Program Specialist

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/19/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must possess one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-6 level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience includes but not limited to: Office administration and systems development to prioritize work assigned, provide information to customers in a timely manner, Skill of office automation systems and word processing products (Excel, Power Point, Access, Word, Share Point. Etc). Skill to perform data entry functions with accuracy. Skill to plan and organize a wide array of work and track multiple deliverables, projects and deadlines.

Skill to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, to express thought clearly, and to develop ideas in a logical sequence. Skill to negotiate effectively with internal and external customers to accept and implement recommendations and partner on initiatives. Proficiency Requirement: In additional to meeting experience requirements, applicants for this position must show possession of the following skills: Ability to type 40 words per minutes For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.