Senior Advisor

This position serves as Senior Advisor and confidential employee to a PBS business line Assistant Commissioner. The Senior Advisor is responsible for providing expertise, advisory services, and direct involvement in key controversies, confidential decision-making, innovative, emerging, most complex, highly contentious and other sensitive matters. Location of position: Any of the listed duty locations. We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

This position is in the PBS Office of Architecture & Engineering and as a Senior Advisor, you will: Lead and guide the conduct of special, long and short-range management studies of major concern to the business line Assistant Commissioner, and responsible for their presentation and justification. Carry out special and controversial assignments directed by the Assistant Commissioner, including those arising from new legislation, program changes, or emergencies, which may result in organizational changes. Lead and actively participate in national teams, impacting the national GSA organization and the PBS national strategic direction. Provide advice, assistance, and program/policy analysis and coordination on the affairs of PBS and GSA, participating in key policy decisions. Apply a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to assess and improve program effectiveness, complex management processes, projects, and systems on a national scale, often devising new techniques and approaches in areas lacking established precedents. Provide leadership, expert assistance, and authoritative advice on interpreting governing policy in PBS program areas. Ensure compliance with Federal laws and regulations and GSA policies and procedures. Lead and research sensitive, complex, or controversial issues. Represent the PBS business line and the agency to external organizations, including customer agency heads, high-ranking government officials (judiciary and legislative branches), Federal union officials, and top management of public and private organizations. Represent the Assistant Commissioner at meetings.

If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non­Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Serve a one year probationary period, if required. Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 4 investigation level).

Theres no education requirement.