Supervisory Program Specialist (Workforce Development)

Powering the Pacific Northwest by Powering Our People as our Next Workforce Development Leader

You already know how vital Bonneville Power Administrations mission is to the economic and environmental health of the Pacific Northwest. Now you have the unique opportunity to step into a key leadership role where you can directly influence the capability and readiness of our entire workforce. If you are ready to leverage your knowledge build on your career journey with us and empower the dedicated teams who keep the lights on in the Pacific Northwest this leadership path is for you.

As a vital leader on our HRSC management team you will move beyond daily operations to drive enterprise-wide growth mentorship and talent resilience. Here is how you will make your greatest impact:

• Chief Talent Strategist and Trusted Advisor: Serve as the premier internal consultant to leadership on workforce capabilities. You will analyze emerging organizational needs identify critical skill gaps and provide expert advice to help teams throughout the agency adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing energy landscape.
• Architect of Agency-Wide Learning Pathways: Design and implement the overarching strategy for professional development across all levels of the organization-from foundational staff to executive leaders. You will oversee agency-wide business systems leadership training and critical technical programs that keep our people highly skilled and competitive.
• Guardian of BPAs Intellectual Capital: Lead the charge in safeguarding our collective operational knowledge. By spearheading advanced succession planning strategies establishing knowledge-transfer tools and developing a modern knowledge-management framework you will ensure our critical technical expertise is successfully passed to the next generation of professionals.
• High-Impact Liaison to Federal Leadership: Represent our local team and regional priorities on a broader stage as the primary liaison to Department of Energy (DOE) Human Capital. You will collaborate on high-level projects align systems and advocate for courses of action that support both BPAs business objectives and federal initiatives.
• Empowering Leader and Career Mentor: Directly guide motivate and mentor a talented team of training this role you will foster a collaborative and equitable culture set performance expectations support professional growth and champion workplace diversity and inclusion.
• Champion of Operational Innovation: Cultivate a highly efficient customer-focused and modern learning environment. You will evaluate current workflows proactively eliminate administrative bottlenecks and introduce creative process improvements to elevate the quality of training services we deliver.
• Strategic HR Ambassador: Represent our workforce development programs in direct collaborations with other federal agencies state and local authorities public and private utilities and industry groups. You will negotiate resources build consensus on complex initiatives and align our programs with national industry standards.
• Curator of Cutting-Edge Educational Programs: Oversee the full lifecycle of training programs balancing internal curriculum development with external vendor management. You will evaluate training needs using industry best practices to ensure that our course catalogs required training programs and external learning options remain modern relevant and impactful.

In accordance with Executive Order 14170 applicants are encouraged to respond to four short free-response essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.

When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.

Key Requirements:

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.

• First time supervisors will be required to serve a 1 year probationary period.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

A qualified candidates resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-14) in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as: experience 1) leading the planning and implementation of workforce development programs for a large organization such as leadership training succession planning or knowledge management; 2) serving as a first-level supervisor with responsibilities for assigning work evaluating employee performance and providing guidance on career development; AND 3) conducting instructional design activities and facilitating training programs to meet business needs.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

CTAP candidates: To be considered well qualified you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.