Hi All. Back at the beginning of the year, my boss retired. I work in a large organization and they didn't plan on replacing him right away because the person two levels up was also leaving. In the meantime, we were just being managed by the person just above him.
Because this lead to some uncertainty, I hustled about a year of work in advance, so that I would have a bit of added security. This went very well and I was made the acting manager of my group. I've really enjoyed the role and have made sure that my group has a good amount of work. I've asked our customer-base for feedback and they're very happy. Feedback has been very good from my current boss as well.
My reason for this post is that I've been in this interim position for a couple of months and would like to do everything I can to ensure that I get the permanent position. I have official feedback that says I've made my group more efficient and I know we're in good shape financially. I've put some effort into getting our less efficient team members to pull an important project together, which is making them and the group look better.
When the permanent position becomes available, I can walk into the interview with all of this information in my hand and I know that it will work well, but I would appreciate any additional ideas on how I can ensure that I land this.