Duties

The DPT position will be located in one of the countries under Peace Corps’ geographic regions of operation: Africa (AF), Europe, Mediterranean and Asia (EMA), and Inter-America and the Pacific (IAP). The DPT position reports to the Country Director (CD) and performs the following major duties:

• Leads and manages the program and training staff to ensure quality program design and its implementation and evaluation across all programmatic sectors and their alignment with Peace Corps guidance.
• Provides direction and oversight to manage a variety of Post-wide programs/projects critical to the accomplishment of the agency’s mission at Post.
• Ensures effective strategic planning encompassing difficult and diverse functions or issues that affect critical components of overseas Post programs and resource utilization.
• Serves as an expert on policy interpretation and implementation related to design and management of Post programs and other pertinent programmatic matters.
• Provides expert assistance and leadership in defining and continuously improving the country program’s approach to training design, delivery and evaluation ensuring compliance with agency standards.
• Conducts extensive planning and data analyses activities in overseeing the design and evaluation of training processes, including workshops, seminars, and conferences.
• Serves as a recognized program and training authority, advises top-level agency managers on complex international Volunteer programs.
• Supervises a multi-cultural staff, which may include host country nationals, third country nationals and U.S. Citizens, including training manager(s), program managers, monitoring and evaluation specialists, trainers, specialists and assistants who support Post’s programming and training.
• Drafts the budget for programming and training activities and monitors these expenditures throughout the fiscal year.
• Develops plans for implementing short and long-range program goals at Post and directs diverse organizational functions affecting critical aspects of major agency programs.
• Assists the Country Director to foster cooperative relationships with U.S. mission personnel at Post to further Peace Corps goals and ensure the safety of Volunteers.
• Plans and directs operations and liaises with the region and Agency headquarters on critical Post programming and training matters, and safety and security concerns.

• Requirements

  Conditions of Employment

  Please read this announcement in its entirety prior to submitting your application.

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • You must be at least 18 years of age.
  • All Federal employees are required to have federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
  • If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. For additional information, see www.sss.gov.
  • You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
  • You must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired originalor certified copies.
  • You must successfully complete a background security investigation with favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet this requirement will be grounds for employment termination.
  • Prior to employment, and in compliance with statutes 5 USC 3322 and 22 USC 2507b, Peace Corps will conduct a check of Peace Corps records for both Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and former Peace Corps employees.
  • All new employees are required to certify and submit a state of understanding acknowledging adherence to the Peace Corps condition of employment prior to day 1 of employment with the Peace Corps.
  • This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Clearance.
  • This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Medical Clearance.
  • This job has been identified as a testing designated position under our Drug-Free Workplace Program. Therefore, you must satisfactorily complete a drug test prior to being hired. As an employee, you will be subject to random drug testing.
  • This is not a bargaining unit position.
  • A 18-month trial period is required.
  • Worldwide Availability for Post assignment is required.
  • Travel within and outside the country of assignment is required.
  • The initial appointment to this position cannot exceed five years.

  Qualifications

  All qualification requirements must be met by 12/31/2024 (the closing date of the announcement). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate the start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and the location of employment in your resume. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

  Specialized Experience:

  This vacancy is being announced at two grade levels:

  Specialized Experience at the FP-02: To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-02 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-03 or GS-13 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Managing multicultural teams in the design, implementation and evaluation of an international organization’s programming and training activities and functions; developing and enforcing policies, procedures, and program management controls impacting an organization’s programming and training activities; Establishing, managing, and evaluating work plans, assignments and overall performance of programming and training staff; and leading the design, implementation and facilitation of professional development opportunities.

  Specialized Experience at the FP-03: To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-03 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-04 or GS-12 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Coordinating, implementing and evaluating an organization’s programming and training activities and functions; effectively applying methodologies, practices, procedures, instructions and policies relating to an organization’s programming and training activities and functions. Coordinating and evaluating work plans, assignments, and performance of programming and training staff; and participating in the design, implementation, and facilitation of professional development opportunities.