About this role
Job Summary
This position is part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Development Policy (ODP). The Managing Director, Environmental & Social Risk Assessment serves as a first-line supervisor, directing DFC's environmental and social risk assessment program in collaboration with E&S Division management team.
Qualifications
Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify at the GS-15 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following: Experience overseeing environmental and social risk management across a wide-range of projects to ensure compliance with applicable standards; Experience presenting recommendations to leadership and/or briefing external stakeholders on environmental and social risk assessment analysis, policies and/or procedures; Experience collaborating across teams to develop and disseminate new/revised policies, procedures, and/or methodologies for environmental and social risk management system; and Experience supervising a team.
Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 27-ODP-ST-13098029-BN using Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet MP requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.
Major Duties
- As a Supervisory Environmental & Social Risk Specialist (Managing Director, Environmental & Social Risk Assessment), you will: Lead the assigned Environmental & Social (E&S) Risk Assessment team focused on reviewing projects seeking DFC support (due diligence) for E&S risks.
- Oversee and direct the approach and implementation of E&S risk management in coordination with E&S Division management team.
- Partner with the E&S Division management team in assuring policies, procedures and other ways of working support a functional E&S risk management system, regular and ongoing improvement, and consistency in implementation.
- Support and assure team members' success and accountability for delivering against E&S Division objectives, provide and connect on needed technical guidance, support professional development objectives of team members, foster sense of team and shared success within the E&S Division and ODP.
- Represent DFC and ODP at internal and external high-level meetings on sensitive E&S.
- Facilitate and direct engagement with internal and external stakeholders with respect to E&S matters.
- Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position