Supervisory Program Manager

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), with one vacancy in Boulder, CO. This position is also announced under vacancy number CAO--ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook can be viewed at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies, knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations such as 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. All qualifying experience, including volunteer experience, will be credited.

Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-4 or GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience must include all of the following:

• Participation in the management of financial planning and execution activities;
• Overseeing subordinate staff in areas such as assigning work, setting priorities, providing feedback on work assignments, and providing formal feedback regarding overall employee performance;
• Coordinating cross-organizational strategies for short- and long-range planning, and managing the associated information reporting mechanisms to meet mission objectives.