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SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER

Military Sealift Command

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$127,646 - $165,945

per year

Closes

February 6, 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 leading a team to manage the placement, training, and retention of civilian mariners who work on Navy ships, focusing on deck operations and ensuring the crew meets mission needs worldwide.

A good fit would be someone with strong leadership experience in maritime human resources, who can handle complex planning under tight constraints and advise on improving workforce efficiency.

It's ideal for a seasoned professional passionate about naval operations and personnel development.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent, including setting goals to improve retention and reduce manning risks for civilian mariners
  • Advising senior management on planning, developing, and evaluating afloat training and educational programs
  • Supervisory experience overseeing operations, establishing priorities, and managing human resources for civilian reports amid competing demands and constraints
  • Implementing management methods to enhance shipboard manning efficiency, recommending crew sizes, and using statistical data for human capital initiatives
  • Knowledge of USCG standards, STCW licensing, CFRs, Navy regulations, and operational reporting for worldwide auxiliary forces
  • Oversight of programs for CIVMAR placement and training in the Deck Community
  • Monitoring business operations for compliance with MSC policies, instructions, and fiscal requirements

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY PROGRAM MANAGER in the Total Force Management (TRM) Program Office N1), Civil Service Mariner (CIVMAR) Management Division (N12), Afloat Community Branch (N12B), Afloat Deck Community (N12B2) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

GS-14 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: - Experience establishing goals, guidelines, and principles to improve retention and development of critical CIVMAR ratings and to reduce the risk to shipboard manning capabilities, and mission execution.

- Experience advising senior management in the planning, development, presentation, and evaluation of complex afloat training and educational programs and requirements.

- Experience providing oversight and planning as a supervisor and directing and controlling subordinate operations and establishing priorities for program execution with consideration to competing interests, changing operation demands and resource constraints, and executing human resource management functions for direct and indirect civilian reports.

- Experience implementing management approaches and methods that enhance effectiveness and efficiency of manning schemes aboard ships, recommending crew sizes to meet various needs, and using statistical information and initiatives that affect human capital in large and diverse sets of shipboard billets.

- Experience implementing United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Standards, Training, Certification, And Watch Keeping (WTCW) licensing and credentialing rules, CFRs, Navy regulations, operational reporting, and day to day operations of a major auxiliary force operating worldwide.

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 oversee the shaping or reshaping and determining the direction of all programs affecting CIVMAR placement and training in the Deck Community.
  • You will monitor all business operations affecting afloat personnel to ensure they are in compliance with MSC policy/ instructions and fiscal requirements.
  • You will evaluate requirements for special pay provisions impacting recruiting and retention programs.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/28/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/28/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12872138-26-ASK