Director Facilities and Real Estate

NASA International; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NASA Washington seeks a Director, Facilities and Real Estate Division within the Office of Strategic Infrastructure to provide executive leadership for NASA's facilities and real property portfolio. This role establishes enterprise-wide policy, strategy, and investment priorities, ensuring mission readiness, risk-informed decision-making, and long-term infrastructure sustainability.

Applicants must demonstrate ECQs and MTQ in their resume and show leadership of a large, complex organization at

Qualifications

• ECQ 1 - Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding: Knowledge of the American System of Government, Commitment to the Rule of Law, and Civic-Mindedness
• ECQ 2 - Driving Efficiency: Fiscal Responsibility, Managing Resources, Leveraging Technology
• ECQ 3 - Merit and Competence: Technical Skill, Problem Solving, Agility and Resilience
• ECQ 4 - Leading People: Accountability, Developing Others, Executive Judgment
• ECQ 5 - Achieving Results: Operational Mindset, Innovation, Strategic Thinking

Responsibilities

• Executive leadership for NASA's facilities and real property portfolio
• Establishes enterprise-wide policy, strategy, and investment priorities
• Ensure effective stewardship of assets, risk-informed decision-making, mission readiness, and long-term infrastructure sustainability
• Lead and manage a multi-faceted organization responsible for facilities engineering, services, master planning, real property management, and real estate

Job description

Serves as Director, Facilities and Real Estate Division, Office of Strategic Infrastructure, providing executive leadership for NASA's facilities and real property portfolio. As the Agency's Institutional Authority for Facilities Engineering and Real Estate, establishes enterprise-wide policy, strategy, and investment priorities, ensuring effective stewardship of assets, risk-informed decision-making, mission readiness, and long-term infrastructure sustainability. As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment, you must clearly articulate and describe within your 2-page resume that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications MTQ related to this position. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs and MTQ, you may be disqualified. Any additional pages over the 2-page limit will not be reviewed.

Your resume should include evidence of progressively responsible supervisory, managerial, or professional experience which involved management of a program or organization of significant scope and complexity, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent.

If you are (1) currently serving under a career SES appointment, (2) eligible for reinstatement into the SES (this means you were previously employed as a Career SES employee and you successfully completed a one-year probationary period), OR (3) have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) and certified by OPM, you do not need to address the ECQs in your resume. However, your resume must clearly state that you are a current career SES, eligible for SES reinstatement, or SES CDP certified and year of certification.

Please DO NOT submit separate documents addressing the ECQs or MTQ. Only your 2-page resume will be accepted and considered. Any additional documents submitted will not be accepted.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECqs)

For more information on the ECQs, please visit OPM's ECQ webpage.

ECQ 1 - Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding:

This core qualification requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. Competencies: Knowledge of the American System of Government, Commitment to the Rule of Law, and Civic-Mindedness

ECQ 2 - Driving Efficiency:

This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. Competencies: Fiscal Responsibility, Managing Resources, Leveraging Technology

ECQ 3 - Merit and Competence:

This core qualification involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality. Competencies: Technical Skill, Problem Solving, Agility and Resilience

ECQ 4 - Leading People:

This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. Competencies: Accountability, Developing Others, Executive Judgment

ECQ 5 - Achieving Results -

This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors. Competencies: Operational Mindset, Innovation, Strategic Thinking

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (MTQ):

Your application package must include accomplishments that address the MTQ.

MTQ:

Demonstrated experience developing and executing Agency/Center/Component level facility master plans for the cost-effective optimization of physical assets, and investment portfolio strategies that align with organization mission and goals; and experience in leading and managing a multi-faceted organization responsible for operations and maintenance of facilities which may include facility engineering, facility services, master planning, construction, real property management, and real estate.

Competencies: Master Planning & Facilities Engineering and Management

Your application package must be in your own words. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit and review NASA's guidance on the use of super intelligence (SI) or SI-assisted tools during the application process.