Managing Director for Continuous Process Improvement ($131,239 - $197,300)

Managing Director for Continuous Process Improvement

US Legislative Branch

Washington, DC

$131,239 - $197,300 a year - Full-time, Part-time

Duties

Summary

GAO's Continuous Process Improvement Office (CPIO) is looking for someone to provide executive leadership and oversight to CPIO’s projects and programs and continue to develop and expand process improvement within the agency.

Responsibilities

Heads the development and implementation of policies, processes, and systems to ensure that improvement activities follow industry standard practices for process improvement, project management and change management.

Oversees and directs projects and programs focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of agency operations and supervises the quality controls exercised over office initiatives and projects.

Directs change management associated with process improvements and programs.

Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with other GAO executives and program managers to support the effective achievement of operational goals and objectives.

Directs staff composed of technical, program, and management analysts.

Serves as the Executive Director for GAO's Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Leadership Board.

Participates in deliberations and decisions concerning management and technical issues having office-wide and agency-wide implications. Serves as an advisor to leadership on matters within assigned jurisdiction.

Travel Required

25% or less - Travel may be required to complete engagement-associated work

Supervisory status

Yes

Promotion Potential

NA

Job family (Series)

0340 Program Management

Requirements

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

You must be a United States citizen.

You must complete a background investigation.

You must submit a financial disclosure report.

You must be registered with the Selective Service as applicable.

You may qualify for a recruitment incentive in accordance with agency policy.

You must complete a 1-year Senior Executive Service (SES) probationary period unless you've already completed one.

Qualifications

You must meet the qualification requirements by the announcement's closing date.

Technical qualifications

The technical qualifications describe the necessary professional and technical knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. If you're a federal employee, this level of experience is typically gained in a GS-14, GS-15, or equivalent-level positions.

The technical qualifications for this position are:

Led major transformation initiatives for large organizations and delivered practical and innovative approaches to improve organizational agility and performance in a knowledge worker environment, demonstrating the ability to communicate in the language of the business.

Led business process improvements in administrative and mission-oriented functions in a complex, matrixed organization.

Applied formal structured change management tools, methods, and approaches to fully understand change impacts and develop appropriate strategies for preparing the organization and individuals for change, managing resistance to change, and measuring and sustaining change results.

Applied standard project, program, and portfolio management methods including Agile and performance measurement to document and demonstrate results of process improvement and change management initiatives.

Supervised process improvement and organizational change management practitioners.

Desired qualifications

5+ years of continuous improvement experience

Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification

Education

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Additional information

Additional selections: we may use this announcement to make additional selections for similar positions.

Reasonable accommodation: GAO provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, please email ReasonableAccommodations@gao.gov.

Veterans' preference: does not apply to GAO's Senior Executive Service (SES) positions.

Premium pay: you can't earn overtime, compensatory time unless it's for religious observances available to all GAO employees, or credit hours.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated on the technical qualifications.

You will be evaluated on these executive core qualifications:

Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.

Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.

Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.

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Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance

Secret

Drug test required

No

Required Documents

Required Documents

You must submit the required documents by the announcement's closing date.

Resume

Emphasize your level of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy initiatives undertaken, and the results of your actions.

Your resume must show evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive-level management capability and directly related to the executive core qualifications.

Include start and end dates for each position (e.g., month and year; month, day, and year).

Please make it 5 pages or less.

Use the Addressing Executive Qualifications in a Resume section of the Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications to help you write your resume.

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Benefits

Benefits

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Help

This job is open to

The public

U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Senior executives

Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).