“This position is located in the Immediate Office of the Director, Indian Health Service (IHS), Rockville, MD.”
Responsibilities:
- The Deputy Director for Management Operations provides management direction to the IHS program offices. He/She is responsible for implementing agency goals and mission; providing overall organizational management to improve agency performance; assisting the IHS Director in promoting government reforms; developing strategic plans, and measuring results; and overseeing agency-specific efforts to integrate performance and budgeting, expand competitive sourcing, strengthen the workforce, improve financial management, advance e-government, promote environmental health and engineering programs, and other government wide reform efforts.
- Serves as the principal adviser to the Director, IHS, for the management of IHS operations. The incumbent functions as a member of the senior staff of the IHS participating fully with the Director, IHS, in the total planning, programming, and operation of the IHS. Provides operational and management information and expertise necessary for the formulation of policies, goals and objectives, and operational strategies, and in program and resource allocation decisions which impact the total organization.
- Plans, directs, and evaluate the operations of the Headquarters functions, authorities, and responsibilities in support of the Director. Provides expert staff guidance to maximize operational effectiveness through full use of all available resources. Provides guidance to office directors in achieving the best total operation and support to the area offices. Directs a system of review and evaluation to provide continuous surveillance and improvement, resources utilization, and controls against fraud, waste, and abuse.
