Deputy Director for Security, Safety, and Campus Services - National Institutes of Health

Summary The Office of Research Services (ORS), in the National Institutes of Health is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Deputy Director for Security, Safety, and Campus Services. This is a career Federal position in the Senior Executive Service - a talented team of men and women charged with leading the continuing transformation of our government. See "Duties" section for a list of the major responsibilities. Responsibilities The Deputy Director for Security, Safety, and Campus Services (SSCS) supports the NIH biomedical research mission by providing executive leadership and direction for a wide range of diverse research and staff services ensuring that these services and daily operations are performed efficiently in a continuously changing environment and meet customer/stakeholder expectations. Ensures the development, administration and delivery of occupational health safety, biosafety/biosecurity, radiation safety, and research activities and the direction of a comprehensive protection, security, and emergency response programs across the NIH. Serves as a principal advisor to the ORS Director on all aspects of the services provided by ORS to its customers and stakeholders. Leads staff who perform distinct responsibilities and implements processes, systems and tools that will contribute to a collaborative, high performing organization that is data driven and achieves continuous improvement. Oversees the implementation and use of innovative, state of the art methods and techniques to carry out and improve programs and services and ensures they meet stakeholder needs and regulatory requirements. Leads programs and staff by developing a vision to further create a customer-focused culture that cultivates collaboration to identify service needs and to ensure responsiveness and continuous improvement. Represents the ORS to a variety of stakeholders including Federal, state, local and professional organizations and other senior leaders and builds relationships, fostering an open exchange of information, collaboration, and negotiation to achieve joint strategic priorities and resolution of issues. The ORS has an approximate staff of 2000 including contractors with an annual budget of approximately of $328 million. The Deputy Director for Security, Safety, and Campus Services (SSCS) is responsible for supervising a staff of 457 with a budget of approximately $232 million. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The Office of Resource Services seeks candidates who have a commitment to excellence and the energy, enthusiasm, and innovative thinking necessary to lead a dynamic and diverse organization. All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive-level management capability. Applicants must meet the requirements for the GS-340 series as defined by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Standards Manual for General Schedule Positions, which is available at: OPM Qualifications Standards GS-340 Website and demonstrate in your five (5) page resume that you possess the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs) listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) (Mandatory for Selectee): If selected, you MUST submit a narrative statement in response to each of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) listed below. It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and how to write your ECQs. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview Candidates must possess experience at the senior level (GS-14/15 level or equivalent) in the following job-specific Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs). The PTQs measure the technical expertise required by this position and must be addressed within your five-page resume. PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (PTQs) (Mandatory): 1. Demonstrated experience in providing direction and leadership for a wide range of diverse safety, security, and staff support services for a major medical organization. 2. Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing an organization's strategic plan, goals, objectives, and initiatives and planning for the resources to achieve the strategic and mission-focused direction. 3. Ability to oversee the implementation and use of innovative, state-of-the-art methods and techniques to carry out and improve programs and services and ensure they meet stakeholder needs and regulatory requirements. 4. Senior level experience in representing an organization to a variety of stakeholders including Federal, state, local and professional organizations and other senior leaders and building relationships, fostering and open exchange of information, collaboration, and negotiating with them to achieve joint strategic priorities and resolution of issues. 5. Senior level experience which demonstrates a commitment to building strong working relationships that advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Political, Schedule C, Non-career SES Appointee*: In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5, where the legal authorities are listed. (Please confirm whether or not you have this experience within your 5-page resume) - A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213. 3102(z)). - A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR213.3302). - A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F). Education Additional Information NIH is located in Bethesda, MD; our campus is adjacent to downtown Bethesda, MD, at the Medical Center Metro station, and close to shops, walking trails, and restaurants. Travel and Transportation expenses may be authorized in accordance with applicable Federal Travel Regulations governing the relocation of current Federal employees and new appointees. A one-year probationary period must be served by the individual selected if not currently or previously in the career Senior Executive Service. Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the DHHS within the local commuting area(s) of the location identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) at DHHS. However, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply directly to the vacancy of interest and not rely on this possibility as a means of securing employment. Standards of Conduct/Financial Disclosure: The National Institutes of Health inspires public confidence in our science by maintaining high ethical principles. NIH employees are subject to Federal government-wide regulations and statutes as well as agency-specific regulations described at the NIH Ethics website. We encourage you to review this information. Financial Suitability: It is the policy of the government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination. Equal Opportunity Employment: Equality is held as one of the most important values here at NIH. Selection for this, and any other position, will be based solely on merit. NIH does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, politics, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, age or membership or non-membership in an employee organization. If you are a hearing impaired individual seeking assistance with the application process, you may contact the Human Resources Specialist listed in this announcement by phoning a relay operator at 711. For additional information see Maryland Relay. Reasonable Accommodation Policy Statement: Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly: NIH Reasonable Accommodations Website. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Selective Service: As a condition of employment, all male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must have registered for the selective service. If selected for this position, the applicant must sign a statement certifying his registration, or the applicant must demonstrate exempt status under the Selective Service Law. Veteran's Preference: Does not apply to the SES.