Supervisory Program Manager - Division of Data Analytics and Strategic Planning
This position is located in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Policy Development and Research (OPDR). It is established to provide a professional authority to conduct specific studies into complex problems relating to workforce development.
Demonstrates extensive knowledge of workforce development and social programs, labor market related issues, and research and evaluation methods to further the development and utilization of the Nation's workforce development resources.
Develops and oversees development of quality written products such as issue/position papers, policy statements, legislative specifications or draft legislative proposals, and talking points/speeches.
Effectively, persuasively, and concisely expresses ideas orally to a variety of audiences using appropriate language including presenting technical and complex information to non-technical audience, and organizes ideas and facts in an objective manner.
Identifies, develops, and leads high-profile cross-agency projects and initiatives related to workforce development programs and activities.
Demonstrates superior interpersonal skills that facilitate working with co-workers, supervisors, managers, and senior officials. Leads workgroups to organize work, set priorities and short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them, determine action items and resource requirements; monitors progress; makes decisions and course corrections to accomplish the goals; and evaluates outcomes.
Manages data analysis and research for several workforce development programs. Oversees complex data modeling to analyze equity components of participant information. Provides input for standardization of various data collection instruments. Leads agency data board, where broad data strategies are discussed and prepared for agency leadership decision.
Manages ETA's Agency Management Plan, the agency's primary strategic planning tool, and the Agency Priority Goals, all in coordination with multiple offices and leaders throughout the agency and department. Aligns agency objectives with Departmental strategic plans. Provides oversight for performance metrics used to measure success of a strategy or goal and tracks quarterly progress towards achieving established measures and milestones.
Qualifications
Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-14, in the Federal Service.
Specialized experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and actual experience to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position.
Specialized experience for this position MUST include ALL of the following statements:
· Experience leading the development of an organization's strategic planning efforts, working collaboratively with peers and senior leaders in departmental and oversight entities, tracking measures and milestones, and reporting results.
· Experience leading data management efforts including: 1) data governance and access, 2) leveraging data as a strategic asset to inform evidence-based and data-driven decision making, and 3) leveraging technology and tools to support data analysis and data visualization.
· Experience with employment and training programs authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other workforce related programs such as Unemployment Insurance (UI), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and others.