Supervisory Housing Management Specialist

Summary

About the Position: Serves as a Housing Manager reporting to the Chief Housing Division located in the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) at a large multi-mission installation. With full delegated responsibility, supervises employees engaged in support of the following housing management programs: Housing Services Office (HSO), Unaccompanied Housing (UH), Furnishings Management, Residential Communities Initiative (RCI), Privatized Army Lodging (PAL), and Army Family Housing (AFH).

Duties

• Provide technical housing expertise and assistance to garrison Commander/Manager and other installation staff in representing Department of the Army (DA), Army Command, and garrison objectives.
• Responsible for the accomplishment of broad management functions with the planning, management, administration and implementation of the technical and administrative operations of the housing management programs.
• Develop garrison policies for all aspects of housing programs.
• Evaluate management of the Rental Partnership Program and Utility Deposit Waiver Program.
• Analyze and assess data for a variety of reports pertinent to availability of housing, Military and Civilian personnel, quarterly data on customer service, and Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) annual surveys.
• Direct the work of housing office employees.
• Plan and distribute work, sets priorities, and controls work accomplishment.
• Serve as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR), responsible for management oversight; guidance, fiscal policy, and control of contractor owned-government leased quarters as required or appointed.
• Responsible for the management of contractual agreements with the contractor(s) for multiple sites for both family and unaccompanied housing.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Materiel Command (AMC) employees with competitive status. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized experience: One year of specialized experience which includes applying housing management principles, rules and regulations to manage family housing, unaccompanied housing or privatized military housing operations; perform technical operational administration, such as facilities utilization, maintenance oversight, assignment/occupancy management, or housing contract monitoring; and assist with budget execution, fiscal planning, or vendor payment verification for housing activities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Housing Management Program Administration Housing Operations Oral Communication Planning and Evaluating Program Management Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.