Supervisory Training Specialist

Clarification from the agency

This is a Merit Promotion announcement for current Department of Interior (DOI) Office of the Secretary (OS) employees in the Office of Policy, Management, and Budget (PMB), under the hiring paths listed and CTAP eligibles. For further clarification please click here: https://www.bsee.gov/what-we-do/administrative-services/human-resources/eligibility

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget (ASPMB), Office of Employee Development (OED).

There are 3 vacant positions within the following branches:

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
The Leadership Development Branch provides enterprise-wide direction for DOI's leadership development programs, guiding employees from aspiring supervisors to future SES leaders. It oversees leadership curricula, bureau academies, talent-gap analyses, leadership forums, and cross-bureau communities of practice that strengthen workforce readiness and succession planning. This branch plays a critical role in sustaining DOI's leadership pipeline and advancing modernization efforts through centralized governance and long-term program oversight.

DATA SCIENCES, GIS & BUSINESS ACUMEN
The Data Sciences, GIS & Business Acumen Branch leads Department-wide training initiatives that strengthen data science capability, GIS expertise, business acumen, AI readiness, and mandatory compliance proficiency. It manages enterprise GIS credential pathways, geospatial and data visualization training, and business capability development while coordinating compliance training across DOI. This branch is essential to supporting workforce modernization, enabling data-driven decision-making, and ensuring unified governance for emerging technology and compliance programs.

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT
The Conservation Management Branch guides DOI's conservation training portfolio, ensuring employees have the technical expertise to support conservation science, habitat restoration, endangered species management, and science-based stewardship. It integrates current scientific research, coordinates enterprise conservation efforts, and establishes standardized training governance for mission-critical natural resource responsibilities. This branch sustains the workforce capability needed to meet evolving conservation priorities and uphold DOI's stewardship mission.

The official duty station will align with the selectee's current duty station. If applying to "location negotiable after selection", this means that your official duty station will be based off your current DOI official duty station.

At the full performance level (GS-14) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Responsible for identifying organizational learning needs and translating them into a training strategy.
2. Oversees the lifecycle of training programs from concept through evaluation.
3. Ensures the effective management of human, financial, contractual, and operational resources to support the delivery of high-quality learning and development programs.
4. Ensures high-quality learning experience and customer engagement.
5. Ensures training meets organizational, legal, and quality requirements.

The Office of the Secretary has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and may be allowed with supervisory approval.

Salary Information

Salary will vary based on current duty station and will vary.
For the Locality Pay Area of Rest of U.S.: GS-14 (Step 1) $125,776 - (Step 10) $163,514 per annum.
For the Locality Pay Area of San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA: GS-15 (Step 1) $157,236 - (Step 10) $197,200 per annum.

Link to OPM Pay Tables: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2026/general-schedule/

This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.

Conditions of employment

• Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• You must submit ALL required documents and a completed questionnaire.
• This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.
• A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 08/21/2026 - unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying.

Specialized Experience
To qualify for the GS-14, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:

1. Developing, managing, and/or leading the implementation of technical, non-technical, supervisory, and/or executive training programs aligned with organizational goals.
2. Leading cross-functional teams, coordinating stakeholders, and/or managing training projects to deliver learning solutions that meet organizational priorities.
3. Creating and/or deploying modern training solutions, including virtual, blended, or technology-enhanced learning, using industry best practices.
4. Assessing program performance and ensuring quality through metrics analysis, reporting, and collaboration with stakeholders to improve learning outcomes.

Must meet all to qualify.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.

Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed.

You will be evaluated on the following competencies:

• Influencing/Negotiating
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Building

To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment, including a structured resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job.

All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.

DUE WEIGHT: Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, you must submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level.

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.

Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) -08/21/2026-unless otherwise stated.

1. Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with dates in month-year format (include month/day/year format if needed for 52 weeks of experience), and indicate hours worked per week (or full-time). Your resume must clearly show how long you have held each grade/rank. Resumes must not exceed 2 single-sided pages and resumes longer than 2 pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or attachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed. Your 2-page resume must contain information sufficient to make a valid determination that you fully meet the specialized experience requirements. Resume Builder: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include
2. Complete All Required Assessments.
3. Performance Appraisals and Awards: All applicants must submit their most recent performance appraisal showing the official rating of record and signed by a supervisor. If the performance appraisal is not dated within the last 18 months OR no performance appraisal is available, you must submit a statement as to why it is not available (including if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level).
4. Eligibility Documentation:
   • Current and former Federal employees must submit latest SF-50 (i.e. Promotion, Separation, Within Grade Increase (WGI)) showing tenure 1 or 2 in block 24, grade, and if applicable, an additional SF-50 showing the highest grade or promotion potential held. Time in grade will be determined by reviewing your resume and required SF-50s. If your SF-50 showing highest permanent grade held has an effective date within the past year, your resume must clearly show that you held that grade for one year. Do not submit award SF-50s.
   • Veterans Preference Documentation: 30% or more Disabled, or Disabled Veterans Enrolled in a VA Training Program must submit the most recent Documentation of Service and Separation under Honorable Conditions (e.g. DD-214) as listed on the SF15. If you are a Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all documentation as listed on the SF15. You may request a copy of the VA letter from https://www.va.gov/records. If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documentation from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/rate at time of discharge, 4) dates of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) dated within 120 days of your separation.
   • Special Appointing Authorities: If you are applying under a special appointing authority (i.e. Schedule A, etc.), you must submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility. If you fail to submit proof, you will not receive consideration. If you're eligible for an authority not listed, you are responsible for submitting documentation that's appropriate for that specific authority.
   • CTAP/ICTAP eligiblesMUST submit proof of eligibility including a copy of the agency notice, most recent performance rating, and most recent SF-50 showing your position, grade level, and duty location. For more information visit: Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

Do not submit photographs with your application package. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents.

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