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Supervisory Program Manager (Assistant Director)

Department of State - Agency Wide

Department of State

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Salary

$131,009 - $170,317

per year

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April 24, 2026More State jobs →

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 is for an Assistant Director at a passport agency in Cincinnati, Ohio, where you'll help lead the team in managing passport issuance, fighting fraud, and creating policies to keep the process running smoothly.

It involves supervising staff, planning budgets, and analyzing trends to improve operations nationwide.

A good fit would be someone with strong leadership skills, experience in government programs, and the ability to handle high-pressure situations while staying objective and adaptable.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-13 level in federal service, including developing administrative programs, policies, and objectives
  • Experience analyzing and evaluating program operations to meet goals
  • Knowledge of administrative laws, policies, and regulations for key programs
  • Experience planning, directing, and coordinating passport adjudication, processing, anti-fraud, and acceptance activities
  • Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others
  • Demonstrated objectivity, fairness, adaptability to change and pressure, openness to new ideas, and commitment to completing tasks
  • 52 weeks of time-in-grade at the next lower grade for federal applicants

Full Job Description

This position is located in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Cinciannti Passport Agency.

This position serves as a Supervisory Program Manager, with a working title of Assistant Director and contributes toward the directorate's policy guidance efforts by assisting the agency's Director to lead the Passport Agency.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CONSULAR AFFAIRS VISIT: https://www.state.gov/about-us-bureau-of-consular-affairs/ Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.

NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience developing new or modified administrative programs policies, regulations, goals, or objectives; Experience analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of line program operations and meeting established goals and objectives; Experience demonstrating knowledge of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the administration of key programs; and Experience planning, directing and coordinating program activities related to the passport adjudication, processing, anti-fraud, and acceptance function There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.

In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities: Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others; Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances; Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress; Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and Capacity to "see the job through." Major Duties:

  • Actively participating in nationwide strategic planning for the management of the passport function
  • Analyzing the prevailing political, social, and economic conditions that could impact changes and analyzing trends in efforts to obtain passports through fraud or deceit in order to develop Passport Services Directorate policies
  • Participating in the development, justification, and defense of overall annual budget for the Directorate. Identifying and justifying changes needed in levels of resources and developing contingency plans should added resources not be forthcoming

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/13/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CA-2026-0116