Resource Management and Staff Officer

This is an excepted service GS-14 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-14 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-14 and one level below may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set at their current grade and step. Current federal employees at grade levels GS-12 and below are not eligible for this position and their application will not be forwarded to the hiring manager.

All current federal employees that apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personal Action (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement) to verify their status of eligibility. Mandatory Requirements: Extensive knowledge of performance management, budget formulation, programming, and budget execution processes for IC programs, a defense agency, or a military service.

Demonstrated ability to apply analytic, diagnostic, and qualitative techniques, conduct independent research, filter and synthesize data sufficient to identify and evaluate alternatives and produce clear, logical, and concise products and recommendations to resolve complex, interrelated program and budgetary problems and issues.

Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills, specifically, the ability to plan strategically and manage competing priorities, the ability to negotiate, build consensus, and work effectively in a collaborative environment, and the ability to establish and maintain professional networks across all levels of management both internal and external. Extensive knowledge of the IC, Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Management and Budget, and Congressional budget processes and procedures.

Demonstrated strategic and tactical planning, critical thinking, and analytical skills in order to propose innovative solutions and implement change with resourcefulness and creativity. Demonstrated ability to coordinate, network, and communicate across the ODNI, IC and U.S. Government agencies. Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including the demonstrated ability to clearly convey complex information to audiences of all levels.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with teams, build and sustain professional relationships, exert influence effectively at all levels across the IC. Demonstrated ability to establish goals, manage workflow, and identify professional development needs for employees. Demonstration of relevant work experience in Resource Management or Financial Management fields within the DoD, IC, other Government Agency or Private industry equivalent to a GS-14 in the normal line of progression.

The Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads IC-wide efforts to develop, determine, and present the National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget to the Office of Management and Budget and Congress on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence. The IC CFO also leads IC resource, performance, and financial management as well as procurement oversight and facilities activities.

Additionally, IC CFO, through the CFE, provides oversight of ODNI resources, managing formulation, justification, execution, contracts, manpower, financial audits, and ODNI budget matters in coordination with the IC, OMB, DoW, and Congress. The IC CFO serves as the single point of integration for all performance- and budget-related activities across the 18 NIP elements.

Major Duties and Responsibilities: Manage personnel, training, budget, contract administration policies and procedures, as well as, information technology, facilities, equipment, and logistics to foster successful achievement of the organization's mission. Conduct budget planning and execution, strategic resource planning, and budget decisions and serve as the primary approving official for the office. Duties may include but not be limited to: Support budget formulation.

Document financial commitments, obligations, and expenses. Record and track interagency agreements for facilitating Economy Act and other financial transactions. Work with DNI and IC partners to ensure requirements are properly articulated and prioritized. Partner effectively with IC CFO staff on budget exercises, responses to data calls, and other resource-related inquiries.

Lead key activities and research that underpin the teams work to formulate, coordinate, and justify office Program of Record during all the key phases of ODNI's program build, including the Intelligence Program Objectives Memorandum (IPOM), Intelligence Program Budget Submission (IPBS), Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ), and related budget planning exercises.

Conduct reviews and provide substantive input to Congressional budget testimony, responses to Congressional queries, Questions for the Record, Congressionally Directed Actions, and letters, memoranda and reports regarding program, budget and execution issues. Facilitate human resources planning and personnel actions and work closely with ODNI/Human Resources (HR) to plan, implement, and monitor actions and new HR initiatives.

Duties may include but not be limited to: Coordinate with IC CFO leadership and ODNI HRM to draft and post job vacancy announcements, prepare for and conduct interviews, make selections, and oversee the hiring lifecycle.

Provide technical advice and guidance to IC CFO leadership and staff on a wide range of external and internal hiring activities to include merit promotion, reassignments, change to lower grade actions, transfers, competitive examining, direct hires, and special authorities such as student, veteran, disability programs, or other appropriate alternatives.

Advise and consult with the ODNI Human Resources on the status of HR activities and ensure staff stay abreast of significant HR developments such as organizational structure changes and position changes. Coordinate tasking responses, work activities, assignments, and projects internal to the organization, within the ODNI, and across the IC, ensuring the effective completion of initiatives and requirements.

Coordinate organizational action processing, standard operating procedures and processes, file maintenance and record-keeping, and morale, welfare, and recreation activities. Distribute corporate communications ensuring workforce awareness of IC, ODNI, and organizational programs, initiatives, requirements, training, and other opportunities; facilitate two-way communications between workforce and leadership.

Execute internal business management processes for the organization; ensure management and staff are kept abreast of emerging developments.