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International Support Branch Chief

Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary of the Interior
Office of International Affairs (INT)

Summary

You will serve as an International Support Branch Chief with Office of the Secretary of Interior.

This position is located within the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of the Assistant Secretary-Insular, International, and Ocean Affairs, Office of International Affairs, International Support Branch located in Reston, VA or Washington, DC.

This vacancy announcement is open to Department of Interior (DOI) employees only.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Location
1 vacancy in the following locations:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—As determined by the agency policy. Full time telework or remote work is not available.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$143,913 - $187,093 per year

Pay will vary based on duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Pay scale & grade
GS 14
Promotion potential
None
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Travel may be required to attend meetings. Occasional international travel to developing countries is required. Such travel can be arduous and dangerous.
Appointment type
Permanent
Supervisory status
Yes
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Financial disclosure required
No
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
CBVY-27-13108646-IMP-RCW
Control number
892141800

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Clarification from the agency

This Merit Promotion announcement is open only to current Department of Interior (DOI) employees. This includes employees who are eligible under CTAP, ICTAP, or any of the hiring paths listed above. Individuals who meet a listed hiring authority but are not current DOI employees are not eligible for consideration under this announcement. Please refer to the Required Documents section for additional information.

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Duties

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This Merit Promotion announcement is open only to current Department of Interior (DOI) employees. This includes employees who are eligible under CTAP, ICTAP, or any of the hiring paths listed above. Individuals who meet a listed hiring authority but are not current DOI employees are not eligible for consideration under this announcement. Please refer to the Required Documents section for additional information.

This vacancy announcement is open to Department of Interior (DOI) employees only.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

  • Acquires and manages the necessary resources, including leadership support, financial resources, and key personnel, to support DOI program goals, and reduce overall organizational risk.
  • Plans work to be accomplished and establishes priorities and deadlines for employees based upon workload and abilities.
  • Provides advice and counsel to employees, interviews and selects candidates for positions within the bureau/office, makes promotions and reassignments, hears and resolves complaints from employees, initiates disciplinary action if required; and ensures specialized training is provided to enhance individual and collective operational effectiveness of personnel commensurate with their responsibilities.
  • Ensures reasonable equity among subordinates concerning performance standards, rating techniques, and assessment of subordinates.
  • Initiates and makes recommendations pertaining to employee awards; approves/disapproves leave and hears and promotes acceptance and adherence to the provisions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Program.
  • Exercises significant responsibilities engaging with leadership and other departments, divisions, and/or branches within the bureau/office.
  • Manages the planning, direction, and execution of all branch operations; and provides administrative and technical oversight to subordinate staff.
  • Determines goals and objectives that need additional emphasis; determines the best approach or solution for resolving budget shortages; and plans for long-term staffing needs.
  • Leads branch budget formulation and planning, developing annual and multi-year resource requirements aligned with DOI international priorities; prepares narrative justifications for submission to leadership and budget offices.
  • Oversees budget execution and financial management, monitoring obligations and expenditures in DOI financial systems (e.g., FBMS); ensures compliance with appropriations law and DOI fiscal policies.
  • Prepares executive level reports and briefings on budget status, resource utilization, and administrative operations; provides recommendations to leadership for strategic resource allocation and operational improvements.
  • Defines program objectives, resource allocation and optimization, strategic alignment, and performance measurement.
  • Develops branch strategies and annual operating plans that align with DOI and divisional priorities; establishes performance metrics, monitors progress and implements corrective actions to achieve mission outcomes.
  • Directs risk management and internal controls, identifying operational risks, establishing mitigation strategies, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and audit recommendations.
  • Oversees the development, execution, and implementation of international agreements that include foreign assistance to ensure consistency and alignment with Interior's international engagement strategy and administration priorities.
  • Maintains a comprehensive database of international agreements such as Memoranda of Understanding, Memoranda of Agreement, Project Annexes, and Letters of Agreement.

Salary Range Information (Per Annum): $143,913 - $187,093. *Pay will vary based on duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.*

This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
  • Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • Direct Deposit participation required.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
  • You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary OR 2-year trial period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.

This probationary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.

*Additional Requirements located under qualifications*

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement -11/12/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

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To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level:

Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-14 grade level, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal Service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:

  1. Performing budget execution and financial management activities through a financial management system to track obligations and expenditures, analyze funding trends, and ensure compliance with appropriations law, fiscal regulations, and agency financial policies.
  2. Assisting with the development of program objectives and performance measures to evaluate progress toward organizational goals and support mission accomplishment.
  3. Implementing interagency agreements involving foreign assistance.
  4. Leading or coordinating a multidisciplinary team to meet project milestones and objectives.
NOTE: Your resume must contain sufficient information in these areas to be found qualified. Your resume must include hours per week worked.

Must Meet All.


Volunteer Experience: 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.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Additional information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments. (https://appsupport-usastaffing.opm.gov/hc/en-us/sections/45063131363475-Reasonable-Accommodation-Information)

All DOI employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, DOI Ethics Prohibitions | U.S. Department of the Interior.

Physical Demands/Work Environment: The work is sedentary. Travel may be required to attend meetings. The pressure of peak workload periods can impose emotional stress. Occasional international travel to developing countries is required. Such travel can be arduous and dangerous. Work is performed in an office environment, though occasional domestic and international travel may be required.

The duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.

Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. Your resume must contain sufficient information in these areas to be found qualified. Your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of the USA Hire Assessment, if required.

All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.

Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

Office of the Secretary of the Interior

The Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation's natural resources and cultural heritage; provides scientific and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated Island Communities. Click here to learn more about the Department of the Interior and its bureaus.

The Office of the Secretary (OS) includes the Immediate Office of the Secretary, certain secretarial officers, designated staff immediately serving those officials and offices which serve department-wide functions or perform program functions directly on behalf of the Secretary. Click here to learn more about the Department of Interior Office of the Secretary.

Agency contact information

DOI Staffing Team 2 (OS/SOL)
Email
StaffingTeam2@ios.doi.gov
Address
Office of the Secretary
45600 Woodland Road
Sterling, VA 20166
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