You will serve as a EDUCATION SUPPORT SPECIALIST in the Academic Administration of NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL (NPS).

Duties

You will coordinate and manage sponsored education support agreements and as a result of those efforts manage the enrollment and tracking of students and their funding at the NPS. You will draft, review and/or edit agreements and any other required associated documents to ensure conformance with federal, DoD/DoN and local policy and format prior to submission to required reviewers. You will liaise between NPS Sponsored Education Officer, reimbursable education program managers. You will monitor NPS degree, certificate program and per course applicants in the NPS applicant/student management system.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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) Using office automation software to prepare a wide variety of documents; 2) Overseeing all education support agreements with partners in accordance with DOD guidelines; 3) Maintaining a tracking system for support agreements to record current processes and agreement status; and 4) Monitor all degrees and certificate program applicants for agreement status. 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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

master's or equivalent graduate degree

or

2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.B. or J.D., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL 1 University Circle Monterey, CA 93943 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]