Director, Water Infrastructure Finance And Innovation Act Management Division at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC

Responsibilities

The Director of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Management Division within the Office of Water’s Office of Wastewater Management is responsible for managing a national effort to leverage Federal resources and stimulate private capital investments in water infrastructure by providing billions of dollars of credit assistance in the form of direct loans and loan guarantees to entities for water infrastructure projects.

Major program responsibilities include:

• Establishing the national direction and overseeing the WIFIA program, which administers federal loan and loan guarantee programs authorized under Public Law 113-121, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, specifically Title V, the WIFIA, which provides long-term, low cost supplemental credit assistance for regionally and nationally significant water infrastructure projects.
• Providing oversight and stewardship of highly technical and complex water infrastructure projects that are awarded financing under the program.
• Providing expertise and leadership that will be leveraged to spur environmental benefits and economic growth through supporting state, tribal, and local efforts to modernize the outdated water infrastructure on which the American public depends.
• Overseeing review of exotic and complex financial plans and highly technical engineering and scientific data and information, ensuring selected projects are of the highest quality and project plans meet the eligibilities under the program and are appropriate to meet program objectives.
• Developing and implementing national policy, priorities, guidance, and strategies for establishing, implementing, and overseeing the WIFIA program.
• Developing and maintaining external relationships within EPA and with other Federal agencies as well as national, State and local officials and organizations concerned with water and wastewater infrastructure finance, construction and management.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

You must be a U.S. citizen.You must submit resume and required documents (see How to Apply section).If you are selected, a pre-employment background check is required.You may be required to travel 1 to 5 days per month.If you are selected, you must complete a 1-year SES probationary period, if not previously completed.

The Ethics in Government Act, P.L. 95-521, requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, OGE-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment.

This position is designated as High Risk and requires a background investigation. Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation.

Qualifications

The work of this position is classified in the Program Management, 0340 series where the qualifications include both general management skills and characteristics that are applicable to all SES positions and technical or program responsibilities specific to this position. Applicants must have substantive general experience which provides a good basic or general knowledge of the principles of organization, management and administration; and substantive specialized (operating administrative or managerial) experience in a type of work or a combination of functions directly related to this position.

All applicants must have one year of specialized experience at a level close to the work of this job that demonstrates the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform in this role. Typically this experience can be found in work within this field or a field that is closely related.

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service, applicants must also provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications listed below.

A. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) - Mandatory for competitive applicants - Failure to address these factors will result in your application being disqualified, unless you are a noncompetitive eligible applicant.