Director Center Operations Directorate

Director Center Operations Directorate
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Langley Research Center
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The incumbent serves as the Director, Center Operations Directorate at NASA's Langley Research Center with responsibility to provide crucial operations, engineering, maintenance, logistics, and environmental services. The incumbent is responsible for providing an integrated institutional assets management function for the Center while revitalizing the Center's infrastructure to meet the needs of future NASA missions.

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Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.
Senior executives
Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Clarification from the agency

The area of consideration for this position is 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.

Duties

The Director Center Operations Directorate:

Serves as a member of the Center Leadership team, providing executive leadership, counsel, and accountability. Works closely with other organizations to ensure that all plans and work are consistent and well-integrated within the overall Center strategy and operating plan.
Implements the Langley Center Strategy and governance to drive delivery of technically excellent and robust solutions, create opportunities for advanced collaborations, and continually improve business and product delivery for efficiency and effectiveness. Align Center Operations Directorate (COD) goals and objectives to Langley Center Strategy accordingly.
Manages the Center's Construction of Facilities program and is responsible for the maintenance and operations of Center facilities.
Provides leadership and guidance to develop, implement, and sustain the Center's infrastructure while reducing cost and maintaining safety, security, and quality of life.
Provides export control, facility engineering and maintenance, logistics, real property and space utilization, master planning, Geographic Information System, environmental, and utility and energy management for the Center.
Defines long range goals and measures for the directorate and ensures development of strategic capabilities (people and facilities) needed to support programs and build future capabilities, programs, and elements that are aligned with NASA mission needs.
Executes funded program/project elements; strengthens existing partnerships and establishes new partnerships critical for success.
Monitors and evaluates market intelligence, technical intelligence, and competitive intelligence to ensure center capabilities are exceeding state of the art and maintain a leadership role in recognized areas of expertise.

Requirements

Conditions of employment
The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report' (OGE-278e) within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
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 be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required by the position.
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment, you must clearly articulate and describe within your 2-page resume that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications MTQ(s) related to this position. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs and MTQ(s), you may be disqualified. Any additional pages over the 2-page limit will not be reviewed.

Your resume should include evidence of progressively responsible supervisory, managerial, or professional experience which involved management of a program or organization of significant scope and complexity, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at th