Federal Travel Program Manager

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Required Skills:
Federal travel program depth. Hands-on expertise administering a federal travel program end to end — authorizations, reservations, vouchers, approval workflows, reimbursement, and reporting. • FTR mastery. Ability to interpret the FTR and agency supplements and apply them independently to non-routine travel situations. • Electronic travel systems. Proficiency in ETS2/ConcurGov or a comparable federal system, including document lifecycle management, profile and routing administration, and troubleshooting. • Voucher and authorization review. Proven ability to review expenses for accuracy, allowability, and compliance; validate accounting codes and funding lines; resolve reimbursement-delaying errors. • Project management and team leadership. Experience managing scope, schedule, deliverables, risk, and quality on a federal task order, and supervising coordination or help desk staff across extended hours. • Reporting and analysis. Ability to extract travel and financial system data and produce management, compliance, audit-support, and executive reports; identify trends and recommend improvements. • TMC and travel card knowledge. Experience coordinating travel through a Travel Management Center; working knowledge of city-pair fares, lodging per diem, and IBA/CBA usage. • Communication, judgment, and discretion. Excellent written and verbal communication; sound decisions under compressed timelines; demonstrated discretion supporting sensitive, high-profile, or VIP travel. • Availability. Willing to support after-hours and surge operations during emergency activations and participate in an on-call escalation rotation. • Location and eligibility. Resides in the DC/MD/VA area and can report on-site in Washington, DC as directed. U.S. citizenship required; must obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated federal background investigation (minimum NACI) with fingerprinting and PIV credentialing. Skills Preferred • HHS and ASPR experience. Prior travel support to HHS or an Operating/Staff Division (ASPR, CDC, NIH, FDA, CMS, IHS, PSC), including emergency preparedness or deployment travel. • GO.gov and ConcurGov. Direct experience with GO.gov (ETSNext) implementation, configuration, testing, or operations; service as a Federal Agency Travel Administrator or ETS2 system administrator. • Special events and group travel. Coordination of NSSEs, large conferences, exercises, or group travel of 100 or more travelers. • Foreign, relocation, and executive travel. OCONUS travel, Notification of Foreign Travel processes, invitational travel, PCS/relocation support, or SES and principal-staff travel support. • Financial systems and travel cards. Familiarity with UFMS, HIGLAS, NBS, or comparable systems, and with travel card program administration and delinquency monitoring. • Certifications and clearance. PMP, CAPM, ITIL, CGTP, or GBTP; existing background investigation eligible for reciprocity or active Public Trust or higher. • Tooling. Advanced Excel, Power BI or comparable reporting tools, SharePoint, and case management platforms.

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