Job Opportunity: Chief Programs Officer
Posted:
12/6/2024
The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation), an independent executive branch agency with 35-40 employees, is hiring a Chief Programs Officer (CPO) to provide leadership for the agency’s authorized programs and administer the agency’s Grants, Gifts, and Donations activities. The position is a permanent, full-time Excepted Service appointment.
The CPO is an internal and external champion of, and has oversight responsibility for, the Udall Foundation's Education Programs, the Udall Foundation’s John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution, and Udall Foundation-supported programming at the University of Arizona including the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and The University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections (Udall Archives). The CPO also provides leadership for and oversees administration of the Udall Foundation’s Grants, Gifts, and Donations activities and initiatives in support of these authorized programs.
At the direction of the Executive Director (ED), the CPO will oversee administration of the agency’s authorized program activities and ensure such activities are executed within assigned budget levels and in accordance with Federal laws and regulations and the Udall Foundation’s enabling legislation.
The CPO reports to the ED and participates as a member of the Executive Team, which includes the General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer. The CPO is also a member and co-convener of the Foundation Leadership Team.
This GS-15 equivalent position is located at the agency's Tucson, Arizona, headquarters office. Alternate duty stations are not permitted. Relocation expenses may be authorized subject to available funding. Occasional amount of travel (up to 25%) may be required.
Application instructions and full position requirements are available at USAJobs.
All application materials must be received by January 3, 2025.
About the Udall Foundation
The Morris K. Udall Foundation was established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 as an independent executive branch agency to honor Morris K. Udall's lasting impact on this Nation’s environment, public lands, and natural resources, and his support of the rights and self-governance of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. In 2009, Congress enacted legislation to also honor Stewart L. Udall for his half century of distinguished national leadership in environmental and Native American policy. The agency is known today as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation) and is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.
The Udall Foundation is authorized by Congress to:
- Award Scholarships, Fellowships, and Internships for study in fields related to the environment and to Native Americans and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care and Tribal public policy.
- Connect youth to the Nation’s public lands and natural resources to foster greater understanding, appreciation, stewardship, and enjoyment of those lands and resources through photography, positive outdoor experiences, and environmental education through the Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus® Program.
- Provide funding to the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy to conduct policy research and outreach on the environment and related themes.
- Provide funding to the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy, a program of the Udall Center, for research, education, and outreach on Native American and Alaska Native health care issues and Tribal public policy issues.
- Provide funding to The University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections to serve as the repository for the papers of Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall and other such public papers as may be appropriate and assure such papers' availability to the public.
- Provide impartial collaboration, consensus-building, training, and conflict resolution services on a wide range of environmental, natural and cultural resources, Tribal, and public lands issues, conflicts, and disputes involving the Federal Government through the John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution.
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