Business Development Officer

Summary This position is located in the Agency and Client Services Section, Federal Research Division, Library Enterprises Directorate, Chief Operating Officer. The position description number for this position is 463338. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. The incumbent of this position will work a flextime work schedule. This is a non-supervisory, non-bargaining unit position. Responsibilities Reviews current laws, directives, policies, and initiatives established by the federal government and individual agencies to evaluate potential new opportunities for research and analysis. Analyzes research opportunities, and competitive landscape of the federal research industry, and makes recommendations to FRD management. The research needs of agencies may be complex in nature, with few precedents and little supporting information. Research requirements may have far ranging economic, political, and national defense implications, such as immigration policy, defense analysis and policy, and program evaluation. Research questions and related outcomes may have important, widespread, and highly visible impacts on agency policy and public perception. Market analysis requires a high level of responsibility, with little to no instructions or direction received. Findings and recommendations will be presented to a wide range of agency representatives, including program managers, division chiefs, and agency directors at the SES level. Findings and recommendations may have significant impacts on division, directorate, and agency-level decision making. Serves as project lead for centrally managed business development activities. Works closely with Division management and client agency counterparts. Prepares or contributes to planning and implementation documents, and monitors their timely clearance and execution. Provides business portfolio strategic management, aligning and translating the organizational strategies to the short- and long-term plans. Develops plans for business and funding by researching, planning and recommending target business development initiatives. Formulates and evaluates business prospects, understanding authorities, concepts, principles, theories, and methods used. collaboration with Division leadership, identifies funding streams and anticipates potential clientele needs. Serves as a point of contact for agency leaders and program managers across the federal government. Represents the agency and program at assigned and identified events, meetings, conferences, or other outreach activities. Serves in an advisory capacity to organizational management on business leads, business needs, and organizational activities and issues. Analyzes public relations and community relations needed to ensure the consistency of communications and the accuracy of communications to convey program mission and goals, strategic goals, and critical product/program services and priorities. Provides advice, guidance and training to new staff on marketing, business development, and organization activities. Identifies and develops short- and long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. Contributes to strategic plans and drafts written materials for inclusion in various reporting methods. Examines and provides advice on policy issues and strategic planning with a long-term perspective. Prepares technically complex responses to inquiries with an expert-level depth and breadth of subject area knowledge. May communicate findings through written and oral reports, abstracts, summaries, charts, graphs, or other products. Identifies, examines, and analyzes major publications and electronic resources in fields of expertise for use in preparing in-depth and highly complex and specialized research reports and studies. May synthesize and simplify complicated issues, topics, subjects, and responses. Requirements Conditions of Employment Conditions of Employment Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs, including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law, so regardless of individual state or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment at the Library. In addition, past or current drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment. Qualifications Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to conduct market analysis.** Ability to provide liaison and consultation services.** Ability to provide business development activity oversight. Ability to communicate in writing. Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing. Education Additional Information Although it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting rates of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid at step one of the grade. The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must submit a complete application package that is received by the closing date of this announcement. Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluation of an appropriate personnel security/suitability investigation. For more information, please see: Vetting Process This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email . The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an appropriate certificate of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certification may be issued by the State Vocational Rehabilitation Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant’s college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify that the applicant has a severe disability and must be dated within three years of the date of the application. Certification from health care providers are not accepted. For more information contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at or email . FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM. The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greater number of vacancies indicated during the life of this vacancy announcement. Initial permanent appointments to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probationary period. Probationary periods served at other Federal agencies do not count toward this requirement. The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However, not all service units within the Library of Congress participates in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore, determination to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the appropriate service unit. A “Not to Exceed" (NTE) status is used to identify an appointment with a specific ending date. However, the Library has the right to separate a NTE employee at any time due to either performance issues or budget constraints. Are you a veteran? Please indicate the type of veterans' preference you are claiming in your application materials and/or applicant profile and provide the appropriate supporting documentation to validate your claim. Those applying for 5-point preference must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD 214. Those applying for 10-point preference must fill out an SF-15 (click here for the form) and provide the required documentation listed on the back of the form. If required supporting documentation is not attached, Veterans' Preference will not be considered in the application process.