Summary This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, National Finance Center Office of the Director in Washington, DC. Incumbent is responsible for advising, managing, and executing business activities, critical support services, and long-range strategic planning across NFC. Responsibilities Assists in the formulation of policies and positions dealing with sensitive and complex issues. Advises leadership in determining organization goals, develops plans, formulates, defends and justifies personnel and financial resources. Develops overall strategy for moving forward to support a virtual operating environment. Develops policy, plans procedures and functional direction pertaining to strategic planning functions. Assesses performance of programs. Assists and provides expert advice in setting long range goals and objectives and translates objectives into specific projects. Provides critical support services, advice and guidance to all elements and its field activities at various geographic locations. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. The following link provides more information on the qualifications for this position: Administrative and Management Positions. Specialized Experience: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-14) or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent in the public sector. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience advising, managing, and executing business activities, critical support services, and long-range strategic planning. Experience developing policies, plans, procedures, and functional direction. Experience determining organizational goals and assessing progress and effectiveness of programs. Experience using verbal and written communication to deliver presentations and briefings to internal and public audiences. 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level (GS-14). Education Education may not be substituted for specialized experience. Additional Information Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100. Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or more of continuous active service are eligible for consideration under the Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period. Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Refer to PUBLIC LAW 114-47-AUG. 7, 2015 for more information. This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position. This position may also be eligible for flexible work arrangements as determined by agency policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreements. This position is not included in the bargaining unit.