Office of Workforce Development OWD

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Office of Workforce Development (OWD)
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NCI Office of Workforce Development

• Assists NCI leadership identify strategic
  approach to human capital issues
• Provides NCI managers (scientific and
  administrative) with information, resources, and
  tools to
• Recruit and retain talent
• Manage for results
• Optimize performance in support of the
  Institutes mission

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Supporting the NCI mission
Discovery
Delivery
Development

• Dr. von Eschenbach
• Human capital/workforce development
• Presidents Management Agenda (PMA)
• OPM getting to green
• Government Performance Results Act (GPRA)
• Performance contracts

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Human Capital Planning
Workforce Management
Recruitment
Thinking Strategically
Pipeline Programs
Quality of Work/life
Employee Development
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Human Capital Planning
Thinking Strategically
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Human Capital Planning

• NCI Human Capital Strategic Planning
• Roadmap for aligning NCIs workforce with its
  mission and goals
• Incorporates all elements of the federal model
• Links FTEs and competencies to mission-critical
  activities

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Human Capital Planning
Recruitment
Thinking Strategically
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Recruitment Outreach

• Examples of where OWD has recruited in the past
• American Chemical Society
• Rice University PhD Consortium
• American Society for Microbiology
• University of North Carolina PhD Consortium
• Student National Medical Association
• Hispanic Association of Colleges Universities
• Federation of Association Societies in
  Experimental Biology
• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science

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Recruitment StarCatcher/StarGazer

• StarCatcher - Public website advertising NCI
  training
• opportunities to worldwide science community
• Candidates post resumes, apply for current
  openings, and communicate directly with NCI
  principal investigators
• StarGazer - Automated process, electronically
  transfers resumes from StarCatcher, inputs
  resumes from job fairs, professional science
  organization meetings, university consortiums,
  and science journal advertisements
• Combined with community outreach, StarCatcher and
  StarGazer systems have significantly raised
  quantity and quality of science candidate pool

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Human Capital Planning
Recruitment
Thinking Strategically
Pipeline Programs
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PipelineIntro to Cancer Research Careers

• Program identifies, trains, and mentors talented
  students from populations underrepresented in
  science and individuals from disadvantaged
  backgrounds
• Sponsors highly-qualified students with research
  experience
• Arranges 2-day visit to NCI
• Arranges interviews for placement in intramural
  labs
• Highly competitive selection process by a panel
  of NCI scientists

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PipelineAdministrative Intern Programs

• Oversee NCI Programs
• NCI Administrative Career Development (ACD)
  Program
• NCI Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program
• NCI Liaison for NIH DHHS Intern Programs
• NIH At-Large PMF Program
• Emerging Leaders Program (ELP)
• Help NCI recruit and retain the best and the
  brightest
• Invaluable tool in building human capital and
  succession planning

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Human Capital Planning
Recruitment
Thinking Strategically
Pipeline Programs
Employee Development
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Employee DevelopmentKnowledge Management A
Mentoring Program

• Formal mentoring program for employees with
  administrative duties or interests
• Facilitate institutional knowledge sharing
• Promote employee retention
• Develop talent
• 81 of respondents in 2002 NCI Needs Assessment
  Survey indicated a Mentoring program would be
  extremely beneficial
• Formal Mentoring programs increase Mentees
  productivity and Mentors motivation leading to
  superior performance and higher level of
  productivity

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Employee DevelopmentTraining Resources for
Supervisors

• Provide resources and tools tailored for new and
  existing supervisors to assist them in managing
  and developing their workforce
• Establish guidelines for training
• Identify training curriculum/courses

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Employee DevelopmentNCI Training Warehouse

• Desktop resource to identify training options and
  identify Institute-specific training as needed
• HHS University
• NIH Training Center
• NCI-specific programs
• Outside vendors

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Human Capital Planning
Recruitment
Thinking Strategically
Pipeline Programs
Quality of Work/life
Employee Development
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Quality of Work Life Programs

• Initiatives to create a more flexible, supportive
  work environment, enabling and identifying ways
  to assist employees in fulfilling NCIs mission.
• Oversee Telework and Voluntary Leave Transfer
  Program
• Liaison with NIH Worklife Center, NIH Child Care
  Board, Employee Assistance Program, Div. of
  Employee Services, and the R W Association
• When work is effective, life benefits and when
  life works, work benefits. Karol Rose, LifeCare
  Inc.

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Human Capital Planning
Workforce Management
Recruitment
Thinking Strategically
Pipeline Programs
Quality of Work/life
Employee Development
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Workforce ManagementWorkforce Development
Services

• Develop new and creative solutions to increase
  the
• organizations capacity for self-renewal.
• Work collaboratively with managers to build a
  customized
• plan to implement and manage changes to optimize
  workgroup performance
• Team building and coaching
• Process facilitation
• Work re-design
• Organizational communication
• Goal setting and planning
• Services empower managers and positively impact
  workgroup effectiveness by developing the
  workforce to meet its mission

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Workforce Management Managers Toolkit

• Reasonable Accommodation Guidelines, which is an
  on-line posting of step-by-step instructions for
  supervisors on how to respond to request for
  reasonable accommodations and other related
  matters. These NCI reasonable accommodation
  procedures cover all NCI staff, training
  awardees, and applicants for both FTE and non-FTE
  positions, which is understood to include
  training applicants.
• Monthly Management Article
• Guidelines for Designation of Emergency and
  Non-Emergency Employees For Periods of Inclement
  Weather or Other Temporary Closings

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Workforce ManagementCoaching for Conflict
Management

• Coach managers in dealing with workplace conflict
• Facilitate difficult conversations and/or
  situations with employees
• Refer managers to existing NIH services and help
  them understand and navigate those systems
• Conflict management resources for new supervisors
  and senior staff
• CCM provides quick access to conflict management
  resources leading to quicker resolutions and
  better outcomes

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Workforce ManagementDiversity

• Diversabilities
• Monthly diversity management newsletter for
  managers and supervisors designed to provide
  tangible tools, useful information, tips, and
  resources to lead, manage and develop a diverse
  workforce

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Human Capital Planning
Workforce Management
Recruitment
Thinking Strategically
Pipeline Programs
Quality of Work/life
Employee Development
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OWD Website

• http//camp.nci.nih.gov/owd