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Posted: March 25, 2026 (2 days ago)

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SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER

Military Sealift Command

Department of the Navy

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$127,646 - $165,945

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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 to manage training, personnel, and development programs for officers in the Military Sealift Command, focusing on civilian-crewed ships and maritime safety standards.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience as a high-level merchant mariner who enjoys supervising staff, planning strategies, and ensuring crew readiness for naval operations.

It's ideal for those passionate about maritime education and policy advising in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent, including mastery of Merchant Marine shipboard operations on civilian ships
  • Upper-level unlimited merchant marine license (First Officer, First Assistant Engineer, or higher) issued by the U.S. Coast Guard
  • Extensive knowledge of USCG credentialing requirements for merchant mariners
  • Expertise in curriculum management, training design, instruction methods, and measuring training effectiveness
  • Experience as a policy advisor on training administration to higher management
  • Strong skills in strategic planning, setting goals, and prioritizing missions for officer development
  • Supervisory abilities, including assigning work, setting priorities, and monitoring team progress

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER in the MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC), TOTAL FORCE MANAGEMENT (TFM) PROGRAM OFFICE (N1), N15 STRATEGIC SEALIFT OFFICERS FORCE (SSOF), AFFAIRS OFFICE of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Mastery experience of the Merchant Marine and the working environment shipboard on a civilian operated ship.

Experience with civilian crewed ship requirements, including shipboard personnel management, training, International Safety Management (ISM), and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) applicable to Shipping typically found in an individual having achieved an upper-level unlimited merchant marine license (First Officer or First Assistant Engineer Officer or higher) issued by the U.S.

Coast Guard (USCG). Extensive experience of USCG credentialing requirements for merchant mariners.

Mastery experience of principles and methods for curriculum management, training design, and the teaching and instruction of individuals and groups to include the measurement of training effectiveness.

Experience serving as a primary policy advisor to higher- level management on training delivery administration.

Expert experience of the fundamentals of strategic planning, establishing immediate and long-term goals and objectives, and setting mission priorities as they related to total SSO development and education.

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 set and adjust short-term priorities and prepare work completion schedules.
  • You will assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of assignment difficulty and requirements, and the employee’s capabilities.
  • You will improve unit production or increase unit work quality.
  • You will lead regular information planning sessions, maintain productive interactions with staff, report on the status and progress of work accomplished to date, and monitor work in progress.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/25/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/25/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12917740-26-BMB