Total 3 job vacancies by Government Accountability Office

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.

The GAO is seeking an experienced professional to serve as a Senior Economist; responsible for providing economics research in support of GAO's engagements and performing advanced economic analyses of federal programs and policies. Specifically, the incumbent:

• Identifies economic issues and participates in design, data collection and analysis, message development, and report writing.
• Develops econometric analyses of economic, financial, and administrative data to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs and policies.
• Applies advanced economic concepts and tools to the evaluation of federal programs and policies. Assesses economic trade-offs associated with federal programs and policies, including their impact on individuals, businesses, markets, prices and quantities.
• Critically evaluates economic research conducted by federal agencies, academics and other experts to determine quality, relevance and implications for federal programs and policies.
• Reviews draft reports to ensure accuracy, precision, and clarity of presentation of economic issues and data.
• Clearly communicates in writing the methods and conclusions of advanced economic and econometric analyses and evaluations of economic research.
• Presents results of economic research in formal and informal settings, including message agreement discussions, team meetings, and briefings for Congressional staff.
• In collaboration with multi-disciplinary team members, develops findings and recommendations and prepares GAO products that provide factual and analytical information in a clear, balanced manner that meets the needs of congressional clients.

• Directs GAO's administrative operations, including facilities, financial management, human capital management, and information technology, to ensure they meet the agency's strategic goals.
• Collaborates daily with other members of the Executive Committee to guide and oversee GAO's strategic direction, policy development, and decision-making processes.
• Advises the Executive Committee on GAO's budget, financial management, human capital, information technology, facilities, and internal controls matters to promote effective stewardship of the agency's funds and resources.
• Oversees the development of GAO's financial management policies to promote decisions that support the agency's current and future financial stability.
• Oversees GAO's budget formulation and justification to ensure the agency's future needs are in the Congressional appropriations requests.
• Monitors the execution of GAO's budget in relation to actual expenditures to provide the Executive Committee with performance reports.
• Directs, in collaboration with the Chief Operating Officer, enterprise-wide information technology programs and services to ensure GAO's information technology investments and infrastructure meet future needs.
• Guides agency-wide human capital management and workforce planning services, policies, and programs to increase organizational performance.
• Collaborates with the COO and GC to develop and implement labor management relations policies and negotiation strategies that promote a productive relationship with GAO's union(s).
• Represents GAO in contacts with members and committees of the Congress and their staffs, as well as representatives of other federal departments and agencies, state, local, and foreign governments, industry, and other segments of the private sector.
• Chairs and/or serves on internal GAO boards and committees like the Executive Resources Board, Human Capital Strategic Leadership Board, Continuous Process Improvement Leadership Board, Information Technology Investment Committee, Risk Management Committee, and the senior official for the Collaboration Assessment Resolution and Education (CARE) Program.
• Leverages the work produced by engagement teams on improving federal government operations to guide the effective and efficient operations of GAO.
• Directs the work of the Chief Administrative Office which consists of Infrastructure Operations, Information Systems and Technology Services (dotted line to Chief Operating Officer), Learning Center, Professional Development Program (dotted line to Chief Operating Officer), CAO Immediate Office, Field Operations, Financial Management and Business Operations, and Human Capital Office; Labor Management Relations (dotted line to Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel); is held accountable for the success of the team/unit's line or staff functions; monitors and evaluates the progress of the organization toward meeting goals; makes adjustments in objectives, work plans, schedules, and commitment of resources; evaluates and provides input on the performance of employees; makes decisions on people-related matters such as selections, promotions, awards, and training; supports GAO's equal employment opportunity (EEO) goals, core values, and People Values by positive example and appropriate action.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.