Summary You will serve as a Private Sector Partnership and Engagement Coordinator for the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience (DR&R), Disaster Policy, Planning, and Partnerships Division(DPPPD), in Washington, District of Columbia. This position is responsible for ensuring effective planning, operation, evaluation, and communication with DR&R, SBA Field Offices as well as SBA's private sector partners. Responsibilities As a Private Sector Partnership and Engagement Coordinator at the GS-0301-14, some of your typical work assignments may include: Ensuring effective planning, operation, evaluation, and communication with private sector partners. Coordinating and maintaining cooperative relationships with private sector organizations to ensure smooth partnerships. Maintaining awareness of policies, procedures, regulations, and legislative actions relevant to the agency's disaster assistance program. Assisting in the establishment of national policies, goals, and operating procedures for the effective management and delivery of disaster assistance program initiatives; identifying procedures to refine and strengthen the disaster assistance program; monitoring progress, evaluating results, and specifying change to improve performance. Coordinating across the DR&R organizational structure to gather background and develop written and visual materials for internal and external audiences. IMPORTANT NOTES: This is a Permanent position, which is a competitive service status position with a full-time work schedule. If required to travel to a disaster site, you may encounter hazardous working and/or living conditions, for example, no water or electricity and/or minimal lodging facilities. A valid driver's license may be required. By applying for this position with SBA's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date. This position is also being announced under Delegated Examining Procedures, announcement # DE-24-DPPPD-12283785, open to the general public. This position is not included in a bargaining unit. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications *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. If qualifying based on related unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending dates (mm/yyyy to mm/yyyy). Federal status applicants must meet both Time-In-Grade AND experience requirements by the closing date of this announcement. However, if you have separated from the Federal Government for at least 52 weeks, you are not subject to the Time-in-Grade requirement. Time-In-Grade Requirement: GS-14: Must have held grade GS-13 for 52 weeks You may qualify based on experience. Experience: To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level. GS-14: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-13 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following: Communicating with private sector partners including non-profits, national and international corporations, academia, and federal, state, and local officials; Using a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to analyze a disaster assistance program; Assisting management with the implementation of an agency's goals and objectives; AND Writing, editing, and/or disseminating information and/or guidance related to a disaster assistance program to stakeholders. Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications website: Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0301 (opm.gov) Additional Information Career and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) is a program that helps "surplus" or "displaced" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job in their current agency (intra-agency, i.e. SBA employees only). Interagency Career Transition Assistance (ICTAP) is a program that helps "surplus" or "displaced" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job at another agency (inter-agency; i.e. not applying to their current or former agency). Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. For additional information visit www.sss.gov. Telework may be available. 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