• Job Description

  Req#: 828821500
  The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management - National Energy Technology Laboratory is looking for a dynamic, innovative, seasoned executive to lead scientific and technical planning efforts including the NETL strategic plan, the NETL Laboratory Plan, and other strategy documents. The incumbent works with leadership in NETL's Research and Innovation Center to identify future S&T competencies and capabilities required to ensure mission-readiness.
  
  Duties
  
  
  The Chief Research Officer (CRO) provides strategic leadership for NETL's Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program, and the CRO office is responsible for LDRD program implementation. The incumbent also manages NETL's strategic partnership efforts to accelerate progress towards S&T goals, including development of strategic and engagement plans for partnerships with industry, universities, other national labs, and global, federal, state, and local partners. As part of the university strategy, the CRO works with the NETL career management organization on strategy and goals for student interns, post-graduate, and post-doctoral staff. The CRO is responsible for implementing a robust Research Integrity Program at NETL and for strategic decisions regarding Research Security. Finally, the CRO serves as NETL's representative to the National Laboratory Chief Research Officer organization and works to integrate NETL and its capabilities into the overall DOE national laboratory system.
  
  As the Chief Research Officer you will:
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  PRE-HIRING REQUIREMENTS: This is a permanent position in the SES. Unless you are already a member of the SES with career status or are a graduate of an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) certified SES Candidate Development Program, your executive qualifications must be approved by OPM before you can be hired. If you are selected, you will be required to prepare your executive core qualification (ECQ) narrative for OPM submission.
  CITIZENSHIP: You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
  BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: You must pass a background investigation.
  PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT (OGE 278): If you are selected for this position, you will be required to file this report prior to entry on duty in accordance with the Ethics of Government Act of 1978.
  SECURITY CLEARANCE: You must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance
  DRUG TESTING: As a condition of appointment to this position, if you are selected, you will be required to pass a drug test. If you fail to take the test or fail the test, you will no longer be considered for the job.
  PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year SES probationary period.
  SELECTIVE SERVICE: If you are a male born after December 31,1959, you must be registered with the Selective Service registration. To learn more about this law, visit the Selective Service web page, Who Must Register.
  MOBILITY: A mobility agreement may be required based on mission needs.
  E-VERIFY: New employees will be required to pass the employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  Your resume must describe your executive core qualifications (ECQs) and experience, technical qualifications and give a synopsis of your accomplishments.Do not include a separate ECQ narrative. Additionally, Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed later in this section below must be addressed in a separate document.
  
  EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: The five ECQs described below were designed to assess executive-level experiences and potential not technical expertise. They measure whether you have the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions.
  
  1: Leading Change: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals and establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
  2: Leading People : Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals and provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
  3: Results Driven : Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations and make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
  4: Business Acumen : Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
  5: Building Coalitions : Ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
  
  MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): As part of your application package, a separate document must be uploaded addressing each MTQ listed below . No more than one page per MTQ is allowed; additional information will not be considered. MTQs must provide specific examples that address relevant experience and accomplishments. Your leadership and management skills must be addressed in the MTQs listed below.
  
  Failure to submit a document addressing each MTQ will result in your application to be deemed incomplete and not be considered.
  
  MTQ 1: Demonstrated executive experience providing strategic leadership, direction, and oversight to a complex, large-scale organization to include framing strategic plans; evaluating long-term objectives; establishing internal controls standard for effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity; creating organizational policies; and assessing organizational performance.
  
  MTQ 2: Demonstrated executive experience in developing and leading innovative approaches that result in increased capabilities and impact, including development of a healthy research culture, for a large research and development organization.
  
  MTQ 3: Demonstrated executive experience with and broad knowledge of research and development leadership and management, including development and management of effective R&D portfolios, research integrity, research security, research partnerships and other R&D enterprise elements, particularly related to the Department of Energy missions.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Energy is a cabinet-level department of the United States Government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material. Its responsibilities include the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production. It also directs research in genomics; the Human Genome Project originated in a DOE initiative. DOE sponsors more research in the physical sciences than any other U.S. federal agency, the majority of which is conducted through its system of National Laboratories. The agency is led by the United States Secretary of Energy, and its headquarters are located in Southwest Washington, D.C., on Independence Avenue in the James V. Forrestal Building, named for James Forrestal, as well as in Germantown, Maryland.

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