Supervisory Workforce Development Specialist

Summary

This Supervisory Workforce Development Specialist position is open to all current Employment & Training Administration (ETA) employees serving on a career or career conditional appointment. This position is located under the United States Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration, San Francisco Regional Office. This position is outside the bargaining unit.

Duties

• Duties for this Position Include: Advises and assists the Regional Director on strategic planning, policy, program operations, and performance accountability for the development and administration of a national workforce development system. Supervises employees individually and in the work of teams. Links individual performance requirements to organizational goals. Incorporates organizational performance into discussions about individual ratings. Develops annual monitoring/technical assistance plans to accomplish organizational goals, establishing systems and methods to ensure efficient and effective management of resources; modifies resource allocations in response to changes in plans, goals or conditions; establishes evaluation systems to measure the quality of program products and services. Considers functional relationships among Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and partner agency programs and offices when planning for and managing resources. Identifies problem areas and suggests changes in resource requirements and modification to program plans. Adequately allocates resources to support risk mitigation and agency priority areas. Effectively represents the Department, Agency, and Regional Office internally and externally. Effectively communicates Departmental and Agency priorities. Promotes and sustains positive relationships with customers, stakeholders, and partners, to include collaboration with various officials from federal, state, and local government agencies, in an effort to build support for the overall ETA mission; works to foster understanding between and among these constituencies about how individual missions, goals, and objectives interact and impact service to workers and employers in the region. Facilitates discussions with grantees or groups of grantees with the intent of identifying common issues, ensuring compliance, delivering technical assistance, sharing and implementing departmental priorities, deescalating tense situations, and addressing compliance issues. Monitors the performance of assigned division with respect to the operational plan and ETA grants management guidance. Develops and recommends short and long-range program plans taking into consideration management objectives. Advises Regional Director on significant compliance issues with grantees, and assists in the development of technical assistance to address those compliance issues. Oversees the assessment of grantee data and ensures timely and responsive technical assistance using ETA wide risk analysis techniques and tools that identify grantees at greatest risk.

Qualifications

For GS-14: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of GS-13 in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Qualifying specialized experience includes three (3) or more of the following: - Experience applying comprehensive knowledge of federal legislation for workforce development programs. - Experience interpreting program data related to workforce development and developing proposed changes to workforce development programs. - Experience conducting oversight of and providing guidance to workforce development grant programs to help them meet program objectives and grant requirements. - Experience working collaboratively and maintaining cooperative relationships with officials in federal, state, and local government agencies and public entities. - Experience communicating effectively in oral and written presentations to officials, staff, and the general public. NOTE: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Education

There is no education substitution at this grade level.

How to apply

Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have speech disabilities, please dial 711 to access telecommunications relay services. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, including submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section. Your application and ALL required supplemental documents MUST be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the vacancy closing date to receive consideration. Important - Save your information before the 30 minute system timeout! For help, go to USAJOBS Help Center. STEP 1 - Create USAJOBS Account on www.usajobs.gov, including Resume and Saved Documents. For each employment period, include start/end month & year and note full-time or part-time (if part-time, include # of hours worked per week) otherwise, your application may be considered incomplete. NOTE: In alignment with the Presidential Memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, dated May 29, 2025, applicants may only submit a resume limited to two (2) pages. Only the résumé uploaded under the 'Resume" document type in USAJOBS will be reviewed. If the resume submitted exceeds two (2) pages, the application will be deemed ineligible for further consideration. STEP 2 - Complete the 1st part of the application process (USAJOBS). Once you have identified a job on USAJOBS that you wish to apply for, click on the job title and then click the Apply button. For questions about the vacancy, contact the Agency Contact at the bottom of the announcement. Proceed through the steps noted at the top of the USAJOBS page. You will be able to select a resume and documents from your USAJOBS Account that you can submit as a package as part of your DOL application. In the final step, once you have certified your application, click the Continue to agency site button. STEP 3 - Complete the 2nd part of the application process (DOL). On the Department of Labor (DOL) page, create a DOL Account if you have not already and click Apply to this vacancy. Continue through the progress steps at the top of the DOL page. The 2nd progress step is where you answer the vacancy-specific questions. The 3rd progress step Documents is where you submit the required documents (only if applicable to you) specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy. STEP 4 - On the Review and Submit step, verify each section of your application is complete and correct. In order to submit your application, you must have a check mark next to each section listed. If there is an X, return to the appropriate section and follow the prompts. When it is ready for submission, certify your application and click the Submit Application button. STEP 5 - Edit Application as needed by 11:59 pm Eastern Time of Closing Date by returning to USAJOBS, clicking the vacancy, then Update Application. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. For more detailed information on applying for positions with DOL click here to view the U.S. Department of Labor, How to Apply website.