Program Manager

**Duties**:
**As a Program Manager (Knowledge Management), you will**:

- Create new and find innovative uses for existing communication and collaboration techniques to connect staff across the FHWA through improvement of effective and efficient workflows, sharing knowledge and improving organizations’ employee productivity and best business practices.
- Develop and lead KM strategies and programs specific to increasing FHWA knowledge transfer and collaboration by assessing knowledge need and agency priorities.
- Play a critical role in advancing the Discipline Support System (DSS). Work closely with the Discipline Council in carrying out the discipline council action plan and the implementation of discipline-based learning activities. Provide program management expertise to the agency’s discipline seminar program, including scheduling, planning, budgeting and execution.
- Envision, create, and manage unique KM programs to highlight FHWA-wide achievements, and create and manage legacy systems to categorize, track, store, update and distribute FHWA knowledge.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.
- Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT**:

- **SELECTIVE SERVICE**: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- **BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION**: You may be required to complete a background/security investigation and meet preliminary requirements prior to onboarding**.**:

- **GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD**: Travel will vary by position. If the position requires travel, a government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
- **PCS/RELOCATION/RECRUITMENT**: Permanent Change of Station (PCS), Relocation, and Recruitment Incentive authorization varies by position/selection and a service agreement may be required.
- **PROBATIONARY PERIOD**: Varies by position and is determined by the hiring agency. If selected, a one-year or two-year probationary period may be required.
- **FOR DIRECT HIRE CANDIDATES**: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- **FOR GOVERNMENT CANDIDATES**:Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

**Qualifications**:
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience requirements.

**To qualify for the Grade 13**, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, it must include:

- **Experience managing knowledge sharing or training programs, working with collaboration tools, such as those in the O365 suite or other similar technologies, and implementing knowledge management strategies and initiatives to increase knowledge transfer and collaboration.**

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs)**:Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

- **Technical Competence - Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.**:

- **Organizational Awareness - Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization. Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.**:

- **Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.**

For all types of consideration, 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.

**All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.**

**Additional information**:
**ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT**:
**This is not a Bargaining unit position.**

**The agency has the option of extending a term appointment up t