SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER (TALENT MANAGEMENT)

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service; Urbandale (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service is seeking a Senior Program Manager (GS-15) in Administrative Operations, Office of Human Resources. You will partner with internal districts and program areas to cultivate strategic relationships with academia, military, government, member organizations and the business community.

You will lead cross-sector modernization and negotiate enterprise talent acquisition strategies to secure a robust public health workforce pipeline.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience required: one year of experience at GS-14 level or equivalent in the private or public sector performing HR/talent management tasks.
• Experience aligning human capital plans with multi-year goals and changing agency missions.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership on succession planning, talent pipelines, and risk-mitigation frameworks.
• Experience implementing corporate HR policies or federal personnel regulations across an organization.
• Experience evaluating recruitment programs using workforce analytics and labor market data.
• Experience managing recruitment/hiring for a large organizational footprint, including headcount forecasting.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams to handle high-volume surge hiring.

Responsibilities

• Align corporate or federal human capital plans with multi-year goals and priorities.
• Partner with senior leadership to advise on succession plans and talent pipelines.
• Implement federal HR policies and regulations across the agency.
• Evaluate recruitment programs using workforce analytics and data.
• Model and forecast headcount, budget, and skill requirements for large-scale hiring.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to execute high-volume surge hiring.

Job description

Position is located in the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Administrative Operations, Office of Human Resources. Serving as a Senior Program Manager (GS-15), you will partner with internal districts and program areas to cultivate strategic relationships with academia, military, government, member organizations and the business community. You will lead cross-sector modernization and negotiate enterprise talent acquisition strategies to secure a robust public health workforce pipeline.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

For the GS-15: Specialized experience: Your resume must show one year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade in the federal service, or its equivalent, obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks. Your experience must be described in as much detail, within your resume, as possible to show that you meet all the experience requirements. Failure to do so MAY result in not being qualified for the position.

• Aligning corporate or federal human capital plans with multi-year organizational goals, changing agency missions, or public health priorities.
• Partnering with senior leadership to provide sound recommendations on succession plans, talent pipelines, or risk-mitigation frameworks to handle waves of retirements or critical skill shortages.
• Implementing corporate HR policies or federal personnel regulations (such as Title 5, Title 38, OPM mandates) across an entire organization or agency.
• Evaluating recruitment programs using qualitative feedback and quantitative data based upon workforce analytics and labor market intelligence to track, diagnose and correct systemic recruitment or retention issues.
• Managing recruitment/hiring for a large organizational footprint, including modeling or forecasting future headcount, budget, and skill requirements.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams to execute high-volume surge hiring demands.

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