Special Projects Manager II

Special Projects Manager II

Washington Headquarters - Washington, DC 20237

Overview

Salary Range $70.96 - $70.96 Hourly

Description

1. Provides high-level support and guidance for major Agency initiatives, including those related to physical and technical infrastructure requirements

• Gathers input from multiple stakeholders, and develops plans that balance operational need against budgetary constraints
• Establishes work plans, including resource requirements, major milestones, and measurable metrics for success
• Coordinates complex plan execution between multiple functional units, including agency leadership, technical services, security, programmatic units, and others
• Develops detailed budgets, and tracks expenditures through execution
• Coordinates activities with Human Resources and employee unions to ensure compliance with all relevant rules and regulations

2. Contributes to Agency-wide risk assessment and mitigation efforts.

• Serves as a primary advisor to the Chief Risk Officer and agency executive leadership, responsible for addressing critical and necessary changes in the planning, development, execution, and ongoing sustainment of agency initiatives, especially on the building move project.
• Acts as a senior advisor and implementer in the identification and analysis of enterprise-level risks, as well as in risk mitigation, tracking, and reporting.
• Engages and coordinates with stakeholders and relevant partners to ensure that the strategy is communicated and easily understood by all parties throughout USAGM.

3. Provides direct guidance and support to senior Agency leadership

• Drafts documents in a variety of formats and lengths, including agency-wide risk assessments, technical evaluations, briefing memos, and more
• Prepares and provides oral presentations to a wide variety of audiences, clearly distilling complex ideas into easily digestible concepts

Complexity

• High complexity
• Works in multiple, fluid roles as situations require
• Adapts standard procedures to novel situations
• Tasks are highly varied, and most tasks require advanced and specialized skills
• Expected to track and perform multiple tasks concurrently
• Expected to resolve challenging and novel problems independently

Supervisory Controls

• Significant independence

• PSC is relied upon to identify and complete assignments
• Regular supervision is in place, but PSC is expected to complete tasks without detailed review of standard activities
• PSC generates work assignments but receives detailed instruction from supervisors
• Work products require limited review by supervisors

Qualifications

Complexity

• High complexity
• Works in multiple, fluid roles as situations require
• Adapts standard procedures to novel situations
• Tasks are highly varied, and most tasks require advanced and specialized skills
• Expected to track and perform multiple tasks concurrently
• Expected to resolve challenging and novel problems independently

Supervisory Controls

• Significant independence

• PSC is relied upon to identify and complete assignments
• Regular supervision is in place, but PSC is expected to complete tasks without detailed review of standard activities
• PSC generates work assignments but receives detailed instruction from supervisors
• Work products require limited review by supervisors