Assistant Director (Section Chief (APDB/CBASS)), CM-2210-00 (Public)
About This Position
This position is located in the Chief Information Officer Organization (CIOO), Division of Information Technology (DIT) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C. Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $277,500.
Qualifications
To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the leadership and technical experiences listed below. These qualifications would typically be gained through serving in roles that require managing projects/teams or guiding the technical work of others. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious/spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, skills, and abilities and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertook; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions.
You should use action-oriented words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised). Leadership Experience: Experience in leading and coordinating projects, including establishing expectations, reviewing work products/services, monitoring progress, and providing guidance and feedback to team members ; AND Technical Experience 1: Experience in providing full lifecycle services for application delivery; AND Technical Experience 2: Experience in managing all aspects of application design, development, operations and maintenance, moderniztion and rationalization of applications; AND Technical Experience 3: Experience in overseeing application portfolios as business capabilities and works collaboratively with business units through out the organization to rationalize and transition business workloads onto the enterprise platform as capabilities.
Major Duties
Implements projects to develop, replace, and/or retire Automated Information Systems (AISs) as determined by the business customer and the Deputy Director. Supports Project Manager/Technical Lead in interacting with other CIOO business units to oversee specific AISs/Projects. Works with clients and customers to assess IT needs, provide expert technical information or assistance, resolve complex problems involving a wide range of IT issues; has the ability to create alliances with other functional groups; and is committed to providing quality IT products and services.
Provides timely, authoritative and sound advice and recommendations on assigned program areas through the managerial chain. Maintains continuous contact with professional counterparts in the private sector, other Federal agencies, and with financial sector communities to ensure awareness of new objectives, policies, and state-of-the-art developments affecting requirements for systems and networks. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with business customers.
Meets with key customers and coordinating officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policy and procedures, and resolve significant problems that arise. Communicates complex functional and technical requirements, issues, and problems to both technical and non-technical personnel, including preparing and presenting briefings to senior management officials and contractor management officials on complex and controversial issues. Evaluates overall accomplishments of the section and identifies operating problems, conflicting priorities, program deficiencies and potential problem areas.
Implements corrective or preventive measures to obtain desired results. Establishes priorities and assigns resources to program areas based on FDIC and CIO Organization needs. Regularly collaborates with management and staff personnel from within CIOO and other divisions to deliver and meet goals, needs and priorities.
Responsible for ensuring the Section's programs, policies and processes are covered by internal controls and that appropriate precautions are taken to maximize the ongoing use of financial and human resources. Plans, organizes, and oversees the day-to-day activities of the section; manages and executes the budget within the amount allocated for each project/initiative; manages the section human resources including staff performances and hardware/software licensing and works with the Deputy Director to ensure all the Development, Operations, Maintenance and Enhancement tasks in the branch are executed appropriately. Evaluates and provides feedback and counseling to employees regarding work performance and conduct.
Approves/disapproves requests for leave, telework, travel, training, etc. Identifies training and developmental needs for staff and provides regular recognition for staff. Works in collaboration with the appropriate Human Resources and Legal staff to administer disciplinary action.
Hears and resolves grievances or other disputes as appropriate.
Conditions of Employment
2-page Resume Requirement: Please limit your resume to 2 pages (minimum 10-point font). If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. Registration with the Selective Service. U.S. Citizenship is required. Employment Conditions.
This position requires the selectee to file a confidential financial disclosure report (OGE Form 450) as a condition of employment. Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs. The position requires a High Risk/Non-sensitive Background Investigation (BI).
Education
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Your resume will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contains sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. If you are found minimally qualified, a Management Rating Panel (MRP) will review your qualifications and experience against pre-established benchmarks.
The rating panel will place applications in one of three quality categories, i.e., Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies listed below. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans' preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.
Top ranked (Best Qualified) candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration. The competencies/KSAs you will be assessed on are listed below. Strategic Thinking Influencing Others Financial & Resource Management Skill in applying advanced IT principles, concepts, methods, standards, and practices sufficient to: develop and interpret policies, procedures, and strategies governing the planning and design of IT systems to support critical FDIC missions; provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to FDIC management officials and other technical specialists on critical IT issues; apply new IT methods, standards, and/or practices to previously unsolvable problems; and make decisions or recommendations that significantly influence important FDIC IT policies or programs.
Knowledge of the interrelationships of multiple IT disciplines, the enterprise IT architecture, performance management and measurement methods and tools, Agile/DevSecOps principles and project management methods sufficient to 1) lead development of an enterprise IT modernization plan; 2) work with other FDIC organizations to establish priorities for IT investments, 3) build business cases; 4) demonstrate total cost of investment; and 5) establish metrics and associated performance measurement tools. Knowledge of computer system architecture, operating systems, systems analysis, programming, computer networking tools, information engineering and software development to ensure that the activities of the Section properly support projects and are consistent with FDIC's information technology infrastructure.
Your resume will serve as responses to the competencies/KSAs. Only include experience directly relevant to the position. Experience must be explicitly stated in the resume as experience not specifically described in the resume cannot be assumed. Resumes that are vague or don't address specific requirements will not receive maximum consideration.
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Additional Information
If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. During the probationary or trial period, you will be evaluated for fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. If selected, you may be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period. To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
This position is a Corporate Manager, CM-00, which is equivalent to above the CG/GS-15. This is a recommended minimum step 9 position. The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments.
The locality rates for the duty location is 33.94%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the position is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.
Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office.
How to Apply
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You must apply online. To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete application package which includes: Your two (2) page resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end dates (month/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date). Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
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Required Documents
Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application.
Your two (2) page resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end dates (month/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date). VETERANS' PREFERENCE: If you are claiming veterans' preference, click here. (Note: Veterans must submit the Member 4 copy of the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty – or other copy showing the type of discharge/character of service [e.g., Honorable, Under Honorable Conditions, etc.] along with any other required documents (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, SF-15, etc.) to demonstrate veterans' preference eligibility.)