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The Executive Director (ED), Financial Service Center (FSC) is for executive leadership of mission critical information technology (IT) infrastructure, software development activities, IT projects that support nationwide VA programs including Financial Management Business Transformation, Healthcare Claims Processing, Payroll, Invoice Payment Processing System and other enterprise wide financial systems supporting Veterans healthcare, Veterans benefits and National Cemetery.
Learn more about this agency04/21/2021 to 05/05/2021
$132,552 - $199,300 per year
ES 00
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Senior Executive
None
Yes
Yes
VA-SES-11086015-21-LR
599027600
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
All groups of qualified individuals.
The incumbent is responsible for all administrative, financial, human capital and technical sufficiency aspects for the FSC. Serves as voting member of the FSC Executive Suite and is the senior IT leader overseeing all IT work at the FSC including data security, technology infrastructure, systems and applications, and IT-related strategic decisions that impact future FSC business opportunities. The responsibilities include, but not limited to:
-The incumbent serves as the FSC's senior expert, leader, advisor, planner, and strategist for VA's Information Technology Services including physical and virtual infrastructure; operating systems, software platforms, web applications, databases, storage management; and establishes the organization structure of the FSC Information Technology team, identifying roles, responsibilities, and staffing positions.
-The incumbent manages staffing, budgeting, development, design, security and integration of multi-site software application development operations; develops cost effective alternatives for application delivery for all enterprise software systems applications; provide ongoing staff professional training and development and strategic use of outside partners, including other government and commercial entities.
-The incumbent develops software development policy, processing and procedure to govern systems software application development/purchase; develop procedures to ensure information application systems reliability and accessibility and to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to software application systems and data; and manage and integrates technical and performance requirements in order to measure and evaluate systems performance and total cost of ownership, driven by new business applications.
-The incumbent oversees the formulation of standards for information integrity; interoperability, and customer usability as measurements of the quality of the system-wide product line and its manufacturing process, and serves as the process owner and subject matter expert (SME) for FSC applications and incident root cause analysis and develops improvements.
-The incumbent identifies, evaluates, and executes future and emerging IT technologies, strategically identifies future best practices and procedures to improve effective and efficient use of financial, human resources, IT services, space, equipment, and supplies needed for FSC to integrate IT platforms throughout the VA sites across the country.
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Veteran Preference does not apply to the Senior Executive Service.: https://www.opm.gov/faqs/topic/Senior-Executive-Service/index.aspx.
Drug Testing: All applicants tentatively selected for VA Senior Executive Service employment in any position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Step 1: ECQ qualifications
Step 2: Technical Qualification(s)
Step 3: VA Executive Resources Board
Step 4: Nominating Organization may conduct interviews
Step 5: Approval by the Selecting Official (may include additional screening)
Step 6: OPM Qualifications Review Board certification
A complete application for this position includes the following items:
1. Resume not to exceed 5 pages;
2. Written narrative response to address each Technical Qualification(s) not to exceed 2 pages each; and
3. Written narrative responses to address each Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) not to exceed 2 pages each for a total of 10 pages; or
4. Proof of non-competitive eligibility (if applicable). Proof consists of an SF-50 showing career status in the SES and proof of certification of your Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administered Qualifications Review Board (QRB).
Non-Competitive Consideration: You are considered a non-competitive applicant if you are a current career Senior Executive, graduate of a Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program (CDP) or an individual with SES reinstatement eligibility and your ECQs have been certified by the OPM QRB. You may be considered non-competitively for appointment to this position if you meet the mandatory technical qualifications requirements.
Non-competitive applicants do not need to submit ECQ narratives but you must clearly state your status in your resume and submit a written narrative response to the Technical Qualification (s); not more than 2 pages per each TQ with a font size no smaller than 12 points. Proof of non-competitive eligibility is required. The agency has the option of considering you non-competitively or including you in the competitive process.
Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm EST on the closing date, 05/05/2021 in order for you to be considered. Please read all instructions before you begin.
To begin click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ and click on "Application Status". Click on the position title and select Apply Online to continue.
The Corporate Senior Executive Management Office (CSEMO) will review all applications to determine if applicants meet the technical qualifications of this position and the SES ECQs. Those who meet the qualifications will be referred to the Executive Resources Board (ERB), a panel of SES members to determine the "best qualified" candidates. Once a selection is made, the selectee's application will be forwarded to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for approval by an OPM independent Qualifications Review Board (QRB), unless the selectee is a current/former SES executive or has successfully completed an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program and is QRB certified.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/599027600. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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To fulfill President Lincoln's promise -"To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan"- by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
The Senior Executive Service (SES) is comprised of the men and women charged with leading the continuing transformation of government. These leaders possess well-honed executive skills and share a broad perspective of government and a public service commitment.
VA structures its SES positions into pay bands. This is a pay band 3 position and the salary range is $132,552 to $183,300 . Exceptions to the cap of the range may be considered in certain circumstances. .
