About this role
Job SummaryThis Supervisory Workforce Development Specialist position is open to all current Employment & Training Administration (ETA) employees serving on a career or career conditional appointment. This position is located under the United States Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration, San Francisco Regional Office. This position is outside the bargaining unit.
QualificationsFor GS-14: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of GS-13 in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Qualifying specialized experience includes three (3) or more of the following: - Experience applying comprehensive knowledge of federal legislation for workforce development programs. - Experience interpreting program data related to workforce development and developing proposed changes to workforce development programs. - Experience conducting oversight of and providing guidance to workforce development grant programs to help them meet program objectives and grant requirements. - Experience working collaboratively and maintaining cooperative relationships with officials in federal, state, and local government agencies and public entities. - Experience communicating effectively in oral and written presentations to officials, staff, and the general public. NOTE: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Major DutiesDuties for this Position Include: Advises and assists the Regional Director on strategic planning, policy, program operations, and performance accountability for the development and administration of a national workforce development system. Supervises employees individually and in the work of teams. Links individual performance requirements to organizational goals. Incorporates organizational performance into discussions about individual ratings. Develops annual monitoring/technical assistance plans to accomplish organizational goals, establishing systems and methods to ensure efficient and effective management of resources; modifies resource allocations in response to changes in plans, goals or conditions; establishes evaluation systems to measure the quality of program products and services. Considers functional relationships among Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and partner agency programs and offices when planning for and managing resources. Identifies problem areas and suggests changes in resource requirements and modification to program plans. Adequately allocates resources to support risk mitigation and agency priority areas. Effectively represents the Department, Agency, and Regional Office internally and externally. Effectively communicates Departmental and Agency priorities. Promotes and sustains positive relationships with customers, stakeholders, and partners, to include collaboration with various officials from federal, state, and local government agencies, in an effort to build support for the overall ETA mission; works to foster understanding between and among these constituencies about how individual missions, goals, and objectives interact and impact service to workers and employers in the region. Facilitates discussions with grantees or groups of grantees with the intent of identifying common issues, ensuring compliance, delivering technical assistance, sharing and implementing departmental priorities, deescalating tense situations, and addressing compliance issues. Monitors the performance of assigned division with respect to the operational plan and ETA grants management guidance. Develops and recommends short and long-range program plans taking into consideration management objectives. Advises Regional Director on significant compliance issues with grantees, and assists in the development of technical assistance to address those compliance issues. Oversees the assessment of grantee data and ensures timely and responsive technical assistance using ETA wide risk analysis techniques and tools that identify grantees at greatest risk.