Summary This position serves as the Deputy Director, Nuclear Enterprise Directorate (NE), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The Nuclear Enterprise Directorate (NE) provides capabilities that enable DoD Warfighters, Interagency stakeholders, allies and partners to ensure a credible U.S. nuclear deterrent force and counter threat networks. Responsibilities The Deputy Director, NE performs the following major functions: -Reviews and evaluates an annual program effort in excess of $220 million to establish a holistic approach to operational and strategic matters related to the Nation's nuclear deterrent in areas of nuclear weapons safety, security, accountability, reliability and inspection, enabling solutions and DoD responses to nuclear matters and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners. -Evaluates DoD and DTRA policies and directives and advises on actions necessary to establish the framework of NE guidance and procedures. Provides for the control, coordination, and continuity of NE programs and operations by developing operational plans, vetting with the Combatant Commands and DoD and Department of Energy offices regarding deployed force planning efforts, integrating intra- departmental and inter-agency plans and products, and requirements for contracting, facilities, funding, personnel, equipment. Exercises coordinating authority for NE input to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution process to ensure transparency of and accountability for all NE investment activities. Identifies programmatic shortfalls and manages funding with appropriate administrative controls, audit systems and accountability with special emphasis on budget execution and contracting procedures. Oversees all validation and resourcing decisions and manages NE's spend plan, to include input into the DTRA Program Objective Memorandum. Ensures resources are placed against the highest Agency/NE priorities. -Manages and approves the development of plans that effectively translate objectives into specific work programs. Interprets directives and orders from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, the Director, DTRA, and other agencies to ensure objectives and requirements are met. Directs the preparation and establishment of internal NE IPRs or working groups, inter-agency agreements and similar directives having unusual significance and application. Oversees the transfer, transition, or termination of NE-sponsored software applications, services or capabilities to the Services in support of Combatant Command requirements when necessary. -Manages the overall responsibilities and objectives of the NE mission. Ensures prompt responses are provided to Combatant Command's for urgent and emerging nuclear deterrent requirements, DTRA, DoD Chief Information Officer-directed assessments and Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment-directed operational needs, and theater requests for NE support. -Serves as the authority for all key leader NE engagements including those within DoD, the intelligence community, the U.S. interagency, foreign partners, and with Congressional staff. Ensures an effective, economical organization structure, manpower requirements and functional breakdown and an effective workload distribution ensuring full utilization of personnel skills and abilities in consonance with programmed and Talent Management objectives. -Manages implementation of concepts, policy guidance, and critical operations for national continuity-related activities for the Directorate. Serves as an advisor to the Nuclear Weapons Council for DoD-level analysis efforts of U.S. nuclear force structure, support requirement, posture, plans and capabilities in meeting national security requirements. Serves as a member of the Compartmentalized Activities Council managing, executing, or implementing requirements stemming from Presidential Directives concerning the command and control, safety, security, and control of United States nuclear weapons. -Manages strategic and counter-WMD operational capability employment to resolve nationally important issues on the development and sustainment of key nuclear and counter-WMD operational capabilities and cyber support activities. Assesses current and future strategic force structure and capabilities planning, and program and budget analysis of complex military systems. -Exercises coordination authority for the Critical Infrastructure Defense Analysis Center within the DoD, the U.S. Interagency, U.S. Defense Industrial Base entities, and commercial partners in support of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance direction. Directs and assesses U.S. reliance on commercial support. -Ensures effective execution of Equal Employment Opportunity policies, goals, and objectives holding supervisors and managers within the Agency accountable for evaluating and taking actions that are consistent with overall EEO/diversity goals. -Ensures subordinate workforce maintains an equal and consistent approach in determining applicant/employee qualifications, selections, assignments, training, promotions, details, discipline, and awards. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must address the three mandatory TQs, and the five ECQs. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): ECQs must not exceed ten pages (2 pages per each ECQ narrative). The ECQs are: - Leading Change - Leading People - Results Driven - Business Acumen - Building Coalitions You must submit a separate narrative statement that addresses each of the MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs) related specifically to this position. Your narrative statements should include specific examples of experience, education, and accomplishments, applicable to the position. Your narrative statements must not exceed two pages for each MTQ. For information and assistance in preparing your narrative statements, please see the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) publication, "A Guide to SES Qualifications," available on the OPM web site at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive- service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf. Failure to comply with the specific instructions as stated in this announcement may result in an ineligible rating and removal from further consideration for the position. SPECIAL NOTE: Current and former career SES employees or graduates of a SES Candidate Development Program who have been certified by OPM do NOT need to address the ECQs; however, you must address the TQ statements for consideration for this position. (All other candidates must submit all required documentation). TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs) 1. Extensive experience in program formulation, defense, and execution to include all phases of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution cycle or an equivalent large scale budgeting system. 2. Demonstrated experience in successfully leading, managing and directing the execution and/or implementation of requirements stemming from Presidential Directives concerning the command and control, safety, security, and control of United States nuclear weapons through oversight of subordinate organizations, and coordination and interaction of activities with a wide variety of Federal and private organizations, nationally and internationally. 3. Extensive experience with the Department of Defense Mission Assurance process to include Mission Assurance Control Board matters concerning the properly prioritized and assessed critical nuclear defense infrastructure deficiencies and limitations, both on Department of Defense reservations and externally in the Continental United States and allied territories. Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this position. Additional Information The Executive of this position is subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes in addition to 5 CFR 2638.103, Government Ethics Responsibilities of Supervisors. REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS: https://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25- V300.pdf SELECTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENT: If you are a male born after December 31, 1959, and are at least 18 years of age, civil service employment (5 U.S.C. 3328) requires that you must be registered with the Selective Service System, unless you meet certain exemptions under Selective Service law. If you are required to register but knowingly and willfully fail to do so, you are ineligible for appointment by executive agencies of the Federal Government.