Summary

This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs (OSORA).

As a Health Insurance Specialist (Technical Advisor), GS-0107-14, you will provide leadership on the coordination, integration, and advancement of complex, time-sensitive, and high-visibility actions requiring review, decision, or signature by CMS and HHS senior leadership.

Duties

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• Serves as the senior technical authority in support of enterprise-wide clearance and coordination processes affecting CMS-administered health insurance programs.
• Develops and recommends enterprise-wide procedures governing executive correspondence, priority non-correspondence items, interagency clearances, and Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) coordination processes.
• Provides enterprise-wide technical oversight and governance of CMS clearance and coordination systems supporting executive decision-making for health insurance program actions.
• Serves as an agency focal point for clearance and integration of significant health insurance program actions, including strategic enhancement of CMS' clearance systems and their integration with Departmental processes.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National to apply for this position.
• You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation.
• Time-in-Grade restrictions apply.

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from being considered further.

In order to qualify for the GS-14 , you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include: 1) Managing internal clearance and coordination processes of executive-level documents to ensure accuracy and completeness of federal administrative recordkeeping requirements; AND 2) Coordinating Federal Advisory Committee Act activities to ensure compliance with federal statutes and regulations; AND 3) Producing work products for senior officials (e.g., briefing documents or memos, correspondence, etc.).

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: To be eligible, current Federal employees must have served at least 52 weeks (one year) at the next lower grade level from the position/grade level(s) to which they are applying.

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Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Bargaining Unit Position: Yes- American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1923

Tour of Duty: Flexible

Recruitment Incentive: Not Authorized

Relocation Incentive: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure: Not Required

Workplace Flexibility at CMS: This position has a regular and recurring reporting requirement to the CMS office listed in this announcement. CMS offers flexible working arrangements and allows employees the opportunity to participate in alternative work schedules at the manager's discretion.

Benefits

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