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Posted: April 14, 2026 (45 days ago)

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Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist

Environmental Protection Agency

Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

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$118,984 - $182,790

per year

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GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team in the EPA's Great Lakes office to manage contracts, databases, and financial oversight for environmental programs, ensuring everything runs smoothly and complies with rules.

It's a supervisory role focused on planning, directing staff, and building relationships with partners to support clean water initiatives.

A good fit would be someone with experience in environmental work, team leadership, and handling budgets or contracts, who enjoys making a difference in protecting the environment.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-12 level (for GS-13) or GS-13 level (for GS-14) in providing oversight and technical knowledge to teams or projects
  • Demonstrated knowledge of contracts and enhancing program effectiveness
  • For GS-14: Experience maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders
  • Competencies in Budget and Cost Management, Planning and Evaluating, and Technical Knowledge related to environmental protection
  • For GS-14: Leadership competency
  • Ability to exercise supervisory personnel management, including overseeing work, performance standards, and resolving grievances
  • Physical reporting to Chicago, IL office on a regular basis

Full Job Description

This position is in Region 5, Great Lakes National Program Office, Financial Assistance, Oversight, and Management Branch, Database and Contracts Management Section. About: Region 5.

This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis.

NOTE: You must meet qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

To qualify for the GS-13 level, you must have 1 year of full-time* specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level defined as providing oversight and/or technical knowledge to a team or project; enhancing program effectiveness and demonstrating knowledge of contracts.

To qualify for the GS-14 level, you must have 1 year of full-time* specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level defined as providing oversight and/or technical knowledge to a team or project; enhancing program effectiveness and demonstrating knowledge of contracts; maintaining effective relationships withstakeholders.

You will need the following competencies in order to perform the duties of this position successfully: Budget and Cost Management* (assessed at GS-13/14) Leadership* (assessed at GS-14) Planning and Evaluating* (assessed at GS-13) Technical Knowledge (Related to Position)* (assessed at GS-13/14) *You will be evaluated on these critical competencies.

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. *If you have part-time work experience, read this: Part-Time Experience. Major Duties:

You will: Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the organizational unit,ensuring that they comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs for promotingeffective operation of the organization.

Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities to overseework, ensure reasonable equity of performance standards, and resolve group grievances among employeespromoting an environment for effective mission accomplishment.

Represent the Agency with a variety of functional area organizations toexplain policy and procedures, resolve significant problems, and determine appropriate actions of impactfor establishing, developing, and maintaining effective working relationships.

When entering a Federal job at a grade level lower than the highest promotion potential level, you may be promoted to more complex duties and work more independently, as your career progresses.

NOTE: Career ladder promotions are not automatic, and all eligibility and qualifications requirements must be met in order to progress to the next grade level.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.

Grow your career for the good of our planet The environmental challenges we face today are urgent.

At the Environmental Protection Agency, we need professionals like you to continue our mission to protect human health and the environment.

Our agency is built upon a commitment to protect human health and the environment. The work we do here changes the world.

That's why there has never been a more crucial moment to further your career as one of the scientists, engineers, community leaders, IT specialists, communicators, administrative professionals, technicians, problem solvers, and innovators at EPA.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/14/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/15/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: EPA-U5-MPI-2026-0008