Chief Planning and Evaluation Officer

Summary

This position is part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Performance and Innovation. As the Chief Planning & Evaluation Officer you will be responsible for leading DFC’s enterprise strategic planning, corporate performance management secretariat, program assessment, business process review, and evaluation-driven continuous improvement activities.

Duties

• The position serves as the Chief Planning & Evaluation Officer and is responsible for leading DFC's enterprise strategic planning, corporate performance management secretariat, program assessment, business process review, and evaluation-driven continuous improvement activities.
• The incumbent is the Corporation's senior subject-matter expert on aligning agency strategy, performance management, program evaluation, and business process improvement to support effective mission execution.
• The incumbent leads the authorship, implementation support, monitoring, and reporting of the agency Strategic Plan; administers corporation-wide performance reviews to ensure alignment between strategy and execution; directs program assessments and business process reviews using ISO 9001 and Lean Six Sigma principles; and coordinates closely with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Internal Controls team on internal control, risk, audit, and remediation matters.
• The incumbent provides expert policy advice, analysis, and recommendations to senior leadership and drives cross-organizational action to improve efficiency, effectiveness, compliance, and accountability.
• The incumbent also helps ensure that strategic planning, execution, review, and improvement activities reflect the full ISO 9001 Plan-Do-Check Act framework by integrating organizational context, stakeholder and customer requirements, measurable objectives, risk-based thinking, documented information, performance evidence, and continual improvement into enterprise management practices.
• As DFC's Chief Planning & Evaluation Officer, you will: – Lead DFC's enterprise strategic planning function, including authorship, coordination, clearance, implementation support, monitoring, and reporting for the agency Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan. – Oversee DFC's corporate performance management secretariat, including designing and administering enterprise performance reviews, governance frameworks, review cycles, briefing materials, decision memoranda, and action-tracking mechanisms. – Lead program assessment, evaluation, and business process improvement initiatives using ISO 9001 Plan-Do-Check-Act principles, Lean Six Sigma methods, performance data, stakeholder feedback, root-cause analysis, and evidence-based methodologies. – Advise senior leadership on strategic execution, performance, risk, internal controls, audit-related issues, corrective actions, and enterprise improvement opportunities by synthesizing complex information into decision-ready analysis and recommendations. – Coordinate across DFC offices and business lines to align strategic goals, KPIs, performance targets, implementation responsibilities, compliance priorities, and improvement actions with agency mission and operational priorities. – Prepare executive-level reports, briefings, issue papers, talking points, and other decision-support materials related to strategic planning, performance management, program evaluation, audit coordination, and continuous improvement. – Supervise, support, and sponsor staff, including setting priorities, assigning and reviewing work, evaluating performance, supporting employee development, approving leave, resolving complaints, and addressing conduct or performance issues; develop followership.
• Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Required Documents

Prepare the documents below before applying. Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position:

• Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed.
• IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages.
• If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. 2.
• Your responses to the application questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12992223 3.
• Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Your most recent Promotion, Within-Range Increase (WRI/WGI), or Appointment/Conversion Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), if applying as a current or former Federal Employee (i.e. status candidate), showing you are/were in the competitive service, on a permanent basis, and the highest grade or promotion potential held, is required.
• DO NOT submit NON-Pay Impacting Action SF-50's to include, "Organizational Code Change SF-50's, Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's, etc." or SF-52's Request of Personnel Action as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade.
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable DD-214, SF-15 Form and/or VA letter, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for consideration under Veteran hiring authorities Noncompetitive appointment authority documentation, if applicable Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documentation, if applicable (e.g.
• Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal.)