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SECRETARY (OA)

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Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Jefferson, LA (In Person)

$58,029 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 weeks ago (Updated 1 day ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/14/2026

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SECRETARY
(OA) Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Regional Supervisor Production & Development and Regional Supervisor District Field Operions Summary The Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) works to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulory oversight and enforcement. For informion about our bureau go to: http://www.bsee.gov/ Learn more about this agency Summary The Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) works to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulory oversight and enforcement. For informion about our bureau go to: http://www.bsee.gov/ Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Jefferson, LA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $50,460 - $65,599 per year •First time hires to the federal government typically start the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level. Pay scale & grade GS 7 Promotion potential 7 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0318 Secretary Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
BSEE-EENN-26-AT-017
(MP) Control number 871056300 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This is a Merit Promotion announcement for BSEE employees and those who are eligible under the hiring phs listed. For further clarificion please click here: https://www.bsee.gov/wh-we-do/administrive-services/human-resources/eligibility Videos Duties Help This position is loced within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Gulf of America Region (GOAR), Regional Supervisor Production & Development and Regional Supervisor District Field Operions, Jefferson, LA. At the full performance level (GS-7) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Prepares explanions to support budget requests. Recommends approval or disapproval of expenditure requests based on availability of funds. 2. Examines, valides, and certifies for payment all invoices and supporting documents form contractors/vendors, and credit card purchases. Contacts vendors/contractors to correct any discrepancies and resolve problems. 3. Responsible for the preparion and submission of various accounting, fiscal, and budget reports. Informion to prepare the reports and support financial documents is compiled from a variety of sources. 4. Prepares all travel authorizions and travel vouchers for all office personnel traveling on official temporary duty. Ensures compliance with applicable rules, regulions, and policies which govern travel. 5. Makes travel arrangements for the staff and prepares detailed itineraries for travelers. 6. Oversees the training activity of the section, including coordining tendance of all regional or in-house training. 7. Prepares training requests and maintains tracking system relive to training for use in planning training and for budget preparion The BSEE has determined th the duties of this position are suitable for telework during emergencies only. This position is included in a bargaining unit. The American Federion of Government Employees (AFGE), Local 3457, is the exclusive representive of all employees in this bargaining unit. Salary Informion GS-07: Step 1: $50,460 - Step 10: $65,599 per annum. First time hires to the Federal government normally start the lower salary range of the grade level. This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen. You subject to a background/suitability investigion/determinion. You required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit. You must submit ALL required documents and a completed questionnaire.
Selective Service:
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service system, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
See http:
//www.sss.gov/.
Qualificions Minimum Qualificion Requirements:
To qualify for this position you must meet the Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. Specialized Experience To qualify for the GS-07 , you must possess least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience th equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and th is in or reled to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstred experience: 1. Preparing correspondence and/or documents for review; 2. Processing travel documents and ensuring they are in compliance with all applicable rules, regulions, and policies governing travel; 3. Making purchases for an office; 4. Managing an office budget; 5. Organizing and compiling documents for distribution; 6. Drafting, reviewing, and editing written correspondence to ensure effective content, grammar, and punctuion, and; 7. Managing correspondence and action documents for leadership review and/or signure consistent with agency policy; Must meet all 5 out of 7. Additional informion on the qualificion requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualificion Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available OPM's website: https://www.opm.gov/qualificions/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Merit Promotion candides must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements by the closing de of the announcement. Additional informion Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inapproprie language or informion in their applicion package ineligible for further considerion for this position. The applicion contains informion subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 USC 552a). The informion is used to determine qualificions for employment, and is authorized under Title 5, USC, Section 3302 and 3361.
Important Note :
All Department of the Interior (DOI) employees are subject to the conflict of interest restrictions imposed upon all employees of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and may be required to file a Financial Disclosure Report. In addition, DOI employees, GS-15 and above, who work in the Office of the Secretary; along with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) employees ( ALL grade levels), are further restricted concerning their interests in Federal lands and resources administered or controlled by the Department of the Interior. This includes holding stock in energy corporions which lease Federal lands (e.g.: oil, gas, coal, alternive energy resources, etc.). If you have any such investments you should contact the DOI, BOEM or BSEE Ethics Office before accepting employment. DOI employees are held to the highest level of integrity. Employees must be objective and impartial in the performance of their work. All potential issues (e.g.: work-reled interactions with friends, family members, or previous employers) must be disclosed the time of applicion or during the interview process.
NOTICE:
This employer participes in E-Verify and will utilize your Form I-9 informion to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work with the U.S. Department of the Interior. The preliminary background check consists of a search of Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense background investigion files and an FBI Nional Criminal History Fingerprint Check; it may take up to 3 weeks to complete. If selected for this position, you extended a tentive offer of employment pending a sisfactory background check. Current Federal employees or individuals with an existing completed background investigion may not be required to undergo another background check; these handled on a case-by-case basis in coordinion with the Bureau security office. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Once the applicion process is complete, we will review your applicion to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume, supporting documention and responses to the online questionnaire made. Your responses to the online assessment used to measure the degree to which your background mches the requirements for this position. However, your resume must support your responses to the scored occupional questionnaire, or your score may be lowered. The best qualified candides identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview.
NOTE:
After the closing de of the vacancy announcement, you will receive two narrive technical questions via email. These two questions were developed by subject-mter experts. You required to respond to all narrive questions, addressing each question separely within 48 hours. Please give a complete and detailed answer for each question. Do not enter "Refer to Resume" to explain your answer. Applicions directing the reader to search within the applicion or to "See Resume" or failure to submit a narrive for each response in the given timeframe considered incomplete and
WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Your responses to the questions evalued by a subject mter expert. Falsifying your background, educion, and/or experience is cause for removing you from further considerion. Please note th a complete applicion is required for considerion. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see wh must be included in a complete applicion).
DUE WEIGHT
Due Weight Considerion is a review process used to provide considerion to performance appraisals and awards submitted with each applicion on a used merit promotion certifice and factoring the results into the merit promotion selection process. Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available. Please indice if any prior performance appraisals/evaluions were an acceptable level. It is your responsibility to obtain and upload your performance appraisal/evaluion and/or list of awards prior to the closing of the vacancy announcement. To preview the assessment questionnaire click: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12970786 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Please limit y our resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. Your resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the specialized experience requirements as sted in this vacancy announcement and OPM qualificion standards for each grade level(s) for which you are applying. It is strongly recommended th you use the USAJobs Resume Builder as it was designed to ensure th your resume includes the standard informion needed. The Resume Builder is available https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/documents/resume/build .
Your applicion package must include:
(1) Resume showing relevant experience as written in your own words; (2) Completed online Assessment Questionnaire; (3) SF-50's showing (1) your highest FPL, and (2) most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, tenure, and duty stion. Please note th all SF-50's submitted must show th you are a stus candide or eligible under this announcement. Please refer to the eligibility in the online questionnaire for more informion; (3) College transcript (if applicable) for verificion of qualifying educion. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; (4) Certifices, license, etc. (if applicable); (5) Form
DD-214 OR VA
letter and Standard Form 15, if eligible under VEOA or VRA; (6) Proof of eligibility if applying under a special appointing authority; (7) Current or former Government employees are strongly encouraged to submit a recent performance appraisal.
NOTE:
Applicants claiming eligibility under VEOA or VRA, must submit a copy of your DD-214, "Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty," (Member 4 copy is preferred), showing the des of active duty, type of discharge, and character of service (must be honorable); OR acceptable proof of verificion of your preference (i.e., official document, ded 1991 or ler, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying th the veterans total combined serviced-connected disability ring is 10% or more).
NOTE:
Applicants claiming eligibility based on 30% or more service connected disability, you are required to submit documention th is indiced on the SF-15 as acceptable proof of verificion of your preference (i.e., official document, ded 1991 or ler, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying th the veterans total combined serviced-connected disability ring is 30% or more. You will find additional informion on the following topics: (1) e-Verify; (2) Selective Service; (3)
CTAP/ICTAP
; (4) Educion - accredition; (5) Foreign educion; (6) Veterans preference; (7) Special appointing authority documention; and more can be found on our web site: https://www.bsee.
gov/careers/usajobs-assistance OR https:
//www.boem.gov/about-boem/boem-employment . If you are claiming
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibility, you must submit proof by the closing de of the announcement th you meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP or you will not receive priority considerion. The proof includes a copy of the agency notice, your most recent Performance Ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty stion. To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, you must earn a minimum score of 85 or above (prior to the assignment of veteran's preference) on the ring criteria for this position. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Your complete applicion, including required documents, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. To apply on-line, you must complete and submit an applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website www.usajobs.gov . To begin, click the Apply Online button near the bottom of this screen and follow the prompts to register into your USAJOBS account, answer the questions, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account www.usajobs.gov and click on "Applicion Stus." Click on the position title, and then select Apply Online to continue. Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Agency contact informion Adarian Thompson Phone 504-736-2878 adarian_thompson@ios.doi.gov Address Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA 20166 US Next steps You can track the progress of your applicion package via your USAJobs account. You will receive an acknowledgment from USAJobs th your submission was successful, once we have received your on-line assessment questionnaire, resume and any supporting documention. You notified of the stus of your applicion via your USAJobs account after we conduct a qualificion review of your complete applicion package. You contacted if further evaluion or interviews are required. Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Please limit y our resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. Your resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the specialized experience requirements as sted in this vacancy announcement and OPM qualificion standards for each grade level(s) for which you are applying. It is strongly recommended th you use the USAJobs Resume Builder as it was designed to ensure th your resume includes the standard informion needed. The Resume Builder is available https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/documents/resume/build .
Your applicion package must include:
(1) Resume showing relevant experience as written in your own words; (2) Completed online Assessment Questionnaire; (3) SF-50's showing (1) your highest FPL, and (2) most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, tenure, and duty stion. Please note th all SF-50's submitted must show th you are a stus candide or eligible under this announcement. Please refer to the eligibility in the online questionnaire for more informion; (3) College transcript (if applicable) for verificion of qualifying educion. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; (4) Certifices, license, etc. (if applicable); (5) Form
DD-214 OR VA
letter and Standard Form 15, if eligible under VEOA or VRA; (6) Proof of eligibility if applying under a special appointing authority; (7) Current or former Government employees are strongly encouraged to submit a recent performance appraisal.
NOTE:
Applicants claiming eligibility under VEOA or VRA, must submit a copy of your DD-214, "Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty," (Member 4 copy is preferred), showing the des of active duty, type of discharge, and character of service (must be honorable); OR acceptable proof of verificion of your preference (i.e., official document, ded 1991 or ler, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying th the veterans total combined serviced-connected disability ring is 10% or more).
NOTE:
Applicants claiming eligibility based on 30% or more service connected disability, you are required to submit documention th is indiced on the SF-15 as acceptable proof of verificion of your preference (i.e., official document, ded 1991 or ler, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying th the veterans total combined serviced-connected disability ring is 30% or more. You will find additional informion on the following topics: (1) e-Verify; (2) Selective Service; (3)
CTAP/ICTAP
; (4) Educion - accredition; (5) Foreign educion; (6) Veterans preference; (7) Special appointing authority documention; and more can be found on our web site: https://www.bsee.
gov/careers/usajobs-assistance OR https:
//www.boem.gov/about-boem/boem-employment . If you are claiming
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibility, you must submit proof by the closing de of the announcement th you meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP or you will not receive priority considerion. The proof includes a copy of the agency notice, your most recent Performance Ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty stion. To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, you must earn a minimum score of 85 or above (prior to the assignment of veteran's preference) on the ring criteria for this position. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Your complete applicion, including required documents, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. To apply on-line, you must complete and submit an applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website www.usajobs.gov . To begin, click the Apply Online button near the bottom of this screen and follow the prompts to register into your USAJOBS account, answer the questions, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account www.usajobs.gov and click on "Applicion Stus." Click on the position title, and then select Apply Online to continue. Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Adarian Thompson Phone 504-736-2878 adarian_thompson@ios.doi.gov Address Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA 20166 US Next steps You can track the progress of your applicion package via your USAJobs account. You will receive an acknowledgment from USAJobs th your submission was successful, once we have received your on-line assessment questionnaire, resume and any supporting documention. You notified of the stus of your applicion via your USAJobs account after we conduct a qualificion review of your complete applicion package. You contacted if further evaluion or interviews are required. Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Jefferson, LA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $50,460 - $65,599 per year •First time hires to the federal government typically start the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level. Pay scale & grade GS 7 Promotion potential 7 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
BSEE-EENN-26-AT-017
(MP) Control number 871056300