A full time, permanent job with Federal Highway Administration in Washington, District of Columbia. It pays $169,279–$197,200 per year at grade GS-15. Applications close on Sep 22, 2026 — 6 days left.
- Working pattern
- Telework eligible
- Who can apply
- Competitive service, Internal to an agency
- Clearance
- Not Required
Main duties
- Directs strategic budget formulation, justification, and execution for multiple agency programs; manage internal control systems, fund reallocations, and financial reporting.
- Leads and mentors multi-sector workforces, executing strategic workforce planning, talent acquisition, and performance management.
- Establishes, issues, and modernizes policies, standard operating procedures, and financial instructions for internal and external customers.
- Formulates and implements comprehensive performance measurement frameworks and outcome metrics to evaluate program effectiveness, workload, and resource utilization.
Full details
About the role
This position is responsible for providing strategic, financial, and administrative executive leadership for major agency programs.
Key responsibilities include directing financial operations and budget formulation, execution, and reporting; driving strategic human capital management and performance evaluation; and establishing policies, standard operating procedures, and performance measurement frameworks.
What you will do
- Directs strategic budget formulation, justification, and execution for multiple agency programs; manage internal control systems, fund reallocations, and financial reporting.
- Leads and mentors multi-sector workforces, executing strategic workforce planning, talent acquisition, and performance management.
- Establishes, issues, and modernizes policies, standard operating procedures, and financial instructions for internal and external customers.
- Formulates and implements comprehensive performance measurement frameworks and outcome metrics to evaluate program effectiveness, workload, and resource utilization.
- The ideal candidate for this position is a senior level analyst with expertise in financial management, strategic human capital planning, and organizational performance evaluation.
- Candidate possess a proven track record of formulating and executing multi-million-dollar budgets, leading high-performing multi-sector workforces, and establishing robust performance measurement frameworks across complex agency programs.
Requirements
- As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel.
- A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
- BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals.
- Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
- PCS/RELOCATION/RECRUITMENT: Permanent Change of Station (PCS), Relocation, and Recruitment Incentive authorization varies by position/selection.
How you will be evaluated
DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.
WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
To receive full credit during evaluation, your assessment responses must explicitly point back to your resume, as HR cannot make assumptions about your experience.
You must write your narrative answers in full paragraph format, beginning each response with the exact position title, organization, employment dates (MM/YYYY–MM/YYYY), full-time/part-time, average hours worked per week, and federal series/grade (if applicable) as listed on your resume.
Within the paragraph, clearly describe your specific individual duties, actions taken, tools used, and measurable outcomes to prove your level of expertise.
HR will cross-check your narrative against your resume; if your resume does not fully support every detail and timeframe claimed in your written response, the claimed experience will be disallowed, which may result in an ineligible determination.
Eligible Federal employees also seeking consideration for noncompetitive reassignment for this position, must indicate interest in the assessment. Noncompetitive federal candidates must have competitive status on a SF-50, meet minimum qualifications, have served at the same grade or higher, and held or exceeded the promotion potential of this position.
All applicants: Your application will be reviewed in two phases determine how you move forward in the hiring process. Phase I: Your resume will be reviewed to determine your technical qualifications for this position based on the required specialized experience. ONLY two (2) pages of your resume will be reviewed.
Additional information beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) will not be reviewed. Applicants passing “Phase I” will move on to the “Phase II” of the assessment process where your application will be reviewed and rated based on the KSAs/Competencies listed in the vacancy announcement by a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
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Documents you must provide
- In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, dated May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length will be accepted as part of your application.
- These should be legible and in a readable font size.
- A determination of your eligibility and/or qualifications will be based only on those two (2) pages.
- Your resume MUST contain specific information that can be used to make a qualification determination, including employment beginning and ending dates for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles.
- If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level.
- The resume should show relevant experience and education, as well as support the required specialized experience.
- FEDERAL APPLICANTS: You must submit SF-50(s) that verify your highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant.
- DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility.
- For consideration for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a date that is at least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing.
- We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50.
- Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks' time-in-grade requirements. *** PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS: If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documentation may be submitted and will be forwarded to the selecting official as support in consideration of your application in the evaluation process.
- To receive due weight, you must submit a recent performance appraisal (dated within 18 months) showing the official rating of record, signed by a supervisor, or statement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documentation dated within the last 18 months (i.e. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.) If requesting consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP): your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.
- YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL 3 documents and meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring at least an 80) to be considered under CTAP.
- Displaced employees may be eligible for CTAP priority consideration.
- For more information, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition.
- Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position.
- Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents.
- Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system.
What to expect next
You may check your application status by logging into your USAJOBS account. Within two weeks of the closing date, your application will be reviewed and rated. Ratings will be determined based on the documents and information received by the closing date.
The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring manager will contact you directly. Once a hiring decision is made, we will notify all applicants of their final status.
Additional information
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportation and its Operating Administrations from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment.
In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportation by email at, ***.
To learn more, please visit our page at: The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportation
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