The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in one of the Smithsonian Institution (SI) facilities serviced by the Office of Facilities Management (FM). The Office of Facilities Management is responsible for all Smithsonian facilities, many of which are designated as historic and all of which are visited by millions of people each year.
Experience for Grade 14: Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined as providing leadership, direction, planning, management and administration of complex facilities management functions. Experience for Grade 15: Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined as developing plans, policies, and procedures for facility maintenance and operations; monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of operations and programs, working with systems operations and maintenance, historic preservation, financial, personnel, and program management techniques; and providing leadership, direction, planning, management, and administration of complex facilities management functions. 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. Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week. In an effort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (SPECIFY) and who are in a (Federal competitive or excepted service appointment) (Trust) as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package. However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position. Important Note: Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed. Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): If you are applying for a VEOA appointment, you must be a veteran and must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed 3 or more years of active service. ("Active Service" under this law means active duty in a uniformed service and includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, full-time National Guard duty, and attendance, while in the active service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned.) A veteran who is released under honorable conditions shortly before completing a 3-year tour is also eligible. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: The following links contain information on the eligibility requirements to be considered under a noncompetitive appointing authority: Primary Appointing Authorities for Career and Career-Conditional Appointments Hiring Authorities for Veterans People with Disabilities
The Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist is responsible for providing leadership, direction, planning, management and administration of complex facilities management, operations and maintenance functions within a zone. In this position, you will: Plan, direct, oversee, evaluate and adjust the work of the zone through subordinate supervisors and/or managers. Perform a wide and complex range of technical and administrative building and facilities management services, including custodial and laborer services; operation, planned (predictive and preventive) and unplanned routine maintenance and repair of building systems (including heating, ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, painting, structural and plumbing), support for special events, pest control, snow removal, and agreed-upon exhibit or program support. Develop or lead the development, evaluation and improvement of Smithsonian-wide standards, policies, plans and programs (such as Smithsonian-wide policies or standards for maintenance practices in historic facilities, cleaning and rigging operations used with certain kinds of museum collections, or policies and processes for monitoring, analyzing and measuring organizational performance related to facilities operations and maintenance). Advise Building Director(s), occupants and OFMR and serves as liaison with other SF organizations on facility planning and management issues including construction, renovation, safety, space management, facility management policy, and maintenance. Develop, implement, control and identify potential problems related to safety programs; coordinates and reviews the overall safety program for the zone and ensures effectiveness of safety initiatives, programs, policies, practices and procedures. Develop, coordinate and monitor the budget of the zone. Participates in justifying manpower and dollar resources. Assure that subordinate supervisors effectively carry out their personnel management responsibilities and administers a variety of policies to achieve management objectives in such areas as labor-management relations, employee development and training initiatives, diversity, and equal employment opportunity.