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SUPERVISORY OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC PROGRAM SPECIALIST

Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Department of Defense

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Location

Salary

$169,279 - $197,200

per year

Closes

April 13, 2026

GS-14 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing and directing a wide range of support operations for a high-level military staff organization, including managing facilities, logistics, budgets, contracts, and administrative services across multiple locations.

The role requires leading teams to ensure everything runs smoothly, from securing equipment and handling repairs to negotiating contracts and tracking finances.

It's a great fit for experienced managers with a background in government or defense operations who enjoy coordinating complex programs and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in federal service, involving integrated management of programs in quality, production, supply chain, acquisition, risk management, and financial systems
  • Experience in facilities management, including planning office space, securing equipment, coordinating repairs and construction, and ensuring safety compliance
  • Certification and duties as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), including managing multi-year labor contracts, negotiating scopes, and liaising with contractors
  • Supervisory experience providing oversight for logistics functions such as warehousing, inventory management, procurement, shipping/receiving, and equipment repair
  • Ability to execute and manage a multi-million-dollar budget, including preparing US Treasury G-Invoicing Orders, tracking funds, and pursuing additional funding
  • Knowledge of policy-setting in areas like logistics, acquisition, procurement, inventory principles, distribution, property accountability, transportation, and financial management

Full Job Description

This position is part of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The incumbent provides for the management planning and directing of joint staff facilities, logistics and support services, security, program management, information technology, customer information technology, customer relations, administrative services, and administrative oversight of secretariat operations.

You may qualify at the GS-14, if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service: Applies programs (related to multiple fields) results in integrated direction/management of the programs to include quality and production, supply chain, acquisition, earned value, risk management, financial and business systems and their inter-relationship with program performance; Secures new equipment, furnishings, coordinating repairs and new construction, providing input to and participating in future planning with the WHS; Facilities Services Directorate (FSD), and ensuring compliance with safety regulations involving organizational space and facilities; Applies the duties of a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), managing a multi-year labor contract to include negotiating scope and duties of the supplied services and serving as the liaison between the contractors and the Contracting Officer; Provides general supervision and material readiness capability for all functions to include warehousing, inventory management, procurement direction, shipping/receiving/storage of regular and exercise-related equipment to/from worldwide locations, non-facility equipment repair, and support contracting.

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. Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Major Duties:

As a SUPERVISORY OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC PROGRAM SPECIALIST at the GS-0301-14 some of your typical work assignments may include: Providing material readiness capability through oversight of assigned logistics management program functions Planning and management of office space, encompassing 4 separate locations General Services Agency (GSA) Lease Space and Washington Headquarters Service (WHS) space), 1 warehouse (GSA Lease Space) and inside the Pentagon (WHS); securing new equipment, furnishings, coordinating repairs and new construction Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), managing a multi-year labor contract to include negotiating scope and duties of the supplied services and serving as the liaison between the contractors and the Contracting Officer.

Executes a multi-million-dollar budget to include supervision of US Treasury G-Invoicing Orders preparation, tracking and programming funds, and pursuing yearly unfunded requirement funds through the JS Comptroller.

Sets policy detailing goals and objectives in the areas of logistics management, acquisition management, procurement direction, inventory management principles, distribution and storage practices, property accountability procedures (to include automated data processing equipment [ADPE], transportation, and maintenance of non-tactical armored vehicles), mail, printing and graphics, facilities support, space management, and financial management concepts.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/6/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/7/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: JCS-26-12929226-MP