Total 48 Junior Executive job vacancies in Camp Springs, Maryland

The duties and responsibilities of the CY Program Assistant have been grouped into categories, including curriculum, indoor and outdoor environment, interactions and relationships, supervision of children and youth, parent and employee communication, assessment, compliance, and additional responsibilities. Each is described below.

Curriculum

Develops schedules and activity plans. This may include reviewing and providing input into schedules and activity plans developed by the entry level and intermediate level Educational Aids (CY Program Assistants), CY-1702-I. Ensures that program plans and activities incorporate the observed needs of individual children and youth.

Implements activities and special events that meet the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and youth. Incorporates special instructions provided by parents such as special dietary needs, physical needs, or other information that may affect the child or youth's experience in the program.

Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements. Cares for children and youth with special needs as directed by the supervisor.

Demonstrates, instructs, leads, and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities.

Role models developmentally appropriate practice and classroom or activity area management techniques.

Promotes and models safety, fitness, health, and nutrition practices.

Helps arrange for and/or serve appropriate snacks or meals where applicable.

Indoor and Outdoor Environment

Helps prepare, arrange and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedules.

Sets up displays and bulletin boards.

Inventories equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged, missing, and depleted supplies.

Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities.

Interactions and Relationships

Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children, youth and adults.

Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.

Supervision of Children and Youth

Provides care and supervision, oversight, and accountability for program participants in compliance with the Department of Defense (DoD), NAF Component, and local installation policies, guidance, and standards.

Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children and youth.

Supervises children and youth during daily schedule of indoor and outdoor activities and on field trips, outings, and special events.

Ensures children and youth (as applicable) depart with authorized person according to written parental instructions.

Observes program participants for signs that may indicate illness, abuse, or neglect and reports as directed. Incumbent is a mandatory reporter to Family Advocacy and Child Protective Services as prescribed by local policy in the case of suspected incidences of child abuse and neglect.

Parent and Employee Communication

Interacts professionally with employees, parents, and local installation command personnel.

Provides parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their child/youth or program activities.

Participates in conferences with parents and employees.

Assessment

Observes children and youth and documents developmental progression and/or concerns. Uses the information in planning.

Participates in program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools (as required), self-inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.

Compliance

Assists in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.

Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs Notifies supervisor of health, fire, and safety compliance concerns.

Additional Responsibilities

Collects, maintains, and reports program participation data.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

The duties and responsibilities of the CY Program Assistant have been grouped into categories, including curriculum, indoor and outdoor environment, interactions and relationships, supervision of children and youth, parent and employee communication, assessment, compliance, and additional responsibilities. Each is described below.

Curriculum

Develops schedules and activity plans. This may include reviewing and providing input into schedules and activity plans developed by the entry level and intermediate level Educational Aids (CY Program Assistants), CY-1702-I. Ensures that program plans and activities incorporate the observed needs of individual children and youth.

Implements activities and special events that meet the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and youth. Incorporates special instructions provided by parents such as special dietary needs, physical needs, or other information that may affect the child or youth's experience in the program.

Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements. Cares for children and youth with special needs as directed by the supervisor.

Demonstrates, instructs, leads, and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities.

Role models developmentally appropriate practice and classroom or activity area management techniques.

Promotes and models safety, fitness, health, and nutrition practices.

Helps arrange for and/or serve appropriate snacks or meals where applicable.

Indoor and Outdoor Environment

Helps prepare, arrange and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedules.

Sets up displays and bulletin boards.

Inventories equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged, missing, and depleted supplies.

Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities.

Interactions and Relationships

Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children, youth and adults.

Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.

Supervision of Children and Youth

Provides care and supervision, oversight, and accountability for program participants in compliance with the Department of Defense (DoD), NAF Component, and local installation policies, guidance, and standards.

Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children and youth.

Supervises children and youth during daily schedule of indoor and outdoor activities and on field trips, outings, and special events.

Ensures children and youth (as applicable) depart with authorized person according to written parental instructions.

Observes program participants for signs that may indicate illness, abuse, or neglect and reports as directed. Incumbent is a mandatory reporter to Family Advocacy and Child Protective Services as prescribed by local policy in the case of suspected incidences of child abuse and neglect.

Parent and Employee Communication

Interacts professionally with employees, parents, and local installation command personnel.

Provides parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their child/youth or program activities.

Participates in conferences with parents and employees.

Assessment

Observes children and youth and documents developmental progression and/or concerns. Uses the information in planning.

Participates in program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools (as required), self-inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.

Compliance

Assists in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.

Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs Notifies supervisor of health, fire, and safety compliance concerns.

Additional Responsibilities

Collects, maintains, and reports program participation data.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

The duties and responsibilities of the CY Program Assistant have been grouped into categories, including curriculum, indoor and outdoor environment, interactions and relationships, supervision of children and youth, parent and employee communication, assessment, compliance, and additional responsibilities. Each is described below.

Curriculum

Develops schedules and activity plans. This may include reviewing and providing input into schedules and activity plans developed by the entry level and intermediate level Educational Aids (CY Program Assistants), CY-1702-I. Ensures that program plans and activities incorporate the observed needs of individual children and youth.

Implements activities and special events that meet the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and youth. Incorporates special instructions provided by parents such as special dietary needs, physical needs, or other information that may affect the child or youth's experience in the program.

Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements. Cares for children and youth with special needs as directed by the supervisor.

Demonstrates, instructs, leads, and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities.

Role models developmentally appropriate practice and classroom or activity area management techniques.

Promotes and models safety, fitness, health, and nutrition practices.

Helps arrange for and/or serve appropriate snacks or meals where applicable.

Indoor and Outdoor Environment

Helps prepare, arrange and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedules.

Sets up displays and bulletin boards.

Inventories equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged, missing, and depleted supplies.

Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities.

Interactions and Relationships

Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children, youth and adults.

Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.

Supervision of Children and Youth

Provides care and supervision, oversight, and accountability for program participants in compliance with the Department of Defense (DoD), NAF Component, and local installation policies, guidance, and standards.

Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children and youth.

Supervises children and youth during daily schedule of indoor and outdoor activities and on field trips, outings, and special events.

Ensures children and youth (as applicable) depart with authorized person according to written parental instructions.

Observes program participants for signs that may indicate illness, abuse, or neglect and reports as directed. Incumbent is a mandatory reporter to Family Advocacy and Child Protective Services as prescribed by local policy in the case of suspected incidences of child abuse and neglect.

Parent and Employee Communication

Interacts professionally with employees, parents, and local installation command personnel.

Provides parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their child/youth or program activities.

Participates in conferences with parents and employees.

Assessment

Observes children and youth and documents developmental progression and/or concerns. Uses the information in planning.

Participates in program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools (as required), self-inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.

Compliance

Assists in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.

Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs Notifies supervisor of health, fire, and safety compliance concerns.

Additional Responsibilities

Collects, maintains, and reports program participation data.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

• You will create, copy, edit, calculate, revise, retrieve, store, and print a wide range of documents in final form from handwritten drafts (e.g., correspondence, reports, graphs, calendars, statistics, mailing labels, tables, etc.).
• You will identify and select appropriate software types to meet office needs based on an understanding of the functional capabilities and limitations of each, and the similarities, differences and integrations of the software types.
• You will use a limited range of functions and features of desktop publishing software to create a variety of documents and reports such as briefs, presentation briefings, preliminary text layout, etc.
• You will prepare varied documents such as newsletters, brochures, flyers, special reports, briefings, manuals, etc.
• You will be responsible for correct spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and proper format.

The duties and responsibilities of the CY Program Assistant have been grouped into categories, including curriculum, indoor and outdoor environment, interactions and relationships, supervision of children and youth, parent and employee communication, assessment, compliance, and additional responsibilities. Each is described below.

Curriculum

Develops schedules and activity plans. This may include reviewing and providing input into schedules and activity plans developed by the entry level and intermediate level Educational Aids (CY Program Assistants), CY-1702-I. Ensures that program plans and activities incorporate the observed needs of individual children and youth.

Implements activities and special events that meet the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and youth. Incorporates special instructions provided by parents such as special dietary needs, physical needs, or other information that may affect the child or youth's experience in the program.

Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements. Cares for children and youth with special needs as directed by the supervisor.

Demonstrates, instructs, leads, and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities.

Role models developmentally appropriate practice and classroom or activity area management techniques.

Promotes and models safety, fitness, health, and nutrition practices.

Helps arrange for and/or serve appropriate snacks or meals where applicable.

Indoor and Outdoor Environment

Helps prepare, arrange and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedules.

Sets up displays and bulletin boards.

Inventories equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged, missing, and depleted supplies.

Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities.

Interactions and Relationships

Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children, youth and adults.

Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.

Supervision of Children and Youth

Provides care and supervision, oversight, and accountability for program participants in compliance with the Department of Defense (DoD), NAF Component, and local installation policies, guidance, and standards.

Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children and youth.

Supervises children and youth during daily schedule of indoor and outdoor activities and on field trips, outings, and special events.

Ensures children and youth (as applicable) depart with authorized person according to written parental instructions.

Observes program participants for signs that may indicate illness, abuse, or neglect and reports as directed. Incumbent is a mandatory reporter to Family Advocacy and Child Protective Services as prescribed by local policy in the case of suspected incidences of child abuse and neglect.

Parent and Employee Communication

Interacts professionally with employees, parents, and local installation command personnel.

Provides parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their child/youth or program activities.

Participates in conferences with parents and employees.

Assessment

Observes children and youth and documents developmental progression and/or concerns. Uses the information in planning.

Participates in program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools (as required), self-inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.

Compliance

Assists in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.

Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs Notifies supervisor of health, fire, and safety compliance concerns.

Additional Responsibilities

Collects, maintains, and reports program participation data.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Office Support

• Purchasing supplies and equipment utilizing purchasing guidelines and procedures, timekeeping functions, and preparing / processing documents associated with travel and timekeeping of staff.
• Schedules appointments, coordinates meetings, and/or conferences.

• Receives, accesses, routes or otherwise handles incoming and outgoing materials such as controlled or routine correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of written communication.
• Tracks controlled correspondence, composes and edits correspondence, letters and reports, reviews correspondence and other written documents for accuracy.

• Performs office automation duties to prepare and create documents such as correspondence, forms, and reports which can include technical material, graphs, and charts.
• Enters information into established databases and similar systems which track various administrative activities of the organization.

• Receives and direct phone calls and interact with persons from within and outside the immediate organizational unit.

• Interact with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to accomplish organizational and district level actions, such as travel arrangements, training completion, organizational events and programs.
• Prepare various reports involving assembly of data.
• Use office automation to perform administrative duties.

• Serve as the administrative and legal assistant to AMLC-APG senior leaders, as well as all AMLC-APG attorneys and paraprofessionals.
• Independently perform administrative matters, to include receiving and screening incoming information through electronic mail, phone calls, or written correspondence.
• Draft, prepare, review, and track legal correspondence, memorandums, briefings and presentations, and executive notes.
• Assist and advise attorney action officers on all procedural and administrative aspects of staff actions.
• Serve in a variety of administrative roles supporting the Legal Center attorneys including, but not limited to the following:
• Automated Time and Attendance Production System (ATAAPS) Timekeeper: performing end-of-pay period checks to ensure automated timecards are completed accurately.
• Alternate Security Officer: ensuring all employees are issued security access badges during onboarding and all badges are turned in during out-processing.
• Government Purchase Cardholder: purchasing goods or services in accordance with established Department policy, procurement regulations, and individual internal office procedures.
• Perform legal research including researching legal reference files for specific information such as pertinent Federal and State statutes, cases, briefs, opinions and other points of legal significance.
• Key Control Custodian: maintains all forms and records required for key control, ensures that adequate control of all keys is accomplished within the custodial area as directed by the Key Control Officer and the SOP.

Specific duties include:

• Leads a unit or team of employees performing work at the GS-5/6/7 level.
• Provides guidance and technical direction for accomplishing the work of the unit or team.
• Ensures the work assignments of employees in the unit or team are carried out.
• Works with the supervisor in the assignment of functions to team members in order to meet routine and unusual deadlines and priorities.
• Serves as work leader, ensuring the work assignments of employees in the unit are carried out.
• Distributes and balances workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow and/or job specialization. In case of a shortage of personnel due to scheduled or unscheduled leave, responsible for filing in and for distributing the workload to other team members to ensure smooth workflow.
• Ensures the timely accomplishment of assigned tasks, and ensures that each employee has enough work to keep busy. Monitors the status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
• Maintains current knowledge and answers questions about other employee's procedures, policies and directives.
• Trains or arranges for the training of team members in the accomplishment of tasks or projects. Gives on-the-job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
• Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checks on work in progress, and reviews completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met.
• Obtains assistance and/or need information from the supervisor on problems that may arise or backlogs that cannot be disposed of promptly.
• Checks work in progress or spot checks work not requiring review, and reviews completed work to see that the supervisor's instruction on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been met.
• Amends or rejects work not meeting established standards; refers to questions or matters not covered by standards and problems in meeting performance standards to the supervisor.
• Performs the following limited administrative personnel management functions:

1. Approves emergency leave for a few hours or for emergencies.
2. Provides information to the supervisor concerning promotions, reassignment, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs.
3. Informs employees of available employee benefits, services, and work-related activities.
4. Reports to the supervisor on performance, progress, and training needs of employees, and on behavior problems.
5. Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official.

• Leads three or more Transportation Assistants in the performance of related duties. Monitors work queues, distributes and balances workload in accordance with established directives.
• Responsible for the coordination on all aspects of shipping/storage of goods. Provides customer technical support center, fields calls, emails, social media and other correspondence; prioritizes workflow task queues for action.
• Interprets guidelines and instructions, determines the approach, and adapts the process, to resolve customer concerns.
• Estimates or validates charges, not limited to handling services, temporary storage, third-party services, mileage rates and accessorial services.
• Conducts statistical samplings and audits to execute program oversight of commercial industry.

• Provide administrative and technical support for an organization.
• Develop routine plans or schedules using standard references and existing information.
• Implement the records management system for the office to ensure proper filing, accountability, storage and retrieval of files.
• Manage and prepare responses to a wide variety of internal and external correspondence for the office.
• Coordinate information and responses with appropriate staff and offices to ensure consistency and conformance with program policies, regulations, and formats.
• Provide assistance to staff to assure that routine responses to public inquiries on standard matters are appropriate and in compliance with executive preferences and policies.

• Greet patients and take necessary action to expedite a smooth and effective visit.
• Schedule patient appointments.
• Receive all telephone calls and visitors to the department, and answers inquires such as obtaining medical assistance; directions for contacting different clinics; resolving requests for changes in scheduled appointment; and test preparation.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of office automation and printing equipment to create, copy, edit, store, retrieve and print various reports that contain medical terminology.
• Establish, organize, and maintain medical records, in the proper sequence, ensuring all necessary forms and documents are present, accurate, and complete.
• Train new staff on departmental guidelines to include, but not limited to, department standard operating procedures, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

ABOUT THE POSITION
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health provides executive leadership, guidance, and oversight on a range of processes and functions across DHHS that relate to minority health. These processes and functions include review, analysis, and evaluation of policies, programs, and activities addressing minority health. Provides executive leadership, management, and direction of procedures, programs, activities, and resources across DHHS relating to minority health.

Serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary and ASH and serves as a spokesperson on minority health issues. Advises on activities, programs, and policies across DHHS. Directs, influences, and assists in evidence-based policy development related to minority health. Stays informed about advancements in biomedical, behavioral, and public health sciences and health policy, reporting to the Secretary and ASH on developments that may be long-range but of potential interest and applicability to minority health.

Maintains ongoing, close, and effective liaison and communications with the heads of appropriate minority serving organizations and individuals in the public and private sectors, with the goals of both communicating DHHS policies, goals, priorities, and programs, as well as conveying to the Secretary and ASH feedback and insights from these sectors. Ensures adherence to DHHS guidelines by all OMH communications tools, including print and electronic media.

Participates with DHHS-wide efforts such as Healthy People to ensure representation, measurement, and communication of racial, ethnic, and Tribal disparities in health status and other indicators of well-being. Oversees Federal task forces and advisory committees (e.g., the Advisory Committee on Minority Health) and actively engages in Tribal consultations and listening sessions. Serves as the DHHS representative for multiple working groups related to the health of racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN populations, including the Secretarial Tribal Advisory Committee.

Leads in a proactive, customer-responsive manner consistent with DHHS vision and values, effectively communicating program issues to external audiences. Ensures financial and managerial accountability by acting with prudence when executing fiduciary responsibilities. Demonstrates high integrity and adheres to the highest ethical standards of public service. Uses effective business practices including balanced measures of results, values, and invests in each employee; emphasizes empowerment and two-way communication.

Fosters collaboration within OMH and the Department and demonstrates a commitment to Departmental initiatives. Takes a leadership role in advocating for and advancing the priorities of the Department. Serves as a role model for leadership by encouraging teamwork and a collaborative approach. Timely notifies Agency officials of all significant actions and developments, including but not limited to those related to regulatory matters, legislative matters, budget matters, reports, initiatives, and events and ensures subordinate managers do the same.

Exercises leadership to ensure that all programs under their direction reflect the principles of workforce diversity in their management and operation in such areas as recruitment and staffing, employee development, staff assignments, and communications. In addition to demonstrating personal commitment to the objectives of workforce diversity, the executive ensures that subordinate supervisors and managers recognize the importance of their diversity enhancement responsibilities and applies principles that will result in an inclusive and diverse workforce. Provides reasonable accommodations needed to best utilize qualified people with disabilities.

Major duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Involves specialized administrative judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics, specialties, and/or care in the community resources.
• Recommends changes to existing clinic procedures based on current administrative guidelines.
• Expertise in utilizing numerous advanced patient systems in support of multiple clinics involved in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model.
• Coordinates with the patient care team to review clinic appointment availability (utilization) to ensure that clinic schedules are closely monitored to effectively support the needs of the clinics and adjusts as necessary.
• Develop and/or maintain effective and efficient communication with the patient, interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model teams, VA medical centers, and other agencies (e.g., assist with communications during the inpatient to outpatient discharge; communicate with non-VA medical facilities; prepare correspondence to notify patients of normal lab results; manage a system for follow-up care such as consults, tests, etc.).
• Processes incoming patient secure messaging through MyHealthyVet and coordinates with care team as appropriate
• Participates in team huddles and team meetings to manage, plan, problem solve, and follow-up with patient care by sharing information and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team; setting priorities and deadlines, adjusting the flow and sequencing of the work to meet team and patient needs; identifies incomplete encounters and communicates findings to providers; as needed; assists the team to reinforce the plan of care and self-help solutions;
• Enters appropriate information into the electronic record
• Monitors pre-appointment information and/or requirements to assure readiness for patient visit/procedure
• Manages patient systems to verify and validate accuracy and resolve issues; evaluates patient information and clinic schedule lists to determine whether the patient requires an immediate appointment; informs team members about shared patients (i.e., those who receive their care at multiple VA centers or those who receive care in the community).

• You will serve as the supervisor of the Visitor Center or ID Card and Vehicle Registration section.
• You will make detailed regulatory and procedural review of special action cases involving a wide variety of facts.
• You will prepare workload and production reports.
• You will review, research, and formulate directives governing the operations of the Visitor Center or ID Card and Vehicle Registration section.
• You will function as a technical specialist responsible for verifying information over the phone.
• You will conduct unscheduled inventories to ensure accountability.