Executive Officer

Quick Facts

• Role: Executive Officer

• Focus: IT and communications policy, planning, administration, and organizational change

Description

Provides guidance to IT/communications leadership and staff to ensure smooth and efficient assignment operations. Advises senior-level leadership on how IT supports mission accomplishment, standards, regulatory compliance, and quality/quantity outcomes. Develops and interprets IT-administration regulations and directives and recommends strategies for sustainable organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Assign duties and responsibilities, schedule work, establish deadlines, and provide instruction on work requirements related to IT systems

• Advise senior leadership on the relationship between IT functions and mission accomplishment, including quality and quantity standards

• Develop, review, and interpret regulations and directives for IT administration and management

• Analyze IT/communications initiatives and recommend viable strategies for sustainable organizational change

• Serve as a key liaison to resolve conflicts, negotiate agreements, and build consensus among senior military/civilian leaders and external/internal stakeholders

• Align IT/communications strategies with broader organizational priorities

Requirements

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-13 managing, planning, coordinating, and synchronizing complex IT and communications projects/studies/strategic plans in a large government or military organization

• Experience advising senior leadership on IT policies, priorities, practices, regulatory compliance, and budget/resource planning

• Direct experience supervising a diverse workforce (GS-13 level or equivalent)

• Experience executing personnel management responsibilities (selections, promotions, awards)

• Primary point of contact/liaison experience to resolve conflicts, negotiate agreements, and build consensus among high-ranking officials and agencies

• Time-in-grade: 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade (GS-13) within the last 52 weeks

• Suitability/fitness background investigation and compliance with Drug Abuse Testing Program requirements

• Ability to complete Cyber work role qualifications: foundational within 9 months, resident within 12 months; maintain 20 hours CPD per work role code

• Temporary Duty (TDY)/business travel about 5% of the time

• U.S. citizenship; Selective Service certification (if applicable)

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides a comprehensive benefits package for eligible federal employees and their families; eligibility depends on the type of position held.