SPECIAL PROGRAMS DEPUTY BRANCH HEAD

SPECIAL PROGRAMS DEPUTY BRANCH HEAD

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia

Salary Range: $169279 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as a SPECIAL PROGRAMS DEPUTY BRANCH HEAD within IMMEDIATE OFC OF CHIEF OF NVL OPS.

Major Duties:

• You will report directly to the Deputy Director and serve as a focal point for a broad range of special access program support, multi-level security determinations and all programmatic oversight requirements, issues, functions, and policies.
• You will be required to lead, direct, and coordinate division and branch actions and efforts, establish effective communication channels to assist with alignment and sync in areas that require special access.
• You will represent N98 during Special Access Program reviews and Liaison with N9SP to review, track, monitor, coordinate and align funding priorities.
• You will lead efforts to identify, assess, and demonstrate the effectiveness of new concepts, approaches, and relationships, which may be applied to achieve specific productivity, process, and performance improvements.
• You will enable and support the Air Warfare Division leadership team with strategy development, planning, analysis, special program oversight, and management expertise necessary to establish and maintain coherent decision-making processes.

Qualifications: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Integrating, preparing, developing, and assessing the executive-level decision making and briefing materials for all matters including policy, oversight, administration, programs, resources, requirements, and fleet implementation. 2) Exercising the principal responsibility of leading a team in the development of an executable resourcing strategy to address strategic and operational capability and capacity gaps in all Type/Model/Series platforms and peripheral weapons systems. 3) Performing strategic and detailed analysis as necessary to support the development, implementation, and oversight in accordance with established goals and objectives. 4) Developing and supporting the implementation of criteria and methodologies that establish programmatic baselines for use in objectively and credibly determining appropriate levels. 5) Analyzing, formulating, and managing staffing and other operations requirements necessary to perform the organizational mission and meet strategic goals. 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.

How to Apply: Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 03/13/2026. Applications received after 03/13/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://mydon.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriately. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-13