Summary There is one (1) position that may be filled from this announcement. Responsibilities At the Band III the incumbent will serve as an Assistant Director, providing leadership and consultative services on the production of technology assessments, technical performance audits, and technology related components of the most complex mission team engagements. Duties of Band III staff involve, but are not limited to, the following: Supports STAA's Directors for Technology Assessment in developing, defining, and driving GAO's strategy with regard to technology assessments and/or technical performance audits. Manages and provides leadership for the execution of the most complex engagements that are particularly technical in their issues and/or content, including technology assessments, technical performance audits or audits with engineering, biological science, and/or physical science related components, and Comptroller General Forums and Roundtables. Reviews products for adequate coverage and supportable conclusions, findings, recommendations, policy implications and/or policy options regarding sound engineering, biological science and/or physical scientific soundness and in accordance with appropriate criteria. Provides technical support/advice to the Congress and/or agencies in accordance with congressional direction or request. Provides leadership and management for the planning and design of the engagement. Enables AIC and team members to clarify objectives and develop design matrixes and project plans to meet the needs of requestors in a timely and relevant manner.' Ensures that products meet all GAO standards for quality and are in conformance with all agency policies and requirements. Provides expert level advice and support to engagement teams across GAO on all technical biological science, physical science, or engineering aspects of highly complex engagements in accordance with GAO standards. Advises teams on best technical approaches to achieve quality results. Provides training to staff as required on biological science, physical science, or engineering analyses. Serves as a Designated Performance Manager (DPM) responsible for supervising, evaluating and documenting work performance of assigned staff. Identifies training and developmental needs and makes provisions for training as required by performance expectations. Coaches staff in skills development, oversees individual development activities, and provides opportunities to develop increased capabilities through a variety of projects and assignments. Hears and resolves employee complaints, recommends disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands, and recommends other action in more serious cases. Refers unresolved grievances or more serious complaints to higher-level management. As required, may be assigned off line duties such as Professional Development Program (PDP) Advisor, staffing manager, recruiter, and others. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must meet both the education and experience requirements for this position by 5/18/2025 (effective date of promotions). If selected, you will be required to provide official transcripts verifying your education. Qualifications In addition to the education requirement, you must have one year (52 weeks) of GAO experience equivalent to the next lower band level (PE-IIB, PA-II, PT-III, or MS-I) overseeing or leading the production of technology assessments, technical performance audits, and technology, engineering, biological science, and/or physical science-related components of complex engagements in accordance with GAO quality assurance standards and professional standards. Your experience must also demonstrate substantive knowledge of GAO's programs and activities, its mission, policies, objectives, management principles and processes; and the ability to manage staff, and independently analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of technical services and staff resources. Qualifications must be met by 5/18/2025 (effective date of promotions). Education This position has a positive education requirement. To qualify you must meet the requirements for either occupational series listed below. Transcripts to verify your education should also be submitted with your application. Basic Requirements for Biological Science series, 0401: A. Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic requirements for all Professional Engineering Positions, 0800 series (including 801): You must possess one of the following: A. Degree: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org . 2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 3. Specified academic course - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above). 4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at the least 1 year of a professional engineering acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of extensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) Basic requirements for Physical Scientist, 1301 series: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Additional Information BARGAINING UNIT STATUS: This position is not included in the bargaining unit. If selected, you may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period. For information on the number promotion opportunities by team, please see the GAO-wide Notice published and distributed (via email) earlier this month. Job locations are based on agency needs. Generally, you will remain in your current official duty station (ODS) if selected. However based on agency needs, you may be offered a position in a different location and if you accept, your ODS will change. If you have an approved Flexible Work Agreement (FWA) and you are selected for promotion, you must complete and submit a new flexible work application for approval. Your new flexible work arrangement will be reviewed and decided based on Agency policy governing these arrangements. Additionally, you may have a 90-day waiting period to submit an arrangement changing your ODS to a different locality area. If you would like to apply for Specialist and/or National Security promotion opportunities (ARM, DCM, HSJ, IAT, NRE, IT Analyst, Financial Auditor, etc.), you must submit a separate application directly to the appropriate announcement for each Specialist and/or National Security position for which you wish to be considered. This position is a moderate risk public trust position with possible upgrade to a Secret or Top Secret or SCI clearance depending on the type of engagement the employee will be assigned to within the mission teams. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: GAO provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request accommodation, please email ReasonableAccommodations@gao.gov. The U.S. Government Accountability Office's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity.