This position is located in the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), The incumbent performs professional work involving the promoting, coordinating, and improving education policies, programs, standards, activities, and opportunities in accordance with national policies and objectives.
APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 50 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 50th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first. We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.
As an Education Program Specialist, GS-1712-13, FPL GS-13, you will be responsible for: Providing substantial input into the development of education objectives, policies, and long-range work priorities for the program unit to which assigned. Providing broad levels of advice to managers in virtually all aspects of the program and activities related to it.
Providing authoritative leadership and guidance for important special projects that have a significant bearing on the direction and operation of the organizational unit. Representing the Office in a variety of meetings and conferences and maintains effective relations with lay and professional organizations and education officials at the federal, state and local levels.
Handling the most complex features of the operational aspects of the program, providing coordination and leadership where necessary to other members of the staff and/or representatives from other organizations. Initiating, planning, and providing leadership for national, state and local meetings, seminars, and conferences for the purpose of providing training to professional specialists on major program activities.
This position has a positive education requirement. Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in a field related to the work of the position to be filled, of which at least 9 semester hours must have been in education courses.
OR Combination of education and experience -- at least 24 semester hours in a field related to the work of the position to be filled, of which at least 9 semester hours must have been in education courses, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience must reflect the level and kind described in C below. OR Four years of experience that demonstrated a thorough understanding of the principles and practices underlying the work of this series.
This experience must have been of such character and diversity to demonstrate that the applicant possesses an understanding of the field comparable to that normally acquired through successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university. OR At least 1 full academic year of professional teaching experience.
This experience is defined as full and primary responsibility, under general supervision, for instruction of assigned students in an accredited school or institution. This includes responsibility for preparing and presenting lessons and for evaluating students' progress, including a determination of the students' success or failure according to established criteria.
Serving in an assistant capacity to a professor without the authority to determine the students' success or failure to meet course requirements does not meet this criterion. Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position and grade level.
Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, please click Foreign Education.
As an ED employee, you will also benefit from our family-friendly work environment. As part of our commitment to maintain a work life balance, we offer excused leave for Parent/Teacher Conferences (3 hours); excused leave for annual health screenings (4 hours); and matching leave for community volunteer service. Other flexibilities that may be available to you include alternative work schedules. You may be eligible to receive a recruitment incentive for this position.
To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon. You may be eligible to receive a relocation incentive for this position. To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
You may be eligible to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program as a recruitment incentive for this position. To receive student loan repayments, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
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tyra.hunter@ed.gov · (202) 219-1528
This position is with Department of Education Headquarters, Department of Education.
The posted pay range is $106437 – $172980/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-13.
There are 7 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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