Associate Director for Explorers & Heliophysics Project Division
Company: Goddard Space Flight Center
Location: Greenbelt
Posted on: May 7, 2024
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Job Description:
Summary The Associate Director for Explorers & Heliophysics
Projects Division in the Flight Projects Directorate. They are
responsible for the management of the Explorers & Heliophysics
projects & missions. The AD also serves as the Program Manager for
the Heliophysics Living with a Star (LWS), Solar Terrestrial Probes
(STP), Explorers Programs and the Astrophysics Explorers Program.
Responsibilities The Associate Director for Explorers &
Heliophysics Project Division: Directing and ensuring project
management, technical direction, and cost and schedule control for
all EHPD-related activities at the Center. This includes
interfacing for all matters pertaining to the EHPD, committing GSFC
by making technical and management decisions, and dealing
technically and authoritatively with NASA Headquarters, other NASA
Centers, foreign space agencies, contractors, and other elements of
GSFC. Managing and implementing a new way of doing business
utilizing innovative, streamlined and efficient management
approaches, thereby reducing mission costs and schedule.
Establishes cadres if project personnel who will provide program
insight/oversight and innovative teaming arrangements. Developing
and executing Directorate policies, plans, and procedures for the
EHPD activities, including LWS, STP, and Explorers programs.
Planning and establishing goals, objectives, and management
strategies for project budgetary requirements and plans for
spacecraft, instruments, software, and other complex technical
equipment and services. Negotiating plans with contractors, Center
elements, NASA Headquarters, other United States agencies, and
foreign governments. Responsible for designing, developing,
integrating, testing, calibration, launch and operations of
launching a set of independent projects performing world class
scientific investigations supporting the Flight Projects
Directorate. Coordinating project requirements to assure
operational requirements and international agreements are met and
assuring strong engineering approach is taken for all missions.
Directing project field activities relating to the launch of EHPD
projects; assuring integration of satellite and launch vehicle
scheduling; responsible for the technical compatibility between the
satellite and launch vehicle and for the launch vehicle meeting
project requirements; determining the services and facilities
required including the need for additional equipment and operating
procedures, etc; assuring that projects are in a state of readiness
for launch. Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement,
diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and
outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's
commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
(DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and
enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity,
teamwork, and excellence. Requirements Conditions of Employment
Qualifications You must have the skill and ability to perform the
duties described above as demonstrated by progressively responsible
supervisory/leadership experience, normally obtained over several
years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent.
Your application package must be in your own words. Experience
statements copied from a position description, vacancy
announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism
and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the
job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or
AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses.
Please visit
https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence
to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the
application process. To meet the minimum qualification requirements
for this position, you MUST address each Executive Core
Qualification (ECQ) and Mandatory Technical Qualification (MTQ)
separately. If you fail to do so, your application will be rated
ineligible. We recommend you provide two (2) examples of relevant
experience for each ECQ. Responses to ALL ECQs must not exceed ten
(10) pages; MTQ responses must not exceed one (1) page per MTQ.
Please include your full name on all documents submitted. If you
are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible
for reinstatement into the SES (this means you were previously
employed as a Career SES employee and you successfully completed a
one-year probationary period), or have successfully completed a SES
Candidate Development Program and been certified by Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) you MUST submit a resume and in a
separate document address the MTQs. Any ECQs submitted will not be
considered. Your resume must clearly state that you are a current
career SES, eligible for reinstatement, or SES CDP certified and
year of certification. When preparing your responses to the ECQs
and MTQs, you are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context,
Action, and Result model outlined in the OPM's Guide to Senior
Executive Service Qualification. For a sample template on how to
format your ECQ narrative visit NASA's Executive Leadership
Opportunities. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: 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.
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. 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. ECQ 4 - Business Acumen:
The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources
strategically. 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. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: MTQ 1-
Demonstrated experience leading/managing the development and
execution of large programs and projects within financial,
schedule, and policy constraints in complex environments with
multiple stakeholders. Education This position has a positive
education requirement. To be eligible, you must clearly state in
your resume the following: degree, major and/or minor, and
college/university. A bachelor's degree from an accredited college
or university with major study in engineering, physical science,
mathematics, life sciences, computer science, or other field of
science. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are
using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to
meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the
education credentials have been evaluated by a credential
evaluation service that specializes in interpretation of foreign
education programs. These education credentials must be deemed
equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program;
or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited
college or university. For further information, click here.
Additional Information Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top
Secret/SCI security clearance.
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