Assistant Director (Office of Strategic Partnerships)

About the role

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Smithsonian Institution (SI), Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP).

The (NMAAHC) is the national museum for the study and exhibition of African American history and culture.

What you will do

• The Assistant Director is responsible for the overall direction, planning, management, coordination, and strategic efforts of the Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP) that develop and strengthen African American museums, African diaspora and other national and cultural heritage organizations.
• In this position, you will: Plan, direct and manage OSP strategic efforts to develop and strengthen NMAAHC and other national and cultural heritage organizations.
• Act as liaison, facilitator and negotiator on timelines, purchases, equipment and space.
• Develop and finalize goals and objectives to support NMAAHC's mission, including ensuring both short and long-term OSP plans are executed.
• Deliver public services and products as well as collection and reporting of NMAAHC data.
• Compile and write proposals and reports for both constituents and donors.
• Represent public policy initiatives for OSP and NMAAHC professional communities, government agencies, and other museums at policy-related meetings.
• Develop African American and diaspora cultural heritage resources as well as strategic collaborations with professional constituent and partner organizations.
• Advise on communication programs and services, international relations, fellowships, visiting scholars and various partnerships.
• Oversee studies, collaborative projects and programs that raise awareness as well as determine solutions that garner support for African American heritage institutions.
• Manage personnel and financial resources within federal or SI guidelines as well as federal and trust short and long-term budgets.
• Ensure the planning, processing, justification and submission of budgets.
• Ensure reports are accurately prepared/submitted as well as timely and accurate.
• Direct Strategic Partnership staff and their performance.
• Develop performance standards, conduct mid-term performance feedback and evaluate employee performance within required timelines.
• Approve recommendations for a variety of personnel actions and act on conduct and discipline issues within OSP.
• Interview and select new hires.
• Plan and develop methodologies for achieving work goals and objectives and promote team building.

Requirements

• Conditions of Employment Qualification requirements, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.
• See the 'Required Documents' section for additional information.
• For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

How you will be evaluated

Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. The applications that meet the basic qualifications will be evaluated further against the following criteria: 1. Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources.

2. Ability to communicate orally with senior level management and partners on outreach and public program activities. 3.

Knowledge of financial management and budget principles, practices and procedures. 4. Ability to supervise a staff to include establishing priorities, assigning work, assessing employee performance, staff development, employee counseling and overall technical direction.

Important Note: Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience.

Your resume should provide detailed information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed. You may preview questions for this vacancy.

Documents you must provide

• Resume - Your resume can be uploaded and attached to your application or created using the USA Jobs on-line resume builder.
• Ensure your resume contains the job title (including the occupational series and grade if it is Federal), job-related qualifications, starting and ending dates (month and year), and hours worked per week, for each employment period.
• It is your responsibility to ensure all information is submitted.
• Failure to include this information may result in disqualification for the position.
• For assistance with creating a resume, please click USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job?
• Current and former employees MUST submit a copy of their Standard Form (SF)-50, “Notice of Personnel Action,” that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.
• SI Trust employees are ineligible for Merit Promotion consideration unless you submit a Standard Form (SF) - 50, "Notice of Personnel Action", that indicates proof you previously held a 'status' position and proof of time-in-grade.
• The SF-50 must include your position title, series, grade, step, salary, type of service (competitive or excepted in block 34), and tenure (1 or 2 in block 24).
• Please provide a SF-50 that shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade level.
• Examples of appropriate SF50s include: Appointments, Reassignments, Within-grade/range increases or Promotion actions.
• NOTE: Pay adjustments and award SF-50s do not include the length of time in your current position, therefore, they are NOT acceptable SF-50's on their own.
• You may need to provide more than one SF-50.
• Failure to provide the appropriate SF-50(s) may prevent you from receiving consideration for this position.
• Unofficial school transcripts, if the position has an education requirement or if you are using education to qualify.
• If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment.
• Proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study, if applicable.

Benefits

The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options. Please see Benefits at *** for a complete description.

Flexible Spending Accounts - *** Health Insurance - *** Leave - *** Life Insurance - *** Long Term Care Insurance - *** Retirement Program - ***

What to expect next

At the end of the application process you will be able to create and save a PDF file that contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your application. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmation of receipt.

The Smithsonian receives many applications for each job. Each application is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to update you as we go through phases of the application review process.

You may also check your application status by logging into *** and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing ***; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representative listed. Additional Information: Tips on applying for Smithsonian jobs are available at *** The Smithsonian does not pay relocation expenses.

The Smithsonian Institution is an equal opportunity employer. Additional information can be found on our website at (***).

Additional information

This position is not included in the bargaining unit. Recruitment Incentive: Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives are contingent upon various availability.

If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period. Note: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid. Selections may be made for vacancies across the Smithsonian Institution (SI).

By applying to this position, you agree to allow your application and other personal information to be shared with one or more SI hiring officials for employment consideration for same/similar positions within the location(s) identified in this announcement.