Supervisory Program Manager (Section Chief)

Applicants must meet all of the required qualification requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. Applicants applying for the GS-15 must meet the following requirement: Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-14 grade level. Specialized 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. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Making decisions and recommendations that significantly change, interpret, or develop important public policies or programs; 2) Performing compliance reviews seeking to assess, identify, and mitigate risks; 3) Developing and overseeing new projects for business process improvements, evaluating results, identifying gaps, overlaps, and areas for efficiencies, and recommending effective solutions for continuous improvement. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.
This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Office of Compliance, Compliance Section. This position(s) primary purpose is to identify, analyze, and track compliance trends, risks, best practices, and issues working with agency leadership, as well as employees across all organizational elements, and performs compliance reviews to mitigate risk and maximize operational efficiency.