EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Virginia; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, VA seeks an Executive Director (ED) for the MARMC to lead maintenance and engineering programs. You will oversee policy, command planning, and management of a large workforce including military, civilian, and contractor personnel to sustain fleet readiness.

You will supervise budgets, provide strategic direction for technical and fiscal programs, and serve as a key advisor to the Commanding Officer on policy, ethics, and organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience applying U.S. Navy support policies and managing large, diverse workforces.
• Ability to develop and implement command budgets and programs.

Responsibilities

• Operate programs and resolve issues to ensure ongoing operations.
• Formulate policy, plan command-wide programs, and manage civilian/military staff.
• Oversee budgeting and financial management for multi-hundred-million dollar programs.
• Provide organizational leadership and develop staff while balancing economy and efficiency.
• Advise the CO on policy implications and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Navy policies

Large workforce management

Engineering & technical program mgmt

Financial management

Strategic communication

Job description

Summary

You will serve as the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ED) of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) located in Norfolk, Virginia.

Duties

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• You will operate programs, resolve problems, rank official commitments for the organization, and ensure continuance of operations throughout the command.
• You will be responsible for the policy formulation, overall command planning, civilian/military management, and implementation of command programs.
• You will assist the Commanding Officer with establishing broad overall command policy, by developing, coordinating, and presenting the regulatory and technical implications of present and proposed actions.
• You will function as the top technical and organizational consultant actively participating in the engineering, technical, and fiscal management of the command.
• You will manage an organizational budget of roughly 250 million dollars and a customer provided budget of approximately 1 billion dollars to provide maintenance support to the fleet.
• You will assign work and exercise overall direction over establishment and management structure by providing the optimum balance between such elements as economy, efficiency, skills utilization, employee motivation, and employee development.

Requirements

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• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

• Experience applying U.S. Navy support policies, procedures and objectives, and comprehensive knowledge of the reliability, maintainability, capability, and compatibly of fleet assets.
• Experience applying modern management techniques demonstrating ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and agreements.
• Experience organizing, directing, and evaluating the performance of a workforce composed of approximately 1,100 military, 1,300 civilian and 350 contractor personnel.
• Experience applying knowledge of the professional and administrative fields associated with ship design, conversion, maintenance and repair.
• Experience applying the principles and concepts of one or more of the following disciplines: engineering, financial, waterfront operations, contracting or equivalent.
• Experience demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of financial and administrative requirements as they relate to broad management of engineering and technical programs.
• Experience communicating effectively, both formally and informally, accomplishing command objectives, exercising aggressiveness, originality, creativeness, and the ability to act with diplomacy and expediency when meeting with contacts.
• Experience demonstrating the ability to adapt to constantly changing conditions and obtain the cooperation and assistance of people, even under the most trying conditions

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

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.

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