Chief of Staff

You will serve as a Chief of Staff, with The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement in Green Tree, Pennsylvania.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Strategic Coordination Serves as the Director's principal advisor and Chief of Staff, exercising broad authority on behalf of the Director and Deputy Director to integrate Bureau priorities and coordinate executive decision-making. Ensures timely execution of mission-critical initiatives affecting OSM programs through strategic alignment of headquarters, regional, and field office efforts. Leads cross-functional coordination to align Bureau objectives with Departmental and Administration priorities. Coordinates congressional inquiries, media requests, external affairs activities, and Departmental taskings to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent responses. Executive Management Manages the day-to-day flow of executive operations by evaluating incoming requests, issues, and correspondence requiring Director or Deputy Director attention. Determines priorities, assigns actions, monitors progress, and ensures timely completion or appropriate escalation of sensitive and complex matters. Serves as the Deputy Director's principal point of contact with Field and operational offices to identify emerging issues and ensure executive awareness of significant developments. Coordinates congressional inquiries, media requests, external affairs activities, and Departmental taskings to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent responses. Develops and prepares executive briefing materials, decision memoranda, talking points, and background information supporting congressional engagements, Departmental briefings, and senior-level meetings. Project and Program Oversight Plans, directs, and coordinates special projects, studies, and executive initiatives involving all phases of OSM operations. Leads cross-functional teams addressing issues of Bureau, Departmental, or national importance, frequently involving integration of diverse technical, scientific, regulatory, and operational considerations. Ensures follow-through and successful execution of major initiatives assigned by the Director, including scheduling, coordination, integration, and performance tracking across organizational components. Policy Analysis, Recommendations, and Decision Support Develops recommendations for senior leadership by reviewing, evaluating, and interpreting complex policies, directives, regulations, manuals, and multidisciplinary program information. Advises senior leadership on sensitive or controversial issues by coordinating with Bureau executives, Department officials, program managers, and external stakeholders. Evaluates reports and correspondence generated throughout OSM to assess their effectiveness as executive management tools, identifying concerns, recommending corrective actions, and preparing executive-level summaries. Provides executive briefings and prepares, coordinates, or develops briefing materials, decision memoranda, talking points, and background information supporting meetings, congressional engagements, Departmental briefings, and executive decision-making

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.