The Chief Information Officer (CIO) reports to the Executive Director for Operations (EDO). The CIO establishes policy to carryout NRC’s responsibilities established by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014, the E-Government Act of 2002, the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996, the Federal Information Technology Acquisitions Reform Act (FITARA), the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, the Federal Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Privacy Act.
As the CIO, you will provide executive leadership and direction to subordinate executives, supervisors, and professional staff.
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Leading the establishment of unified agency standards for information resources management activities.
Evaluating the quality, effectiveness, and use of all the agency’s information systems.
Responsibility for policy development and guidance, program direction, and the exercise of agency authority for information technology (IT) and information management (IM).
Providing policy direction, leadership, and oversight for IT and IM activities within the NRC consistent with best practices and applicable Federal laws and regulations. This includes, but is not limited to systems development and IT infrastructure, telecommunications, information security including document handling, privacy protection, IT security, and Freedom of Information.
Providing principal advice and assistance to the NRC Chairman, the Commissioners, the EDO, and other agency executives to ensure that agency IT resources are selected and managed in a manner that maximizes their value to accomplishment of the agency’s mission and manages risk.
Planning, directing, and overseeing the delivery of centralized IT infrastructure, applications, and services, including the development and implementation of IT plans, enterprise architecture, and policies to support the mission, goals, and priorities of the agency.
Advancing the achievement of the agency’s mission by assisting senior management in recognizing where IT can add value while transforming or supporting agency operations.
How to Apply/How You Will be Evaluated
Visit www.nrc.gov Review the NRC Employment page and click on “Search Current Job Vacancies.” Find the Chief Information Officer Announcement Number: OCIO-2016-0001 and apply on-line by March 28, 2016. If you are viewing this announcement after March 28th, please explore other opportunities on the NRC website for which you may qualify.
Current Senior Executive Service (SES) members, SES Reinstatement Eligibles, and Graduates of an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved SES Candidate Development Program should apply through this announcement to be considered for this position.
You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the qualifications for this position. Your application will be evaluated by a rating/ranking panel, and highly qualified candidates may be invited to participate in an interview and undergo reference checks. The NRC Executive Resources Board (ERB) will review results and make recommendations to the selecting official and appointing authority.
Unless you have been already certified by an Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in the past, your Executive Core Qualifications must be certified by a QRB before appointment can occur.
Desired Skills and Experience
You must have substantial supervisory or executive leadership experience which demonstrates the ability to successfully carryout the roles and responsibilities described in Duties above. Show that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs) below. Applicants who do not demonstrate possession of the ECQs and PTQs in their application will be eliminated.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs):
Applicants must submit online written statements (narrative or bullet format acceptable) describing accomplishments that would satisfy the ECQs. You must address each ECQ separately and are required to respond to all ECQs. Note: Current career SES members, former career SES members eligible for reinstatement, and SES Candidate Development graduates (with OPM QRB certification) are encouraged, but not required, to address the ECQs to be considered.
Executive Core Qualifications:
1) ECQ 1 - Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision
2) ECQ 2 - Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, Team Building
3) ECQ 3 - Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility
4) ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management
5) ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating
PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (PTQs)
All applicants must submit online written statements (narrative or bullet format acceptable) of accomplishments that
would satisfy the following PTQs. You must address each PTQ separately. Please limit your statements to two pages
per PTQ.
1) Demonstrated ability to manage large, complex IT programs that may include multiple systems. This includes the ability to supervise, monitor, and evaluate projects, evaluate IT investments, and to provide accountability for the expenditure of IT funding. It also includes experience with the re-engineering of business processes and the resolution of difficult problems encountered in the planning, development, integration, and operation of complex IT systems.
2) Demonstrated success in using information technology to improve the delivery of program products and services to business unit customers in an efficient and innovative way.
3) Expert ability to communicate effectively with executives and other agency officials to infer IT requirements and expectations, and to convey IT vision, strategies, directions, and technologies to meet requirements and expectations.
