Program Manager - Transportation Security Administration - Glynco, Georgia - EXPIRED

This Program Manager position is located in the TSA Academy, TSA Training Centers Division, within the Office of Training and Development (OTD), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will be serving as the Deputy Branch Manager for the TSA Academy fully sharing with the Manager responsibility for managing a staff of about 60 employees and all aspects of the TSA Academy, to ensure the workforce receives required mission critical training in the most effective, efficient, and economical way possible. Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

• Providing leadership and direction to management, staff analysts and instructor staff, managing day to day operations of the TSA Academy, coordinating with the appropriate Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) representative to ensure space, equipment, and logistics requirements are met to provide the appropriate learning environment to support any training program scheduled for delivery at the Academy.
• Working with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure programs meet TSA\'s strategic goals. Participating in strategic planning.
• Independently performing continuous monitoring of the effectiveness of all TSA Academy resources to include adequacy of facilities; feedback from student experience; costs incurred to ensure alignment with budgetary allocations with the goal of identifying what improvements and efficiencies will be made to accomplish program objectives and goals.
• Communicating requirements and negotiating with FLETC representatives to secure the needed resources cost-effectively and in a timely manner to support TSA\'s training requirements. Identifying potential enhancements to training portfolios taking into consideration accreditation for courses, curriculum and the Academy.
• Communicating with course developers to review course content and suggest new/changed approaches to course content based on objective feedback and delivery experience.
• Overseeing the development of standard operating procedures and providing input and recommending changes to management directives.

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes applying expert knowledge of management principles, concepts, regulations, practices, methods, and techniques pertaining to the management of training delivery programs and projects; applying knowledge of training policies, and requirements to manage and direct the delivery of training programs (e.g., applying innovative approaches and advanced techniques); applying knowledge of instructional systems design concepts pertaining to the delivery of technical and leadership training; AND assessing the utilization of training resources (e.g., facilities, student classroom experience, and cost efficient delivery of training) to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the training program.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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