Program Manager (Senior Operations Manager)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC seeks candidates with substantive specialized experience for positions at the next lower grade level. The role emphasizes leadership of project teams, policy planning, and managing performance objectives to meet customer requirements.

Applicants should be prepared for a rigorous federal hiring process; education cannot substitute for required experience. Eligibility will be determined by responses to application questions.

Qualifications

• Education cannot be substituted for specialized experience.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.
• Examples include forming and leading functional area project teams, policy planning and administering performance objectives, and setting program costs.

Skills

Project teams

Policy planning

Cost objectives

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.

Experience

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Experience developing and implementing functional area project teams to foster a product through the manufacturing process.
• Experience in developing policy, planning, and administering various complex performance objectives to meet customer's requirements.
• Experience developing the selling price and profit objectives of program costs.
• Experience in providing technical, developmental, and operational manufacturing systems and the promotion and implementation of competitive technologies to achieve efficient and quality delivery of customer products.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.