Summary

About the Position: This position is with the United States Army Reserve Command, Office of the Chief of Staff, Continuous Process Improvement Office located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Overview
Accepting applications

Open & closing dates
03/23/2023 to 04/03/2023

Salary
$121,258 - $157,633 per year

Pay scale & grade
GS 14

Location
1 vacancy in the following location:

Fort Bragg, NC 1 vacancy

Remote job
No

Telework eligible
Yes-as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required
50% or less - The business travel requirement is 50%

Relocation expenses reimbursed
No

Appointment type
Permanent -

Work schedule
Full-time -

Service
Competitive

Promotion potential
None

Job family (Series)
0301 Miscellaneous Administration And Program

Supervisory status
Yes

Security clearance
Secret

Drug test
No

Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk

Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness

Announcement number
NCDE232365788902

Control number
714842700

This job is open to

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

Family of overseas employees
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.

Federal employees - Competitive service
Current or former competitive service federal employees.

Individuals with disabilities

Land & base management
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.

Military spouses

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

Veterans

Clarification from the agency
See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

This job is also open in another announcement to:

The public

This job is also open in another announcement to:

The public

Duties

Serve as the Lean Six Sigma Deployment Director/Army Reserve Business Process Improvement Capability Manager and principal advisor to the United States Army Reserve Command.

Oversee the analysis of functional business processes and procedures to determine suitability of robotic process automation (RPA) solutions from ideation to robot deployment.

Serve as the Command LSS Master Black Belt providing CPI policy and directing work priorities of USAR Master Black Belts, Black Belts, Green Belts, and contractor support by advising and managing assigned complex LSS projects and project portfolios.

Responsible for leading, planning, designing, developing, and deploying long term Lean Six Sigma deployment and other Continuous Process Improvement methodologies.

Determine enterprise metrics and establishes risk assessment framework to enable data-driven governance of process improvement.

Serve as a representative in meetings and on committees with other organizational representation in connection with systems, business processes, policy, and procedural matters, involving the robotic process automation footprint for the Army Reserve.

Facilitate complex LSS projects and leads process owners to alternatives and options for process improvements.

Advise and assist senior leaders on change management, makes presentations, and coordinates decisions and initiates implementation actions for initiatives to change organizational structures, roles and responsibilities, and processes.

Conduct planning and analysis of CPI initiatives and is responsible for implementation of a standard LSS Deployment Management System (DMS) for the USARC and USAR subordinate elements.

Serve as the Business Process Reengineering representative regarding the strategic approach to standardize and optimize business management processes across the Army and Army Reserve.

Engage and collaborate with Commands and senior management to ensure LSS Programs maintains well-qualified, motivated, and well-balanced military and civilian workforce, capable of leading process improvements and supporting Army Reserve missions.

Supervise and coordinate the work of assigned Continuous Process Improvement Office civilian, military, and contractor personnel.

Periodically and systematically inspect the operations of the organization to determine if each is functioning according to prescribed standard regulations and procedures.

Conduct LSS training to Executive leadership and develops personnel as future LSS Black Belts and Master Black Belts into the CPI infrastructure.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification required.

Qualifications

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. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees

Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)

Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce

Executive Order (E.O.) 12721

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan

Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473

Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)

Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible

People with Disabilities, Schedule A

Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities

Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible

Reinstatement

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)

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 directing and coordinating planning new and diverse continuous improvement projects/taskers to accomplish short, mid-term, and long-range goals and objectives; developing and institutionalizing Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Process Improvement metrics; managing Lean Six Sigma activity initiatives and other Continuous Process Improvement initiatives; conducting Lean Six Sigma training and initiatives, and developing personnel as future Lean Six Sigma Black Belts and Master Black Belts into the Continuous Process Improvement infrastructure; reviewing operations supervised, including the meeting of milestones, timelines, and efficiency of methods, procedures, and controls to meet mission goals; and planning, assigning, directing, coordinating, and overseeing work of assigned personnel, and working knowledge of integrating process improvement and robotic process automation technologies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).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:

Human Capital Management

Influencing/Negotiating

Problem Solving

Strategic Thinking

Technical Credibility

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-13).

Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

One year probationary period may be required.

One year supervisory probationary period may be required.

Direct deposit of pay is required.

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.

This is a Career Program (CP) 15 - Quality and Reliability Assurance position.

You may claim military spouse preference (MSP).

If a MSP applicant is determined best qualified and selected, placement must be at the full performance level for priority consideration.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

Information may be requested regarding the vaccination status of selectees for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols. For more information, visit https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/.

As a supervisor, you must comply with the Army Civilian Education System (CES) course and timeline requirements. The Supervisory Development Course (SDC) must be completed within one year of placement into a supervisory position. For information on CES, please visit the following website: https://usacac.army.mil/organizations/cace/amsc/courses

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your résumé and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.

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As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.

If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.

For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.

For additional information see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional

Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.

Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).

This position requires a job-related license or certification. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.