Criteria for a Senior Executive Service candidate development program (SESCDP).

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (b) (c) (1) A documented development plan based upon a competency-based needs determination and approved by the agency ERB. The components of the development plan must: (i) Address the executive core qualifications (ECQs); (ii) Address Federal Government leadership challenges crucial to the senior executive; (iii) Provide increased knowledge and understanding of the overall functioning of the agency, so the participant is prepared for a range of positions and responsibilities; (iv) Include interaction with senior employees outside the candidate's department or agency to foster a broader perspective; and (v) Have Governmentwide or multi-agency applicability in the nature and scope of the training; (2) A formal interagency and/or multi-sector training experience lasting at least 80 hours that addresses the ECQs and their application to SES positions Governmentwide. The training experience must include interaction with senior employees outside the candidate's department or agency; (3) A developmental assignment of at least 4 months of full-time service to include at least one assignment of 90 continuous days in a position other than, and substantially different from, the candidate's position of record. The assignment must include executive-level responsibility and differ from the candidate's current and past assignments in ways that broaden the candidate's experience, as well as challenge the candidate with respect to leadership competencies and the ECQs. Assignments need no

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 412.302