Chief, Records Integration Division

Chief, Records Integration Division

Department: Legislative Branch

Location(s): Washington, District of Columbia

Salary Range: $169279 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the Records Integration Division, Office of Copyright Records, Copyright Office. The position description number for this position is 461451. This is a supervisory, non-bargaining unit position. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.

Major Duties:

• Within the United States Copyright Office (USCO), the Office of Copyright Records (CR) is responsible for establishing records policies and preserving, maintaining, and servicing copyright-related records. This Office records transfers of copyright ownership and notices of termination, makes copyright registrations and documents and related information available to the public, researches and provides certified and non-certified copies of copyright registration deposits, ensures their storage, retention, and security, and performs records management and safeguards the official records of the U. S. Copyright Office. The Office of Copyright Records oversees the world’s largest repository of records on copyright ownership. The position serves as the Supervisory Program Manager for the Records Integration (RI) Division and reports directly to the Director, Office of Copyright Records. The position oversees the Division, which ensures the proper automation and integrity of USCO public records and other administrative records, and their integration into digital repositories for internal staff and external public use. Performs the administrative and management functions relative to the staff supervised. Uses principles of facilitative leadership to plan, direct, and coordinate day-to-day activities and assists the Deputy Director in long-range planning activities. Oversees process methods and procedures. Ensures approved changes are implemented. Provides guidance and direction to division staff on changes. Exercises technical management of the division operations. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observes employee performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Resolves informal complaints and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to staff related to work and administrative matters. Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests. Ensures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the Library regarding records management, computer security, emergency management, and safety regulations. Manages the creation, preservation, and presentation of digital content using subject matter expertise, current knowledge and trends, and best practices. Manages multiple projects; designs and executes plans and methodologies; leads other staff assigned to projects; documents results and makes resulting recommendations. Identifies improvements to workflows and procedures for a wide variety of content and data assets, identifies risks and challenges to implementation, and takes steps to overcome them. Implements approved plans by scheduling and coordinating work, including establishing the division of work amongst specialists and technicians assigned to projects. Tracks project workflows and schedules activities required to move projects and tasks to completion as appropriate. Reports status according to the schedules and mechanisms established for the unit. Displays and utilizes extensive expert knowledge of a wide range of techniques and methods relating to quality assurance, data accuracy, and digital conversion techniques in the planning and performance of organizational activities. Proposes modifications to existing practices, precedents, and techniques and adapts previous approaches to solve a variety of information, organization, and access issues related to digital content and online interfaces. Identifies and resolves complex program issues or problems of small or large scope. Provides leadership in the conduct of independent validations and verifications of business operations. Sets up a problem-reporting mechanism for the application team involved in testing. Makes recommendations for corrections and coordinates resolutions and improvements. Provides expert technical advice in the monitoring and evaluation of contractor activities on contracts covering USCO programmatic operations. Oversees contractors and vendors that support the division's operations and confirms deliverables. Serves as technical support to the COR and CO for the Office of Copyright Records contracts; writes Statements of Works (SOWs), evaluation criteria, and other contract-related documents for solicitations and consultant agreements; serves on Technical Evaluation Panels (TEP) for procurements; monitors assigned contracts and evaluates services according to technical criteria; tracks deadlines, and deliverables.

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 provide program management, evaluation, and oversight.** Ability to analyze problems and make recommendations.** Ability to supervise and lead a diverse workforce.** Ability to communicate in writing. Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.

How to Apply: Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the application process. When the application system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your application. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire application process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, create a resume on USAJOBS. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this information will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualification and Evaluation section of the job announcement to preview the online questions that you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your USAJOBS resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "APPLY ONLINE" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account and submit your resume. You will be redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the application process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you will be asked to answer questions related to your eligibility for Federal employment. You will be able to update this information and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you will be taken directly to the vacancy application questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers three options that will electronically attach your documentation to your online application once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement. (1) You may select a document that you have already uploaded to USAJOBS for a previous announcement. (2) You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your application. Be certain to review your complete application for confirmation of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergraduate transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure that they are all in the same file on your computer or in your USAJOBS profile before uploading them. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent will be visible in our system. If you have any questions about this information, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing date. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your application. Once you have submitted your application, you can check your status online through your Hiring Management or MY USAJOBS account. Your complete online application and any required supplemental documentation (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing date of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure that all documents are received on time and that the materials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your application being excluded from consideration for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov, no later than 4:30pm EST of the Closing Date. REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Application Deadline: 2026-02-03