Total 6 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Bloomington, Illinois

• Supervises work of personnel, evaluates performance, interviews candidates, recommends personnel actions, resolves complaints, etc.
• Manage personnel involved in performing IT activities.
• Utilize complex resource management and strategic and business planning projects that support the accomplishment of key Center operations for very critical and highly complex programs or projects of a business or technical function.
• Assist in planning the accomplishment of the division’s portfolio of programs and related projects and ensuring programs are consistent with organizational goals
• Assist in resolving technical and program problems and support the Division Chief in making final decisions on controversial plans and approaches.
• Communicate with high-level personnel in government, state and county governments and members of the intelligence community.
• Serve as a first or second level supervisor responsible for very critical and highly complex programs or projects of a business or technical function.
• Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Direct multiple projects across a broad functional area.

This position is located in the Public Buildings Service, Real Estate Division (RED). This division manages the acquisition of leased space – and the renovation of existing leased and federal space – to support customer agency real estate needs.

This position has job functions that must be executed within specific geographic locations. The official duty station is a federal facility, leased space, or an alternative worksite (typically the employee’s home) within the specified geographic area: Chicago, IL; Springfield, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Milwaukee, WI; Detroit, MI; Battle Creek, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN and Fort Snelling, MN.  You will be expected to report to a specific GSA duty location at least one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency’s telework policy.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as an expert in project management and serves as the primary point of contact in developing and maintaining Division project management policy, practice, and training regimens. This includes developing and maintaining policy and training documents by staying abreast of Public Buildings Service (PBS), Regional, and Division project management dynamics in both leased and federal space.
• Serves as a knowledge expert/resource to all Project Management Branches and Division staff overall as required on all aspects of project management, developing and providing guidance, one-to-one guidance if requested, formal and informal training or briefings or other information sharing in this program area.
• Identifies project management innovations, precedent-setting projects or new training (within and outside of the Federal Government) in the field that would help grow project management within the Great Lakes Region.
• Engages in helping to resolve questions of project management policy and practice, attending various project or program discussions to offer project management policy and practice guidance or evaluating proposed courses of action to keep projects in line with Public Buildings Services (PBS) and Division policy and practices. 
• Responsible for liaising with, organizing, leading, and facilitating the Division senior or Expert and Supervisory Project Managers as a Project Management Council, in parity and concert with the Lease Contracting Officer (LCO) Council in order to help ensure project management and lease procurement policy, practice and training are coordinated and harmonized to the maximum extent possible across the project delivery spectrum.

Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manages project assignments in accordance with client requirements and ensures that all products and services are delivered on schedule and within budget.
• Works on the administration and management of the entire project, including project financial management. Provides responsive and targeted technical advice and guidance that takes into account the client needs and financial capacity.
• Develops accurate government requirements, measurable performance standards, and manages project life-cycle activities to ensure that intended outcomes are achieved.
• Collaborates with clients to define needs, research and analyze solution options, and provide other client- facing project management support as needed.

You will:

• Serve as a technical/programmatic authority in providing expert advice and assistance to state, local and/or tribal governments and non-profits to help facilitate assigned environmental protection program development within states/municipalities/tribes.
• Serves as a primary senior staff authority and coordinator to develop and implement stakeholder/EPA partnerships for environmental protection programs; negotiate, facilitate, create, and evaluate state specific agreements.
• Manage grant, cooperative agreements and/or interagency agreement (IAGs) activities related to the initiation, administration, and/or close-out of very complex, difficult, or novel grants, cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements, including responsibility for monitoring performance.
• Manage special projects and lead ad hoc teams.

You will spend more than 50% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.

Incumbent serves as a region-based senior inspector who assists the Team Lead in managing the inspection program. Provides regional program support regarding operational and strategic activities associated with the implementation of the operating reactor inspection, oversight, and assessment programs, including the oversight of inspector qualifications and training; monitoring operational performance (i.e., metrics); and the implementation of continuous improvement activities and initiatives. Leads, plans, conducts, reports, and integrates findings associated with inspections of light-water reactors, in accordance with the NRC Inspection manual, Chapter 2515. Performs a wide variety of lead duties associated with inspection of the engineering, corrective actions and operations of power reactors. Independently plans and determines the scope of inspections to be performed. As a lead inspector or team member, performs routine and complex inspections, allegation reviews, event response inspections, or area of emphasis inspections of reactor facilities to observe and assure conformance to NRC rules and regulations, inspection procedures, and orders. Prepares and coordinates a report of inspection findings to ascertain whether the facility is being operated safely, whether the licensee's performance in cross-cutting areas is effective, and whether regulatory requirements are being satisfied. Integrates inspection findings into overall licensee assessment. Performs miscellaneous duties in support of the region-based inspection program, including enforcement and performance assessment.

• Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the 618 Air and Operations Center's International Flight Plans and Airspace Branch (XOCZF).
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
• Represents HQ Air Mobility Command, 18th Air Force, 618 Air and Space Operations Center Command and Control Directorate, International Flight Plans and Airspace Branch with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
• Communicates face to face, verbally, and/or in writing with worldwide SES or higher level Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies, various MAJCOM agencies, and other key personnel within AMC's area of responsibility in order to secure preferred routing for AMC aircraft.
• Serve as Air Mobility Command Focal Point for the Flight Plan and Airspace Function.