Program Management Specialist

Description:

Duties

In this position, you will:

• Manage the planning, review, reporting, and accountability for American Women's History Initiative (AWHI) Pool to include structuring funding reports, directing informational sessions addressing pool funds, and working closely and collaboratively across multiple museums, archives and libraries, research centers, and other units.
• Manage and monitor the execution of multiple concurrent projects associated with the AWHI program, assuring that commitments, obligations and deliverables meet the requirements of the museum, including those related to accessibility and agreements with outside stakeholders.
• Support AWHI Director with long-and short-term planning for annual operating budget and special projects.
• Work with SAWHM unit and across Smithsonian and with external stakeholder to deliver engaging, informative, well-researched and organized presentations. Represent SAWHM at professional meetings and conferences.
• Provide day-to-day management and supervision of the AWHI program by coordinating and integrating work schedules and processes with work of subordinates or others.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website.

Qualifications

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

For the GS-12: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as leading all processes of an internal pool fund program to include establishing policy and monitoring compliance throughout application, award, and fund execution reporting processes; requesting, executing, and tracking annual program budget; creating briefings and presenting to internal and external stakeholders; and serving as a part of a team creating curatorial and educational content related history and/or women studies.

For the GS-11: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as coordinating all processes of an internal pool fund program to include application, award, and reporting for compliance; planning annual operating budget for a program within a cultural institution focused on history and/or women studies; working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to deliver curatorial and educational content to the public; providing day-to-day guidance to staff, volunteers, and inters.