Description:
This position is located in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services, Charleston Passport Center (CA/PPT/CPC) . This position serves as a Supervisory Program Manager, with a working title of Assistant Director and contributes toward the Directorate’s policy guidance efforts. The Assistant Director assists the Agency Director in all phases of the planning and direction of agency/center programs and operations.
Requirements:
Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.
NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.
Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.
Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.
Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
- Experience developing new or modified administrative programs policies, regulations, goals, or objectives;
- Experience analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of line program operations and meeting established goals and objectives;
- Experience planning, directing and coordinating program activities related to the passport adjudication, processing, anti-fraud, and acceptance function
There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.
In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities:
- Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others;
- Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances;
- Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress;
- Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and
- Capacity to "see the job through."