Strategy Officer

This position is in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Office of Global Affairs (OGA), Office of Pandemic and Emerging Threats (PET), located in Washington, District of Columbia.
The purpose of this position is to serve as a strategy officer and member of the PET senior management team. You will provide expert advice and consultation to the PET Director and Deputy Director on strategic planning and policy, budget, and communication strategies to advance the mission of PET, OGA, and HHS and USG strategic priorities. Your daily duties will include:

• Providing expert-quality formal and informal reports that address vital issues, multi-functional study and analytical approaches, expert-level findings, and cogent, substantive recommendations that are primarily used as the basis for key executive-level management decisions.
• Researching and evaluating key public health policies that are central to the Department’s mission.
• Serving as special projects officer and conducting comprehensive research, review, and analyses on a wide variety of complex staff papers that address complex multi-functional issues.
• Planning, developing, and implementing strategies related to external affairs and collaborating across PET to integrate external affairs with effective strategic planning, communications, and global health security policy.

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Specialized Experience requirements as noted below.

Specialized Experience:
GS-14: You must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing (3) of the (4) duties listed below:

• Developing and/or implementing policy initiatives designed to improve international public health programs.
• Participating in bilateral and multilateral efforts to advance global health security objectives.
• Conducting comprehensive research, review, or analyses on international public health-related management programs to address multi-functional issues.
• Serving in groups with responsibility for reviewing and developing public health policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Documenting Experience:

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee’s position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee’s supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the “percentage of times” the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee’s official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.

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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited.

OPM Qualification General Policies Website
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All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.