Recompete Pilot Program

The Recompete Pilot Program is an economic development initiative that will provide grant funding to distressed communities across the country to create and connect workers to good jobs and support long-term comprehensive economic development by helping to reduce the high, prime-age (25 to 54 years of age) employment gap. EDA is seeking quality job applicants under special hiring authority. Check out our open positions here and apply today. Employees hired under EDA’s Recompete Hiring Authority are hired as Schedule A employees into the excepted service for a period not to exceed two years which may be extended an additional 2 years.

Please submit a detailed resume (federal government format) and cover letter to EDACareer@eda.gov. Subject line: “Recompete Pilot Program Director”.

Recompete Pilot Program

Program Director (1 Position)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Duties:

Program Implementation Oversight: Oversee the strategy and implementation of all assigned program.

• Conduct outreach to build awareness, educate and provide technical assistance to potential applicants, particularly those from underserved communities;
• Develop and implement a grant review process to review and evaluate application and select awardees in a transparent, consistent manner;
• Announce awardee for the various grants, as well as appropriately notifying all applicants of their status, including informing key stakeholders (e.g., Congress, other federal agencies).
• Provide technical assistance to applicants and awardees to ensure maximum participation in EDA programs

Project Management: Effectively run a project management team and office that will continually have a pulse on the status, metrics, success, issues, barriers, etc. of the various programs.

• Regularly maintain an up-to-date dashboard on the key metrics to monitor progress and potential issues for the programs;
• Appropriate action to address issues or escalating issues with the implementation of any programs;
• Effectively coordinate grant management processes and decisions across programs.
• Ensure all grant funds are distributed in a timely and effective manner.

Team Management: Oversee and manage a team of up to 10 direct reports and coordinate with a team to effectively implement EDA's programs.

• Effectively work with and assign tasks to indirect reports.

Outreach and Communications: Oversee the outreach and communications strategy and implementation for the programs.

• Manage the team that will execute the outreach and communications plan
• Ensure outreach and communications aligns with overall priorities.

• Ensure outreach and communications is designed to reach historically underserved communities.

Management & Program Analyst (2 Positions)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Duties:

As a Management & Program Analyst (Public Notice Flyer), you will:

• Support the design, creation, and evaluation of federal grant programs.
• Serve as technical advisor for assigned program activities, obtaining appropriate resources to facilitate accomplishment of objectives.
• Conduct programmatic analyses and in-depth reviews of grant and cooperative agreement proposals and modifications for program alignment, consistency, and conformity with EDA policy.
• Make recommendations for the development or modification of program objectives and resource utilization to achieve the established goals, and to improve the performance of operating programs.
• Plans and/or directs complex projects requiring evaluation and identification of a variety of operational problems, evaluating alternative solutions and recommending appropriate action.
• Prepare and/or conduct briefings for higher level management to explain the specific analysis of subject matter, as well as to provide recommendations or action plans and provide guidance and/or direction for implementation.
• Manage, track, and collect information on performance measurements and data while developing methods and practices to improve data quality and performance.
• Provide information and technical assistance to both internal and/or external stakeholders on appropriate areas including program parameters and evaluation criteria.

Outreach Coordinator (1 Position)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Duties:

As an Outreach Coordinator, you will perform the following duties:

• Overseeing outreach to stakeholders: Oversee the outreach efforts around programing, including but not limited to:
  • Working closely with the program leads and the EDA public and legislative affairs team to create a strategy and system to build awareness, educate and provide technical assistance to potential applicants.
  • Creating distinct strategies to reach a diverse set of stakeholders and issue areas of importance.
  • Developing outreach and education materials, including but not limited to presentations, one-pagers, and frequently asked question documents.
  • Planning, executing, and facilitating education and training events virtually and in person.
• Measurement and Evaluation: Develop and implement systems and processes to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of the outreach program. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Developing metrics to track and monitor the participation and effectiveness of outreach efforts.
  • Taking the data collected and package in a format for internal and external use.
• Stakeholder Management: Effectively build and maintain relationships, including through events, with key stakeholders relevant to programs to ensure they are appropriately engaged, including but limited to:
  • Applicants and grantee organizations
  • Special interest groups (e.g., minority-focused groups, economic development organizations, trade associations)
  • Other offices and bureaus within Department of Commerce
  • Other federal agencies
  • Thought leaders and researchers.

Administrative Specialist (1 Position)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Duties:

The following offices are seeking a talented and energetic candidate to fill the Administrative Specialist role:

As an Administrative Specialist (Public Notice Flyer), you will:

• Answer and redirect incoming phone calls, receive, and announce visitors. Collect and distribute all incoming fax and mail correspondence. Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint.
• Assist with the preparation of correspondence, presentations, speeches, and briefing materials, as required.
• Serve as the office's primary timekeeper and property custodian.
• Serve as onboarding and offboarding point of contact. Coordinate administrative onboarding and offboarding activities with hiring managers, new hires and Office of Finance and Management Services.
• Implement, support, and reinforce travel policy and procedures for staff. Maintains records of travel authorizations, travel vouchers, and requests for reimbursement for all travel including local travel.
• Be office's Government Purchase Card Holder. Prepares requests for procurement of office supplies.
• Organize and manage electronic filing system.
• Maintain schedules, including scheduling meetings and setting up meetings to accommodate hybrid work environment.
• Consult with and advise staff on various administrative services relating to operations of the office such as IT customer support ticketing, health and safety, building maintenance and space management.
• Collaborate and coordinate administrative activities across operating units to support office's mission objectives.

Civil Engineer (1 Position)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Duties:

This position requires Civil Engineers with a wide range of engineering and project management responsibilities. The incumbent will play a major role on a multi- disciplined team making recommendations to the Area Director regarding technical project feasibility and merits, and regarding all aspects of the construction of multi-million-dollar projects, including management of development and implementation of strategies that anticipate customer needs, and the execution of vital change initiatives.

As a Civil Engineer (Public Flyer Notice), you will:

• Be responsible for construction project management; ensure conformance with acceptable engineering standards and all statuary and regulatory requirements;
• Recommend appropriate action, to include changes to the EDA project scope of work; arrange for and participate in pre-construction conferences with representatives of the recipient and the construction contractors, outlining the duties of each during the construction and warranty period and explaining EDA policies and requirements to be followed in the implementation of projects;
• Review recipients' final construction plans and cost estimates and other related documents for compliance with EDA policies and procedures;
• Approve project scope according to applicable local, state, and federal codes and statutes; and
• Monitor recipients' compliance with all applicable procedures and requirements which are prerequisite to solicitation of bids including, but not limited to, the requirements of Section 106 of PL 89-136, the Relocation Assistance Act, Flood Insurance Act, Clean Air Act, Davis-Bacon and related Acts, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order PL 90-480 concerning design of buildings for handicapped persons and all pertinent sections of the latest edition of EDA's Summary of Standards.