Regional Director

As the Regional Director you are responsible for managing a regional office of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board and rendering initial administrative appeals decisions and orders on individual cases coming before the Board. Decisions may have major political, social, and economic impact on the functions of such other agencies as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the Office of Special Counsel.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Determines program goals and develops plans for the office to meet those goals.

Determines resources needs, allocates resources, and accounts for their effective use.

Coordinates activities with the Director, Office of Regional Operations, headquarters, and the other regional offices.

Recommends to higher management changes in program emphasis and operating guidelines.

Deals with general personnel management policy matters affecting the regional office and holds employees accountable for performance and conduct.

Delegates authority to subordinate supervisors and holds them responsible for the performance of their staff functions.

Assigns appeals cases to administrative judges capable of issuing quality decisions that are consistent with controlling law, rules and regulations.

Trains and develops administrative judges to reach the full performance level.

Is responsible for the timely processing of all appeals received by the regional office in accordance with time standards established by the Board.

Supervises a GS-12 supervisory paralegal and supervises the activities of GS-13 through GS-15 administrative judges, who conduct formal administrative hearings.

The selectee will manage the Philadelphia, PA office.