Associate Director for Planning and Project Management.

Smithsonian Institution; Washington (District of Columbia); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Insurance

Leave

Life Insurance

Long Term Care Insurance

Retirement Program

Résumé du poste

The Smithsonian Institution invites a seasoned professional to lead planning and project management for exhibitions, capital projects, facilities management, and organizational planning initiatives across its campuses.

You will guide cross‑disciplinary teams, define scope, schedules, and budgets with project managers, architects, engineers, and contractors; supervise staff and contractors; oversee facility and exhibition planning and implementation; and ensure programs meet performance metrics

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex capital, facilities, and exhibition projects in a museum or similar setting.
• Ability to manage scopes, schedules, budgets, contracts, and controls.
• Proven track record directing multidisciplinary staff and resolving competing priorities.

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic direction and oversight to exhibition planning, capital projects, facilities management and organization planning initiatives.
• Collaborate with project managers, architects, engineers and contractors to establish scope, schedules, budgets and performance expectations.
• Direct planning and implementation of permanent, temporary, traveling and special exhibitions.
• Establish project management frameworks, govern processes and performance metrics for major initiatives.
• Supervise staff and contractors with technical expertise across facilities projects.
• Oversee facilities operations, maintenance planning and facility improvement initiatives.

Connaissances

Project management

Budgeting

Contract management

Staff supervision

Exhibition planning

Description du poste

Duties

The Associate Director for Planning and Project Management will be responsible for providing advice to leadership on the feasibility of projects and the resources required.

In This Position, You Will

• Provide strategic direction and oversight to, and coordination of, exhibition planning and implementation, capital projects, facilities management and organization planning initiatives.
• Collaborate with project managers, architects, engineers and contractors to establish project scope, schedules, budgets and performance expectations.
• Direct planning and implementation of permanent, temporary, traveling and special exhibitions.
• Establish project management frameworks, govern processes and performance metrics for major initiatives.
• Supervise staff and contractor personnel possessing technical expertise in varied disciplines and who are engaged in multiple facilities projects.
• Oversee facilities operations, maintenance planning and facility improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions

Qualifications

You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal Service. Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal Service.

For this position, specialized experience is defined as experience leading complex capital, facilities, and exhibition projects in a museum, cultural, educational, or similarly complex institution environment, including managing project scopes, schedules, budgets, contracts, and controls; directing multidisciplinary staff and contractors; overseeing facility and exhibition planning and implementation; and resolving complex technical issues and competing priorities.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.

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, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Additional Information

• This position is not included in the bargaining unit.

Recruitment Incentive

Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives are contingent upon various availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period.

Note: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid.

Selections may be made for vacancies across the Smithsonian Institution (SI). By applying to this position, you agree to allow your application and other personal information to be shared with one or more SI hiring officials for employment consideration for same/similar positions within the location(s) identified in this announcement.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.

Please see Benefits at

• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Insurance
• Leave
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Retirement Program