• Job Description

  Req#: 814297700

  • The position is telework eligible consistent with the Agency’s telework and remote work program policy.
  
  This position is located in Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), School Choice & Improvement Programs (SCIP), at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in Washington, DC. The incumbent functions as a senior Program Manager, and is responsible for managing and directing a multi-functional organization.

  
  

  Duties

  
  

  
  

  Requirements

  
  

  • Relocation will not be paid.
  • Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.
  • May be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period.
  • You may be subject to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period.
  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Must complete a Background Investigation and Fingerprint Check.

  
  

  Qualifications

  
  

  Minimum Qualification Requirements
  You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-15, if you possess the specialize experience.
  
  Specialized Experience for the GS-15
  One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-14 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:
  1. Experience working closely with organization senior leadership to develop and execute strategic goals and targets.
  2. Experience overseeing, managing, and directing key agency or organizational programs that are essential to accomplishment of the agency mission objective.
  3. Experience interpreting education related laws and regulations to ensure effective service and support to internal and external customers.
  
  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
  The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).
  
  1. Knowledge of laws, regulations, and initiatives applicable to the administration of one or more important education programs.
  2. Skilled in effective oral and written communications.
  3. Ability to lead teams, manage and delegate work processes, and lead collaboration with internal and external partners.
  4. Skilled in effective project management.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Education, also referred to as the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into law on October 17, 1979.

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