Supervisory Commissary Management Specialist (Category Mgr)
Defense Commissary Agency
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LEAD MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST
Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Department of the Navy
Location
Virginia
Salary
$121,785 - $158,322
per year
Type
Closes
February 2, 2026
GS-12 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team that manages the Navy's military awards program, including reviewing and approving decorations, citations, and unit awards for sailors.
You'll oversee policies, processes, and board meetings to ensure everything runs smoothly in a high-level naval office.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in program management, policy development, and leading teams in a large organization, especially in military or government settings.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent, including managing military awards programs
- Experience developing or revising policies and procedures for awards programs
- Ability to recommend process improvements in large, complex organizations
- Leadership and management skills for supervising civil service and contractor personnel
- Expertise in providing technical guidance on policy, objectives, and instructions for Navy awards
- Experience facilitating review boards and overseeing adjudication processes
Full Job Description
You will serve as a LEAD MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST for IMMEDIATE OFC OF CHIEF OF NVL OPS.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Managing the effective administration of a military awards program; 2.
Developing or revising enterprise-wide policies and procedures for improving a military awards program; 3. Recommending programmatic process improvements within a large, complex organization.
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. Major Duties:
- You will serve as the Branch Head for the Awards Branch, Administration and Operations Division, Director Navy Staff, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).
- You will provide oversight and control for the review, adjudication process and issuance for presentation of all decorations, citations, certificates, unit awards.
- You will provide leadership and management expertise to civil service and contractor personnel within the Branch.
- You will provide technical supervision in developing policy, objectives, guidance, and broad instructions in the overall management and direction of Navy Awards for the Chief of Naval Operations.
- You will provides technical guidance and policy assistance and serve as the Awards Board Facilitator for each review board.
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