Total 250 job vacancies in Columbia, South Carolina

Serves as a key representative for the Director of the Natural Resources Environment's (NRE), Tribal and Native American Issue Area and acts on behalf of NRE and GAO by providing cultural awareness, strategic focus, and technical input for GAO's Tribal and Native American work.

Advises GAO leadership on sensitive and emerging issues related to Tribal and Native Americans, tribal leaders' concerns, and potential strategies to improve GAO's internal capacity for analyzing programs and policies that serve Tribes, their members, and Indigenous communities.

Acts as a NRE stakeholder for GAO engagement teams to ensure the methodological adequacy of planned outreach to Tribes and Indigenous communities, including appropriate and diverse case selection, and educate staff on appropriate communications strategies and cultural context in advance of tribal outreach.

Directs efforts across GAO mission teams to streamline tribal outreach and optimize matrixing opportunities for jobs with tribal components or case studies.

Advise NRE management on strategies to enhance tribal outreach and implementation of protocols across GAO mission teams that conduct Tribal and Native American work. Leads efforts to strengthen NRE's internal capacity to maintain and improve the success of the Tribal and Native American Issue area by sharing knowledge within GAO.

Delivers agency-wide briefings, preparing written internal communications, delivering oral presentations, and providing written analyses on the Tribal and Native American Issue Area for internal senior executive audiences such as the GAO's Executive Committee and mission teams' management and staff.

Coordinates within GAO to develop and implement a variety of internal learning activities relevant to GAO's tribal work. This includes developing guidance and protocols for GAO's work with Tribal Nations and contributing to training courses and materials relevant to understanding tribal issues including federal/tribal/state relations.

Works with NRE and other mission teams on the preparation of the tribal components of GAO's strategic plan and related implementation efforts.

Builds external networks and relationships with Tribes, leaders of tribal and Indigenous organizations, and other public and private sector organizations that help facilitate accountability, outreach, and collaboration. This includes attending and participating in tribal conferences, meetings, and events, and responding to inquiries from tribal leaders related to GAO's work.

Assists with the planning and work of GAO's Tribal and Indigenous Advisory Council. This includes coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and providing other logistical and substantive support.

• Programs that fall under the authority of the role include Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Historically Underutilized Small Business Program (HUBZone), 8(a) Business Development program (8(a)), and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB).
• Maintains extensive knowledge and expertise in the certification and compliance processes for all certification programs within GCBD that help firms engage and expand in the federal marketplace.
• Directs the management of the assigned programs to include planning, development, coordination and evaluation of the entirety of the program.
• Serves as manager of all senior management personnel assigned to the programs listed above. This position has supervision, direction oversight, and authority over all processes and programs within these areas. Serves as an alternate subject matter expert assisting the Associate Administrator with all issues relative to the WOSB, VetCert, 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone certification programs.
• Reviews and compares the adequacy of centralized policies and procedures to determine suitability on the changing situations encountered and initiates center policy changes to and coordinates with other appropriate Agency officials, as necessary.

The incumbent of this position reports directly to the Chief Enterprise Architect and is responsible for leading and mentoring teams of federal technical architects and contractor resources in creating, establishing, and managing a business outcome-driven EA program that ensures alignment and integration across all architecture domains. The incumbent is responsible for creating and managing programs to develop effective IT standards and architectures from an enterprise perspective and conducting objective assessments of applications, systems, and technology components. Fosters open communication and collaboration across the judiciary, leveraging and enhancing the EA toolset to facilitate knowledge sharing, data-driven decision-making, and governance. The incumbent of this position works closely with stakeholders across the judiciary to identify opportunities for innovation and optimization and supports the evolution of the Enterprise Architecture division's services and operations.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

1. Collaborating with the Chief Enterprise Architect and Chief Technology Officer to design, implement, lead, and manage a comprehensive Enterprise Architecture program for the judiciary in coordination with the Business Architecture Branch.
2. Leading, mentoring, managing, and supervising subordinate employees and contractors, ensuring effective program execution.
3. Performing tasking, monitoring, and performance management for all enterprise architecture efforts.
4. Designing, implementing, and managing a program to facilitate enterprise processes, including tactical EA boards, architecture development and governance, portfolio management and optimization, strategic planning and alignment, compliance and risk management, and performance measurements.
5. Implementing and managing EA toolset to transparently share business and technical information, artifacts, architectures, solutions, and roadmaps.
6. Working closely with the Business Architecture Branch, IT executives and leaders, and other stakeholders to understand the operating models and technical architecture.
7. Leading and managing the construction of deliverables, including enterprise standards, application and system assessments, reference architectures, technology capabilities models, as-is and to-be architectures, journey maps, and investment roadmaps.
8. Designing, leading, and managing EA services including application portfolio management, technical reference model, EA assessments, solution architecture guidance, gap analysis, and journey mapping.
9. Assessing the effectiveness of the Enterprise Architecture program by developing and monitoring performance metrics and delivering and implementing improvement plans to optimize program performance.
10. Developing IT standards for the judiciary and monitor compliance with standards across organizations.
11. Providing advice to solution architects and stakeholders on applicable technical architectures, solution architectures, standards, and guidance to enhance delivery and compliance.
12. Ensuring the EA toolset delivers necessary information and artifacts to judiciary users, effectively communicating as-is and to-be enterprise state, technology and business information, artifacts, dashboards, and metrics to drive technology alignment and understanding.
13. Researching and sharing information on emerging EA trends and disruptions, informing the organization of potential opportunities and challenges and providing recommendations for proactive adaptation.

• Direction and oversight of all aspects of small business development and certification programs supporting government contractors to include 8(a) Business Development (8(a)), Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone concerns (HUBZone).
• Identifies and implements opportunities for continual process improvement to harmonize programs, streamline and reduce burdensome requirements, and communication effectively across all SBA certification programs.
• Ensures the coordination and development of policies, plans, operating procedures, and standards for effective implementation, administration and promotion of the Agency's certification and government contracting business development programs.
• Leads all efforts and maintains extensive knowledge and expertise in the certification and compliance processes for certification programs and all business development programs to include the 7j funded training programs and the Mentor Protégé Programs that help firms engage and expand in the federal marketplace.

This position is telework eligible as determined by the agency. After the first 6 to 12 months on the job, there may be an option for this position to become remote.

This position is located in the Human Capital Directorate (HCD) of the Executive Office (EXO) within the Antitrust Division (ATR). EXO is a very dynamic and fast paced office, delivering the professional management services that power ATR's people and mission. Within EXO, HCD is comprised of the Human Resources Section, Paralegal Unit and Training and Professional Development.

As an Administrative Specialist, the responsibilities of this position will include, but are not limited to:

• Preparing, proofreading, and reviewing reports, letters, and other documents providing recommendations for management programs, policies, and activities.
• Providing advice and guidance to managers and employees on questions and situations related to administrative services.
• Responsibility for team administrative duties to include travel administration, document management, timekeeping, scheduling, correspondence management, invoice management, records management, performance management, training coordination, office supply management, using automated systems to log and track data, escorting visitors, and managing team office space allocation.
• Gathering information, identifying, and analyzing issues, and developing recommendations to resolve substantive problems of effectiveness and efficiency.
• Participating in the development of new plans, schedules, or methods to accommodate changing program requirements.
• Identifying objectives based on an analysis of interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of substantive mission-oriented programs.
• Participating in planning sessions with supervisors and program managers to provide necessary information pertaining to the team's administrative operations.
• Performing a variety of duties related to special projects involving program issues that contain complicating elements. Managing special initiatives and working groups to accomplish programmatic goals.
• Conducting various ad-hoc analyses, preparing reports and compiling information for team management.
• Managing all aspects of the Division's transit benefits program.

As a Supervisory Government Information Specialist, you will:

• Serve as a Deputy Assistant Director for the Information Disclosure and Records Management Division (IDRMD) and supervise the day-to-day operational activities of the FOIA analysts assigned to your section.
• Ensure that all cases are processed in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidance and policy.
• Ensure that all analysts properly redact and annotate all documents and process all cases from inception through to completion with virtually no errors in a timely manner.
• Provide top level leadership for the development of policy and oversight for compliance with the FOIA and other applicable laws and regulations.
• Keep abreast of all FOIA legal matters such as changes in the law and make recommendations to the Assistant Director, IDRMD of what changes to processes and policies need to be made in keeping with the current state of the FOIA law.

As a Supervisory Government Information Specialist, you will:

• Serve as a Deputy Assistant Director for the Information Disclosure and Records Management Division (IDRMD) and supervise the day-to-day operational activities of the FOIA analysts assigned to your section.
• Ensure that all cases are processed in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidance and policy.
• Ensure that all analysts properly redact and annotate all documents and process all cases from inception through to completion with virtually no errors in a timely manner.
• Provide top level leadership for the development of policy and oversight for compliance with the FOIA and other applicable laws and regulations.
• Keep abreast of all FOIA legal matters such as changes in the law and make recommendations to the Assistant Director, IDRMD of what changes to processes and policies need to be made in keeping with the current state of the FOIA law.

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Supervise professional industrial hygiene positions and responsible for planning and coordinating activities and work to implement national policies essential to occupational health enforcement programs for OSHA field offices.
• Provide technical advice and consultation in health enforcement and abatement.
• Develop and maintain an effective enforcement and assistance program.
• Coordinate compliance and enforcement assistance to OSHA regional and area offices.
• Provide expert technical guidance on corporate-wide settlement agreements and processing of egregious cases.
• OSHA technical expert for compliance with occupational health standards and related Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) legislation which include waste operations; emergency response operations; bloodborne pathogens; EPA Worker Protection standards, EPA hazardous waste regulations; EPA superfund regulations; and EPA pesticide regulations.
• Research technical literature, including research reports, symposium papers, trade books, laboratory reports and other working papers to provide authoritative technical guidance.
• Recommend revisions to operating instructions and directions (including the OSHA Field Operations Manual (FOM)).
• Review legislation, rulemaking, programming documents and policy guidelines to make recommendations to the Director, DEP on program policies and initiatives to promote and solicit program participation and interest in OHE products and services.
• Carry out supervisory duties in accordance with regulatory requirements in areas such as Diversity and EEO; internal management controls; Merit Systems Principles; Safety and Occupational Health obligations; performance management; management of ethics, conduct, and discipline; and hiring reform.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Program Analyst position you will ;

• Provide management with analysis and recommendations on branch projects.
• Work independently and as part of a team on various projects supporting branch operations.
• Liaise with various stakeholders to provide coordination for and secure buy-in on program initiatives and projects.
• Execute administrative duties.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 2 Year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

This position has promotion potential to the IC-0343-12. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the lower grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

• Provides food service program oversight to ensure timely operational support and integration of new logistical or changing concepts and to develop methods and techniques required for program execution.
• Validates budget requirements which include contracting, food service operating supplies, life-cycle replacement of equipment, food service equipment maintenance, and other requirements.
• Performs multi-functional logistics planning, manning, resources and budget formulation and administration to support food service operations.
• Prepares correspondence, briefings, plans, operations orders (OPORDs) and fragmentary orders (FRAGOs) to support food service operations.
• Communicates long-range planning to ensure efficient and effective provision and updating of equipment; food preparation, quality and facilities equipment, facilities, training, and personnel concerns.

• You will oversee the planning and assignment of work by management so work is completed based on priorities and resource capabilities.
• You will brief high ranking officials to report on inspection findings and recommendations.
• You will document problems, deficiencies, violations of laws and regulations, orders, directives, or practices for compliance with requirements.
• You will promote the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program in respect to training, promotions, awards, appointments, recognition to achieve goals and objectives.

Leads a team composed of Building Services Specialist(s), support staff, contractors, and performs varying assignments under minimal direction of a manager. The employee is responsible to their supervisors or managers for assuring that the work of their assigned team is carried out by performing a range of coordinating and supportive duties and responsibilities. The Team Lead utilizes a variety of coordinating, coaching, facilitating, consensus-building and planning techniques. Ensures that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans, and work products and services. Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met. Serves as coach, facilitator, and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members.

Serves as subject matter expert, leading facilities programs/projects in accordance with governing policies and regulations including NCR building maintenance project management, transit benefits services, driver services, fleet and shuttle services, coordinates with APM-300 on move services and construction code compliancy, customer service desk, parking services, building maintenance and repairs, property disposition and excess, and performs these assignments under minimal direction.

Coordinates with General Services Administration (GSA) personnel on GSA and FAA funded repair projects, repairs, and studies. Acts as the Facility Security Coordinator (FSC) as delegated in writing by the Director of APM in accordance with the FAA Facility Security Management Program Order 1600.69. The FSC serves as the headquarters security representative for a variety of operational security functions including but not limited to intelligence Information receipt and distribution, design, analysis and administration of operational security systems analysis of data, conducting periodic audits, preparation of reports, development and conduction of training, monitoring Access Systems, CCTV, and Visitor Notification programs, administration of guard contracts, and liaison with law enforcement officials for a myriad of activities Including court ordered process servers, Orders of Protection as applicable under law, and facilitating OPM/IG Investigations and enforcement.

Provides expert level of service functions to occupants of both Federal owned buildings and commercially leased space with adequate facilities in which to conduct agency business and meet the level and kind of building services specified in leases, agreements, and other documents.

Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but often require the development of new approaches. Defines and develops building service-related standard operating procedures and policies that are in compliance with FAA policies, government-wide rules and regulations, and industry best practices.

Works In a team environment to support maintenance of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification through internal and external audits.

Plans, organizes, coordinates, schedules, promotes and implements a variety of year-round indoor and outdoor activities through the outdoor recreation center.Sets up and maintains contracts with surrounding local recreational businesses for special interest adventure programs.Produces marketing requests for marketing upcoming programs, and delivers posters/fliers throughout base facilities.Provides estimated cost data and itinerary for planned activities.Oversees the Information, Tickets and Tours program, contacting potential customers to assist in selecting the desired recreational packages.Insures safe transport of participants on long multi-day, overnight outings.Operates multi-passenger vehicles in support of recreation activities and trips.Supervises assigned personnel.

If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12607836

As a SMALL ARMS REPAIRER, WG-6610-09, you will perform accurization of national match weapons (pistols, rifles, and light machine guns) on a limited basis; disassemble weapons, assemblies, subassemblies and other components; perform overhaul, maintenance, and repair on a variety of small arms; use micrometer to measure altered tolerances and make additional adjustments; be responsible for accountability, storage and security of arms and other sensitive items while they are kept for repair; may serve as a commodity inspector during Command Maintenance Management evaluations (COMET) or as a member of a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team (MAIT).

At the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), we are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) and value a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the communities we serve. As such, we welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds who share our commitment to public service.

This position serves as Special Trial Counsel in the Litigation and Administrative Practice Group. The incumbent is responsible for handling litigation against the Commission involving, and providing advice on matters relating to, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Right to Financial Privacy Act.

Typical duties include:

• Representing the Commission in litigation brought against the Commission, including actions relating to the FOIA, the Privacy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Right to Financial Privacy Act.
• Acting as the agency representative in cases where the Department of Justice represents the Commission in litigation brought against or concerning the Commission, including actions under the Federal Tort Claims Act and Bivens actions.
• Advising the Commission and its offices, divisions, and staff on matters related to FOIA, the Privacy Act, privileges, and related matters.
• Advising on and responding to subpoenas issued to the Commission and its staff for testimony and production of documents and handling any litigation relating to those subpoenas.
• Conducting legal research and preparing memoranda addressing legal developments relating to the FOIA, the Privacy Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act, Bivens actions, and discovery.