Deputy Director Of The Sciences And Exploration Directorate

The Sciences and Exploration Directorate (SED) is one of eight major organizational entities comprising the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The Deputy Director, SED, shares with the Director broad responsibility for the overall management of the SED. The incumbent's primary area of concern is the management of science organizations, science instrumentation flight development activities, human capital, and resources.

• Shares management responsibility for the Directorate with primary expertise in the management of science organizations, science instrumentation flight development activities, human capital, and resources.

• Reviews the Directorate's activities including the facilitating of new initiatives, and develops and executes corresponding policies, plans, goals, and procedures in concert with the Sciences and Exploration Director.

• Is an acknowledged leader in the management of Earth and Space Science research activities.

• Develops strategic plans for selected missions supporting Earth and Space Science.

• Leads the establishment and management of policies and procedures to assure effective and efficient operations for Directorate flight mission, instrument, and research projects.

• Leads Directorate planning to establish organization roles and allocate resources to achieve Directorate scientific objectives.

• Represents the Directorate on Center senior management teams for strategic planning, mission implementation, and general management of the Center.

• Represents the Agency at meetings of national and international organizations and acts as expert technical consultant for the Agency in the incumbent's area of expertise and as a spokesperson for Science for the Goddard Space Flight Center.

• Participates in Agency and Inter-Agency committees and panels involved in the planning and implementation of Agency and national research programs.

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Yes

None

• Job family (Series)

  1301 General Physical Science

• Requirements

  RequirementsConditions of Employment
  • The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278) in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
  • Initial Senior Executive Service (SES) Career appointee is subject to a one-year probationary period.
  • Successful completion of a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
  • Successful completion of pre-employment and random drug testing may be required.
  • Must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
  QualificationsYou must have the skill and ability to perform the duties described above as demonstrated by progressively responsible supervisory/leadership experience, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent.
  
  To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you MUST address each Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) and Mandatory Technical Qualification (MTQ) separately. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible. We recommend you provide two (2) examples of relevant experience for each ECQ. Responses to ALL ECQs must not exceed ten (10) pages; MTQ responses must not exceed one (1) page per MTQ. Please include your full name on all documents submitted.
  
  If you are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program and been certified by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) you MUST address the MTQs, but do not need to address the ECQs.
  
  When preparing your responses to the ECQs and MTQs, you are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model outlined in the OPM's Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualification and NASA's Guide to Effectively Preparing Executive Core Qualifications. For a sample template on how to format your ECQ narrative visit NASA's Executive Leadership Opportunities.
  
  EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS:
  
  ECQ 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.
  
  ECQ 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.
  
  ECQ 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.
  
  ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
  
  ECQ 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 1 - Recognized in the international science community for research and publications in Earth and/or space science research, with demonstrated experience in the management and leadership of science research activities. Demonstrated experience serving as an effective advocate of an organization's science objectives including technology development, effective long-range planning and mission proposal preparation.
  
  MTQ 2 -Demonstrated experience leading, directing, and managing a research organization comprising of scientists and project management staff across the disciplines of earth science, heliophysics, solar system, and astrophysics, including developing and managing budgets for this diverse research portfolio. Education

  This position has a positive education requirement.
  
  A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major study in engineering, physical science, mathematics, life sciences, computer science, or other field of science is required. To be eligible, you must clearly state in your resume the following: degree, major and/or minor, and college/university.
  
  SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, click here.

  Additional information
  
  How You Will Be Evaluated

  You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

  All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
  
  We will review your resume and required documents to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your application will be evaluated based on your narrative statements addressing the ECQs and MTQs. Your application will then be referred to and evaluated by an Executive Resources Panel (ERP) and will be placed in one of the following categories: Not Qualified, Qualified, or Highly-qualified. Candidates may receive an interview and/or be asked to provide a list of references. The ERP will make a recommendation to the appropriate approving authority.
  

  Background checks and security clearanceSecurity clearance

  Top Secret

  Drug test required

  Yes

  Position sensitivity and risk

  Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk

  Trust determination process

  National security

• Required Documents

  Required Documents

  You must provide a complete application package. If you do not provide all required information, you will not be considered for this position. Only provide the following:
  
  1. Resume showing relevant work experience (start/end dates stated in month/year, description of duties), applicable education at a minimum, and your contact information. For current or previous Federal employees, it should also include the Pay Plan, Series and Grade for each work experience entry. Limit your resume to 10 pages. If more than 10 pages are submitted, only the first 10 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
  
  2. Executive Core Qualifications narrative responses, if applicable. Limit your response to 10 pages. If more than 10 pages are submitted, only the first 10 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
  
  3. Mandatory Technical Qualifications narrative responses. Limit your response to 1 page per MTQ. If more than 1 page per MTQ is submitted, only the first pages for each MTQ will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
  
  You may be asked to provide additional documentation to support your eligibility and the information provided in your application package. For example, we may request transcripts, SF-50s, SES Candidate Development Program certificate, etc. Therefore, we encourage you to have these documents prepared and ready when requested by the agency. If you fail to provide the required documents within the stated time period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further consideration.

• Benefits

  Benefits

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• Federal employees - Competitive service

  Current or former competitive service federal employees.

• Federal employees - Excepted service

  Current excepted service federal employees.

• Senior executives

  Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).

All groups of qualified individuals within the civil service, Senior Executive Service (SES) reinstatement eligible, and SES Candidate Development Program certified graduates with noncompetitive eligibility. A person is considered to be in the civil service only if occupying a civil service position at the time of application.