Created at: August 12, 2025 00:01
Company: Defense Health Agency
Location: Falls Church, VA, 22040
Job Description:
About the Position: Incumbent will serve as the Chief, Program Management Support Services (PMSS) Division, Defense Health Agency, and is located in Falls Church, Virginia. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Leave accrual negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes using financial management systems (i.e., Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), Government-wide Commercial Purchase Card (GCPC)) for budget and execution; producing presentations to executive leadership aimed at securing decisions on human capital matters; and developing agreements (i.e., performance work statements, inter-agency support agreements and memorandums of agreement) to acquire specialty services/support. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Acquisition Strategy Influencing/Negotiating Managing Human Resources Organizational Awareness Partnering Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).
Function as the principal business and acquisition advisor to the Director, Administration and Management Directorate (A/MD).
Direct the development and execution of the overarching directorate acquisition planning and contract execution process.
Manage the program acquisition strategy and planning infrastructure for the directorate.
Coordinate acquisition and contract administration requirements with various DHA stakeholders to ensure compliance and/or compatibility with DoD and other Federal requirements.
Develop Memoranda of Understanding and Inter-service Support Agreements with support activities external to the DHA for specialty services.
Serve on committees, panels and/or working groups involved in the development of emerging Military Health System (MHS) policy.
Exercise the full range of supervisory personnel management responsibility and authority in directing the Division staff.
Manage the technical and financial baseline for multi-year, multi-million-dollar acquisitions, integrating results into future acquisition plans.
Develop improvements to various facets of internal DHA operations and organizations, enhancing efficiencies and reviewing quality control mechanisms.
Work closely with other senior DHA leadership and the Service Military Departments to evaluate and validate manpower requirements and improve overall DHA/MHS processes
Participate as a member in source selection boards.