Summary You will serve as a SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER in the Total Force Management (TFM) Program Office (N1), Civil Service Mariner (CIVMAR) Management Division (N12), Afloat Community Branch (N12B) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND. Responsibilities You will establish and adjust strategic goals for CIVMAR development and placement across all CIVMAR communities. You will oversee the execution of placement and training functions for CIVMAR requirements and enable systemic policy-based and procedural conflicts and developing policies, procedures, and operational solutions for manning and training requirements. You will analyze existing practices and policies while regularly updating and improving approaches for CIVMAR placement and training. You will monitor business operations and systems affecting afloat personnel to ensure that they are effective and in compliance with command policies, instructions, fiscal requirements, and USCG, and applicable maritime regulations. You will ensure that personnel policies, shipboard manning, operations, policies and procedures, and quality management system (QMS) and safety management systems are followed. You will promote and enable leadership concepts through active engagement, mentorship, and communication with community managers and subordinate teams. You will demonstrate ownership of problems and solution sets for the placement and training programs across all communities. You will make decisions based upon work problems presented by subordinate supervisors. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience establishing goals, guidelines, and principles to improve retention and development of critical CIVMAR ratings and to reduce the risk to shipboard manning capabilities, and mission execution. Experience advising senior management in the planning, development, presentation, and evaluation of complex afloat training and educational programs and requirements. Experience providing oversight and planning as a supervisor and directing and controlling subordinate operations and establishing priorities for program execution with consideration to competing interests, changing operation demands and resource constraints, and executing human resource management functions for direct and indirect civilian reports. Experience implementing management approaches and methods that enhance effectiveness and efficiency of manning schemes aboard ships, recommending crew sizes to meet various needs, and using statistical information and initiatives that affect human capital in large and diverse sets of shipboard billets. Experience implementing United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Standards, Training, Certification, And Watch Keeping (WTCW) licensing and credentialing rules, CFRs, Navy regulations, operational reporting, and day to day operations of a major auxiliary force operating worldwide. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education There is no education substitute for a GS-0340-14 Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.