Cohort Unit Chief

Summary

As a Cohort Unit Chief, you will be responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating all aspects of an assigned cohort operations while providing day-to-day supervision, coaching, and developmental oversight for participants. The Workforce and Skills Management Branch advances continuous learning, leadership development, career growth, and workforce readiness across the employee lifecycle. We are currently filling three vacancies, but add'l vacancies may be filled as needed.

Duties

• Plan, assign, direct, and evaluate the work of an assigned cohort of approximately 18-36 employees. Establish performance expectations. Conduct performance evaluations. Address performance and conduct issues. Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, career guidance, and developmental support to cohort participants throughout the program. Monitor participant progress toward developmental milestones and collaborate with supervisors, mentors, and organizational leaders to address developmental needs, and program requirements. Leverage technology, learning management systems, workforce analytics, and emerging learning solutions to improve program administration and participant experiences. Coordinate enterprise recruitment, participant selection, onboarding, new employee orientation, rotational experiences, and graduation activities. Partner with senior leaders, Human Resources officials, and program stakeholders to provide recommendations regarding career pathways, competency development, developmental experiences, leadership readiness, and workforce capability needs. Contribute to enterprise workforce development policies, guidance, strategic planning documents, and continuous improvement initiatives. Develop and implement performance measures to evaluate participant outcomes, program effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and return on investment.

Key requirements

• US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
• Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

Qualifications

To evaluate your qualifications, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the specialized experience described below. Your resume must not exceed two pages. To ensure your qualifications can be fully evaluated, we recommend including the following information: Name, address, telephone number, email address; Job Title (if federal service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade); Relevant work experience—should include employer name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions that explain how you meet the required qualifications in the job announcement. Your resume should contain enough information to make a valid determination that you fully meet experience requirements for each grade level you are applying to. If you do not provide enough information for us to determine your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible. If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume. The GS-13 salary range starts at $108,173 per year. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the federal service. Specialized experience is defined as serving as a lead and/or coach for a cohort within an enterprise career development program, demonstrating the ability to: partner with leadership to plan, direct, coordinate, and evaluate core program initiatives and operational workflows; provide strategic coaching, mentorship, and targeted developmental support to maximize participant growth and performance; and supporting a program's administrative activities, such as executing milestones including onboarding, new employee orientation, and graduation events.