Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health

Open to all groups of qualified individuals from the public. Current employees within the Federal civil service. Career SES and SES reinstatement eligibles. SESCDP graduates may also apply for noncompetitive consideration. As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory/Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors will automatically exclude you from further consideration. All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), AND the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ’s), listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results. Fundamental Competencies: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): 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. 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. 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. 4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. 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’s): This position also requires that you possess MTQ’s that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following MTQ’s must be evident in your resume. 1. Experience improving the quality of health care and health of racial and ethnic minority groups and American Indian/Alaska Native populations through the development of health policies and programs that reduce health disparities and promote health equity. 2. Extensive experience fostering positive workplace culture and robust track record as a proven executive leader creating a positive workplace culture that have resulted in measurable positive outcomes in addressing critical health disparities for racial, ethnic, and tribal populations. It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview IF SELECTED, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs and be certified by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you WILL NOT need to draft the ECQs. RESUME NOT TO EXCEED FIVE PAGES
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was established in statute by the 42 U.S.C. § 300u-6 (Section 1707 of the Public Health) Service Act). The statutory authority requires that OMH work to improve the quality of health care and health of racial and ethnic minority groups and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations through the development of health policies and programs that reduce health disparities and promote health equity.