SUPERVISORY DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL
Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Posted: April 16, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$143,913 - $197,200
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Entry salary: $88,520 | Full performance (GS-14): up to $135,987
Career ladder: Start at GS-13 and advance to GS-14 with experience.
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).
This job involves leading a team to estimate and analyze costs for naval air weapons systems, ensuring accurate and timely reports for high-level decisions in the Department of the Navy.
You'll supervise staff, develop new tools and processes, and guide multi-disciplinary projects from planning to presentation.
It's a great fit for experienced engineers or analysts with a background in defense acquisitions who enjoy leading teams and solving complex budgeting challenges.
You will serve as a Supervisory Industrial Engineer/Operations Research Analyst in the SYSTEMS ACQUISITION GROUP, COST & SCHEDULE ANALYSIS DEPT, ACQUISITION COST ESTIMATING & ANALSYSIS (ACE&A) DIV of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
In addition to the basic education requirements, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NM-04 pay band (or GS-13/14) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following: 1) Applying knowledge of the concepts, principles, and methods of acquisition cost estimating, modeling, and analysis for air weapons systems/subsystems and acquisition strategies; 2) Providing overall technical direction and leadership to multi-disciplined teams and coordinating functions between various groups to complete acquisition cost estimating and analysis products; 3) Communicating acquisition cost estimating and analysis end product briefs at various leadership levels.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 0896: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 1515: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ 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:
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