety of the program.
• Serves as manager of all senior management personnel assigned to the programs listed above. This position has supervision, direction oversight, and authority over all processes and programs within these areas. Serves as an alternate subject matter expert assisting the Associate Administrator with all issues relative to the WOSB, VetCert, 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone certification programs.
• Reviews and compares the adequacy of centralized policies and procedures to determine suitability on the changing situations encountered and initiates center policy changes to and coordinates with other appropriate Agency officials, as necessary.

• Direction and oversight of all aspects of small business development and certification programs supporting government contractors to include 8(a) Business Development (8(a)), Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone concerns (HUBZone).
• Identifies and implements opportunities for continual process improvement to harmonize programs, streamline and reduce burdensome requirements, and communication effectively across all SBA certification programs.
• Ensures the coordination and development of policies, plans, operating procedures, and standards for effective implementation, administration and promotion of the Agency's certification and government contracting business development programs.
• Leads all efforts and maintains extensive knowledge and expertise in the certification and compliance processes for certification programs and all business development programs to include the 7j funded training programs and the Mentor Protégé Programs that help firms engage and expand in the federal marketplace.

OII's flagship investment and innovation programs deliver billions in funding to many thousands of U.S. Small Businesses and startups each year. The Financial Policy Specialist (Director of Policy) leads and coordinates all aspects of OII's policies, regulations, rules, and legislation for the SBIC and SBIR/STTR programs.

• Develops, recommends, and interprets the national policies, objectives, and priorities of OII's funding programs consistent with the intent of national legislation and SBA's authorities.
• Develops, recommends, analyzes, and interprets national policies, objectives and priorities relating to the financial needs of high-growth, innovation, technology, and R&D-focused small businesses and designs solutions to meet these business capital needs through access to investment, federal grants and contracts, advisory services, and public-private partnerships.
• Develops materials and position papers on OII's programs and the investment and innovation support needs of the small business community for use in Congressional hearings and/or briefings.
• Provides technical and administrative supervision to subordinates.
• Supervises staff 20% of one's time.

As a Supervisory Loan Specialist at the GS-1165-13, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Monitors the quality of all loan processing work, including risk review, within the unit for adherence to laws, regulations and established procedures and standards.
• Develops, implements, and maintains policy and procedural training materials associated with all aspects of disaster loan processing within the Department.
• Develops performance standards and evaluates the performance of all subordinate employees.
• Recommends policies, guidelines and procedures for disaster assistance functions within the Department.
• Assists in planning, directing, managing, supervising, coordinating, and evaluating all aspects of loan application processing.

• This is a Permanent appointment in the competitive service with a full-time work schedule.
• Employee's residing within commuting distance of the PDC may be required to physically report to the PDC five days per pay period or more often as determined by Department Management.
• 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 twelve hours a day).
• By applying for this position with SBA's Processing and Disbursement Center - PDC, 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.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.
• The PDC Ft. Worth, TX location is conveniently located near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and DART/TRE Station. In addition, employees are eligible to apply for transportation subsidy to utilize the local DART/TRE bus/rail transit system.

As a Supervisory Loan & Business Industry Specialist at the GS-1101-14, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for the completion of work; assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments and the
  capabilities of employees.
• Oversees and monitors the quality of written communications with applicants to ensure correspondence conveys accurate information, proper tone, and utilizes correct grammar.
• Exercises significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials of higher rank.
• Plans and manages delivery of complex high priority loan applications and services which are central to SBA and its clients.
• Responsible for analyzing the quality and productivity of the Risk Review Department.

• This is a Permanent appointment in the competitive service with a full-time work schedule.
• Employee's residing within commuting distance of the PDC may be required to physically report to the PDC five days per pay period or more often as determined by Department Management.
• 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 twelve hours a day).
• By applying for this position with SBA's Processing and Disbursement Center - PDC, 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.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.
• This position is not included in a bargaining unit.
• The PDC Ft. Worth, TX location is conveniently located near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and DART/TRE Station. In addition, employees are eligible to apply for transportation subsidy to utilize the local DART/TRE bus/rail transit system.

• Provides expert financial advice and counsel to Agency management and personnel on financial management and accounting policies, procedures and practices.
• Provides expert advice and counsel on, and analysis of accounting and financial records for agency programs.
• Provides expert advice and counsel on the effective and efficient operation of all financial management and accounting programs and activities of the Agency, including the credit programs' systems and the administrative accounting system.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position is with SBA's Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) Investment and Innovation Ecosystem Development (IIED) Division. OII leads programs that provide the U.S. growth-oriented small business and startup community with access to financial capital, networks, assistance, and research and development (R&D) funds to build and grow small businesses and innovative startups. IIED is responsible for engaging with ecosystem stakeholders and managing the SBA Regional Innovation Cluster Initiative and the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition.


Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Managing a portfolio of SBA's development initiatives, providing oversight, and evaluation of program milestones; reviewing quarterly reports to identify problems and issues, providing training and resolving problems.
• Resourcing management process for greater program management; facilitates the programming and efficient use of funding to support requirements.
• Developing specific program planning data that incorporates cost, scheduling, forecasting, and evaluating.
• Developing an understanding of the role and the authority and exercises persuasion and professionalism to assure compliance with best program practices, methods, and management policies.
• Contacting public and private sector resources to determine scope of their programs and initiatives for small business owners; identifies key metrics for management consideration.