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Headquarters, NASA is Hiring a Deputy Associate Administrator Programs Near Wallops Island, VA

Qualifications:

You must have the skill and ability to perform the duties described above as demonstrated by progressively responsible supervisory/leadership experience, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent.

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you MUST address each Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) and Mandatory Technical Qualification (MTQ) separately. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible. We recommend you provide two (2) examples of relevant experience for each ECQ. Responses to ALL ECQs must not exceed ten (10) pages; MTQ responses must not exceed one (1) page per MTQ. Please include your full name on all documents submitted.

If you are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program and been certified by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) you MUST submit a resume and in a separate document address the MTQs. Any ECQs submitted will not be considered. Your resume must clearly state that you are a current career SES, eligible for reinstatement, or SES CDP certified and year of certification.

When preparing your responses to the ECQs and MTQs, you are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the OPM's Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualification. For a sample template on how to format your ECQ narrative visit NASA's Executive Leadership Opportunities.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

ECQ 1 - Leading Change: 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.

ECQ 2 - Leading People: 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.

ECQ 3 - Results Driven: 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.

ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.


MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

MTQ 1- Demonstrated experience in project/program management, including leading project/program formulation, budgeting, scheduling, execution, integration, and evaluation for aeronautics research.

Responsibilities:

This position reports to the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Administrator. The Deputy Associate Administrator Programs:

• Advises the AA on all aspects of program and technical planning and evaluation in support of aeronautics research. Provides authoritative presentation of ARMD matters to the NASA Administrator and other senior leaders within and external to NASA.
• Translates portfolio and budget guidance into critical commitments, Program requirements and constraints, and oversees all aspects of program development, implementation, and evaluation. Provides insight to the ARMD AA on program and project execution. Leads multi-program integration and risk management to ensure critical commitments are achieved. Sets program policies and best practices and tracks lessons learned.
• Tracks and oversees resolution of inter-Program requirements changes due to budget priorities, objectives and constraints. Oversees actions as directed to respond to portfolio and budget adjustments. Oversees strategic resource analyses to understand trends and issues.
• Provides guidance and serves as the Office of the Associate Administrator (OAA) lead for ARMD Risk Leadership Team, ensuring teams are strategically and tactically focused to produce high quality ARMD products. Sets schedules and objectives that reflect OAA requirements. Provides feedback and mentoring on team performance and provides individual performance and training requirements input to team members.
• Participates with other senior NASA officials in program reviews and the development of agency program management policy. Represents the ARMD AA and serves as a member of the Baseline Performance Review.
• Acts for and represents the ARMD AA in performing the above duties in the AA's absence.
• Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

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