Assistant Inspector General for Inspections and Evaluations
Company: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Location: Springfield
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Summary The AIG Inspection is responsible for developing
strategies for achieving both mandatory and elective inspections in
the organization, while ensuring that OIG inspections are managed
in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and guidelines. The
AIG Inspection oversees the policy and governance structure to
ensure NGA maximizes use of finance, technology, and information
systems to improve Responsibilities BASIC DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES: Position Summary The National Geospatial
Intelligence (NGA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) fulfills its
mission by performing independent, objective audits, evaluations,
inspections, and investigations assiduously to strengthen
effectiveness, efficiency, and integrity; and to detect and prevent
fraud, waste, and abuse in the Agency's programs and operations.
The Assistant Inspector General for Inspections and Evaluations
(AIGE) is a senior OIG leader and serves under the general
direction of NGA Inspector General (IG). The AIGE is the principal
assistant and advisor responsible conducting relevant, timely, and
high-quality inspections, evaluations, and agile or other special
reviews to assess the management efficiency and effectiveness of
Agency programs with the aim of improving mission delivery and
performance. The AIGE provides essential accountability and
transparency over government programs enabling decision makers to
improve operations, reduce costs, comply with laws and regulations,
and strengthen internal controls to reduce the potential of fraud
and illegal acts. Reviews overseen by the AIGE receive senior level
visibility within the Department of Defense (DOD), Office of the
Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and Congress. Position
Description: As a member of the IG's decision and policymaking
staff, the incumbent is a principal advisor to the IG on the
development of timely, relevant, and effective oversight plans and
approaches. Priorities may be based on the Agency's strategic
priorities, top management challenges identified in past oversight
work, congressionally directed actions, or risk assessments from
legislators, oversight bodies, or Agency officers. The AIGE also
provides technical capability for the planning, design, and
execution of traditional and agile oversight reviews to fulfill
oversight plans or timely address emerging Agency risks and
opportunities. The AIGE develops policies, procedures, and
guidelines to ensure independent, objective inspections and
evaluations in compliance with Council of Inspectors General for
Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Quality Standards for Inspection
and Evaluation ("Blue Book"), OMB directives, and the guidelines of
the Inspector General Act, as amended. The AIGE supervises and
provides OIG inspectors and evaluators with executive level
direction in planning, coordinating and conducting inspections and
evaluations of Agency programs and operations, and develops and
implements policies, procedures and guidelines for these
activities. The AIGE is responsible for the following primary
duties: * Serves as the principal advisor for inspections and
evaluations and participates fully in the development and execution
of the OIG strategic plan, as it relates to the functions within
the AIGE's purview. Establishes inspection and evaluation
organizational goals and develops long and short-range plans to
attain these goals; contributes to the OIG's annual and multi-year
financial planning, programming, and budgeting decisions. *
Contributes to the joint development of the annual audit,
inspection and evaluation plan, using a data driven approach and
focusing on high risk/high impact projects. Maintains awareness of
NGA-wide strategies and activities; establishes responsive
inspection and evaluation priorities; and designs and proposes
projects that are relevant, timely, and formulated to promote
effectiveness and efficiencies within the NGA programs and
operations. * Provides guidance and direction to inspection and
evaluation teams and ensures timely projects completion by holding
staff accountable to meet approved milestones. This includes
developing project topics and objectives, determining the most
effective and efficient approach to be followed in the performance
of the projects, identifying innovative quantitative and
qualitative analysis techniques, assigning work and monitoring
progress. Provide the IG project status updates. * Ensures that
inspection and evaluation reports have a clear and concise message,
and that recommendations articulate actions that must be
implemented to resolve findings. Identifies significant
recommendations and provides oversight and direction to follow up
activities to ensure that NGA actions to implement recommendations
have met OIG's intent. * Strives to continually improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of the functions under the AIGE's
purview through the use of new business or technological measures,
processes, techniques or strategies. * Works collaboratively with
other OIG functions, including Counsel, Audit, Investigations,
Management and Resources, leadership to ensure efficient and
effective operations across the OIG enterprise. * Represents the IG
or OIG when coordinating inspection and evaluation matters with
other agencies; e.g. law enforcement agencies, US Attorney Offices,
Department of Justice, DOD, IC entities and CIGIE. Requirements
Conditions of Employment Security Investigation Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS: Eligibility for this executive level position will
be based upon a clear demonstration that the applicant has
experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry
out the assignments of the position. The successful applicant will
be distinguished from other applicants by a review of the
Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification
(SOCQs) Standards, the Technical Qualifications, and Education
Requirements. Failure to meet a Qualification requirement will
disqualify an applicant. Visit OPM's website for more information
regarding drafting SOCQs using the ECQ's
Challenge-Context-Action-Result model; NGA recommends this model
for the SOCQs too. IC SENIOR OFFICER CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification
(SOCQ) Standard - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise: Required for
all positions effective 1 October 2010. This SOCQ Standard involves
the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and
activities effectively in support of the IC's mission and to lead
and leverage cross organizational collaborative networks to achieve
significant mission results. Inherent to this Standard is a deep
understanding of the intelligence enterprise and a shared
commitment to the IC's core values. For those without IC
experience, draft narrative related to your past experience
demonstrating these competencies at a comparable interagency or
multi-organizational environment. (Include as separate attachment
one page maximum per competency) (1) Collaboration and Integration:
IC Senior officers have a responsibility to share information and
knowledge to achieve results, and in that regard are expected to
build effective networks and alliances; actively engage these peers
and stakeholders; involve them in key decision; and effectively
leverage these networks and alliances to achieve significant
results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that
promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration,
information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of
diverse points of view. Candidates assessed against this competency
must: * Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key
peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or in other
government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical
disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission
outcomes * Integrate joint/multi-agency activities effectively
exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, joint, or
multi-organizational goals. (2) Enterprise Focus: IC Senior
officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how
the missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC
components interact and connect; synthesize resources, information
and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC,
and USG interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, and
international priorities. Senior officers are expected to encourage
and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences
that develop and reinforce enterprise focus among their
subordinates. Candidates assessed against this competency must: *
Understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational
and political realities of the intelligence enterprise; apply that
understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational
mission accomplishment. * Understand how organizations, resources,
information, and processes within the IC or
interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and
influence one another; apply that understanding to solve complex
interagency or multi-organizational problems. (3) Values-Centered
Leadership: IC Senior officers are expected to personally embody,
advance and reinforce IC core values. Senior officers are also
expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component
core values. Candidates assessed against this competency must
demonstrate: * A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in
support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting,
and defending the Nation's laws and liberties; * The integrity and
Courage (moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the
truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless
of personal or professional risk; * Collaboration as members of a
single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all
members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and
their points of view. * Promote, reinforce, and reward IC,
departmental/component core values in the workforce and ensure that
actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those
values. * Ensure that organizational strategies, policies,
procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, and
commitment to diversity of people, point of view, ideas, and
insights. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS In addition to the IC SOCQs that
are mandatory for all DISL level positions, the employee occupying
this position must possess technical qualifications. Applicants
will be rated on the TQ's identified below which are essential for
successful performance in the position. These statements should be
a narrative explanation of your relevant background and experience.
They must show that your experience, education, and accomplishments
reflect the competence and professional standing required to
provide expertise required by this position. Technical
Qualification Statements that do not clearly address the
qualification criteria will not be adequate for evaluation.
(Include as separate attachment, one page maximum per TQ) 1.
Substantive knowledge of the theory, concepts, and techniques of
inspections and evaluations, and experience managing and leading
teams in the conduct of oversight reviews using CIGIE Quality
Standards and/or applicable laws and regulations. 2. Demonstrated
verbal and written communication skills and the ability to lead the
production of high-quality professional projects and reports and
other written work products, such as Semiannual Report to Congress,
inspection and evaluation reports, and policy guidance and
memoranda. 3. An ability to lead people towards organizational
vision, mission, and goals. This qualification includes conflict
management, leveraging diversity, developing others, and team
building. 4. Experience developing and implementing highly
innovative approaches that balance the needs, priorities, and
concerns of the team and/or the organization in a positive and
constructive manner. Specialized Experience: This executive level
position requires an educational background to include a bachelor's
degree, demonstrated leadership experience and ability in an
IG-related field such as resource management, accounting, auditing,
inspections and evaluations, financial analysis, law, management
analysis, public administration, or investigations; and 5 years of
professional IG or related experience. Must be able to make
significant contributions to the advancement of the IG inspections
and evaluations field as evidenced by previous, documented efforts.
Education Additional Information OTHER REQUIREMENTS: 1. Permanent
Change of Station (PCS). Travel/Transportation expenses are not
authorized. 2. Copies of this announcement and other general
information may be obtained through NGA's Website, OPM's USAJOBS,
or by calling 571-557-0330. 3. Use of postage-paid Government
agency envelopes to file job applications is a violation of Federal
law and regulation. 4. You may be required to relocate in the
future based on NGA requirements. The National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for appointment
without regard to race, age, religion, color, national origin, sex,
marital status, sexual orientation, handicap, lawful political
affiliation, or any other non-merit factor. This agency provides
reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you
need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and
hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting
reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Keywords: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Severn , Assistant Inspector General for Inspections and Evaluations, Other , Springfield, Maryland
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