Director of Management Operations

Director of Management Operions Trade and Development Agency Summary The Director of Management Operions is responsible for the management and coordinion of all USTDA operional resources. The incumbent oversees and performs critical administrive management and support activities, including administrive policy development, financial management, acquisitions and procurement, human resources management and services, property management, travel operions and administrive processing, logistics, security, and emergency planning. Learn more about this agency Summary The Director of Management Operions is responsible for the management and coordinion of all USTDA operional resources. The incumbent oversees and performs critical administrive management and support activities, including administrive policy development, financial management, acquisitions and procurement, human resources management and services, property management, travel operions and administrive processing, logistics, security, and emergency planning. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/25/2026 Salary $151,661

• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• Requires occasional domestic and foreign travel, sometimes under arduous conditions.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Senior Executive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Top Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

TDA-26-SES-12953142MR

Control number 868790600 This job is open to Help 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 evaluion criteria.

Senior executives Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency

Special Authorities:

other miscellaneous authorities Duties Help As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), each applicant must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience th is indicive of executive-level management capabilities th are directly reled to the skills and abilities outlined under Executive Core Qualificions (ECQ) and Mandory Technical Qualificions (MTQ) listed below. The ideal candide will have experience managing employees through subordine supervisors and have experience hiring, developing, and evaluing employees. Typically, experience of this nure will have been gained or above the

GS-14/15

grade level in the federal service or equivalent in the prive sector or non-governmental organizions. Failure to meet these basic qualificion requirements in addition to all executive and technical qualificion factors will automically disqualify an applicant. The Director of Management Operions is responsible for the management and coordinion of all USTDA operional resources. The incumbent oversees and performs critical administrive management and support activities, including administrive policy development, financial management, acquisitions and procurement, human resources management and services, property management, travel operions and administrive processing, logistics, security, and emergency planning. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by background investigion.
• Direct Deposit of pay is required.
• Selective Service registrion required for male applicants, unless exempt.
• Newly appointed SES members must serve a 1-year probionary period.

• Public Financial Disclosure:

  OGE-278 filing within 30 days is required.
• This position requires pre
• and post-employment drug screening.
• Background and security investigion for Top Secret Clearance Qualificions Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Candides will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or nional origin. To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, you must show th you possess the ECQ and MTQ reled to this position within your resume•

NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES

. Your resume should include examples of experience, educion, and accomplishments applicable to the qualificion(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for this position. There is NO requirement to prepare a narrive stement specifically addressing the ECQs or the MTQs.

MTQs :

Your 2-page resume should demonstre accomplishments th would sisfy the technical qualificions. M TQ 1 : Knowledge of and experience in the management of a variety of complex operional programs, including three or more of the following: Financial Management, Acquisitions, Human Resources Management, Building and Facilities, and Administrive Services. M TQ 2 : Demonstred ability to develop effective stregic plans and to apply experience to solve complex problems and develop innovive stregies and approaches to meet a full range of management and/or operional situions and issues and organizional goals.

ECQs:

In addition to the MTQ requirements listed above, all new entrants into the SES under a career appointment assessed for executive competency against the following five mandory ECQs. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of the ECQs and TQs, you may not receive further considerion for the position. There are five

ECQs:

ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding

• This core qualificion requires a demonstred knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to stregically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3: Merit and Competence
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work th is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4: Leading People
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organizion's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5: Achieving Results
• This core qualificion involves the demonstred ability to achieve both individual and organizional results, and to align results to sted goals from superiors.

Note:

If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participion in an OPM approved SES Candide Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstement eligibility, you do not need to respond to the ECQs. Instead, you should tach proof (e.g., SF-50, Certificion by OPM's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB)) of your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES. Educion This position does not have an educion requirement. Additional informion eterans

Preference:

Veterans' preference is not applicable to the SES.

Mobility:

Organizional and geographical mobility is essential in developing and managing SES leaders. Individuals selected for SES positions members may be subject to reassignment across geographical, organizional, and functional lines, and may be required to sign a Reassignment Rights and Obligion Agreement. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Policy Stement :

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/index.cfm Employment Informion Resources•

Resource Center :

https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ) OPM must authorize any employment offers made to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose th to the Human Resources Office.

Telework Suitability:

The duties of this position are suitable for occasional telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval and if they meet the eligibility criterion in the 2010 Telework Act.

Stipulions of Employment :

This assignment may be made permanent without further competition. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probionary period. During which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• Your performance and conduct;
• The needs and interests of the agency;
• Whether your continued employment would advance the organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probionary period,your employment may be termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. This position is subject to a negive drug test prior to entrance on duty, and random drug testing while you occupy the position. If selected, the position to which you appointed is subject to a financial disclosure report requirement and you required to complete a new entrant [insert Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) or Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) as applicable] within 30 days of your appointment.

Work Schedule:

This position allows for a flexible work schedule.

Miscellaneous:

USTDA uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify . This vacancy announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention conducted. If you meet minimum qualificions, your Applicion Package further reviewed to determine if you possess the ECQ and MTQ listed above. ECQs and MTQs must be thoroughly addressed within your two (2) page resume. Separe narrives will not be accepted or reviewed. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more Structured Interview and may be referred to the selecting official for further considerion. Upon selection, if not already a member of the SES serving under a career appointment, the individual selected must have his/her executive qualificions certified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's SES Qualificions Review Board (QRB) before appointment to this position. The selected individual's applicion forwarded to the OPM for review and certificion by the QRB, unless the selectee provides evidence of their noncompetitive stus (i.e., a current

SES, OPM QRB

certified SESCDP gradue, or SES reinstement eligible). Upon QRB certificion, the selected individual required to serve a one-year probionary period. For more informion regarding the SES, go to https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/senior-executive-service/ Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents

Required Documents Help Require Documents:

A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME:

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each) showing all relevant experience. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and MTQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion.

CURRENT FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE

Must provide a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting you are a current Federal Civil Service employee.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Most recent performance evaluion Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing de of the announcement. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to

Apply Help How To Apply:

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: To begin the applicion process, click Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. You may preview the

Applicion Questionnaire :

https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12953142 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. Read the Eligibility questions carefully . The questions address if you are eligible to apply to this JOA. Your responses will affect your considerion for the position. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. You will only be considered under the options you have selected. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility questions, you will not be considered for this position. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention : During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ). There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit Applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/. Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Agency contact informion Michael Robie Phone 303-969-7246 Michael_Robie@ibc.doi.gov Address US Trade and Development Agency 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100 Arlington, VA 22209 US Next steps If you have questions about this job , please contact the HR Office representive listed in the "Agency Contact Info" section of this vacancy announcement. If you need assistance in applying on-line , please refer to the How to Apply section above and explore the Federal Applicion Process informion on the USAJobs website. For stus updes on your applicion, please follow the directions listed above in the How to Apply section. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. If you are selected for an interview for this position, you contacted directly. A final job offer for this position is typically made within several weeks after the closing de of the vacancy announcement. After confirming a job offer, all other applicants notified of their non-selection. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request

Required Documents Help Require Documents:

A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). Please carefully review the following list to determine wh documention you need to submit. Some documents may not apply to all applicants. 1.

RESUME:

All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages (i.e., 1 page th is double-sided or 2 pages th are one-sided each) showing all relevant experience. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) must include evidence of the ECQs and MTQs.

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. 2. VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable:

CURRENT OR FORMER SES MEBERS

Must provide your SES appointment SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), and an SF-50 showing current career SES stus or career SES reinstement eligibility.

SES CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

(SESCDP)

GRADUATES

Verificion of successful completion of an OPM-approved SESCDP and

OPM SES QRB

certificion.

CURRENT FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE

Must provide a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting you are a current Federal Civil Service employee.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Most recent performance evaluion Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing de of the announcement. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to

Apply Help How To Apply:

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: To begin the applicion process, click Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. You may preview the

Applicion Questionnaire :

https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12953142 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. Read the Eligibility questions carefully . The questions address if you are eligible to apply to this JOA. Your responses will affect your considerion for the position. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. You will only be considered under the options you have selected. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility questions, you will not be considered for this position. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention : During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ). There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit Applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/. Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Michael Robie Phone 303-969-7246 Michael_Robie@ibc.doi.gov Address US Trade and Development Agency 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100 Arlington, VA 22209 US Next steps If you have questions about this job , please contact the HR Office representive listed in the "Agency Contact Info" section of this vacancy announcement. If you need assistance in applying on-line , please refer to the How to Apply section above and explore the Federal Applicion Process informion on the USAJobs website. For stus updes on your applicion, please follow the directions listed above in the How to Apply section. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. If you are selected for an interview for this position, you contacted directly. A final job offer for this position is typically made within several weeks after the closing de of the vacancy announcement. After confirming a job offer, all other applicants notified of their non-selection. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/25/2026 Salary $151,661

• $228,000 per year Pay scale & grade ES 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• Requires occasional domestic and foreign travel, sometimes under arduous conditions.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Senior Executive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

TDA-26-SES-12953142MR

Control number 868790600