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Drug Program Specialist Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary of the Interior Interior Business Center Summary This position is part of the Interior Business Center (IBC), Human Resources Directore (HRD), IBC Human Resources Directore. The incumbent responsible for coordining and faciliting all pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion/cause, post-accident, return to duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the Interior Business Center (IBC), Human Resources Directore (HRD), IBC Human Resources Directore. The incumbent responsible for coordining and faciliting all pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion/cause, post-accident, return to duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday • Apply by 07/17/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 17, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
IBC-26-MP-12998738DC
Control number 875513000 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 Current career or career conditional employee under the Interior Business Center (IBC) within the Department of the Interior (DOI) OR a current IBC employee eligible for a special hiring authority (e.g., Severely Disabled, 30% or more compensable disabled veteran, etc.) Videos Duties Help Executes the full range of drug and alcohol testing operions, including coordining testing requests, administering all collection types, ensuring regulory compliance, and resolving complex or sensitive collection issues. Serves as a senior technical specialist, providing guidance, mentoring, training, and day-to-day support to lower-graded specialists to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of testing processes. Oversees coordinion with contractors and stakeholders, addressing escaled issues with laborories, collectors, and Medical Review Officers; recommending procedural improvements; and supporting cost-effective program operions. Monitors and evalues program performance, compiling and analyzing testing metrics, resolving discrepancies or reporting problems, conducting quality control reviews, and preparing formal responses for internal and external oversight bodies. Provides administrive and operional support, preparing program documents and reports, maintaining organized records and files, arranging meetings or events, and supporting efficient daily program operions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Suitable for Federal employment, determined by background investigion. Direct Deposit of pay is required. Selective Service registrion required for male applicants, unless exempt. Stus candides must meet time-in-grade (see Qualificions). Qualificions At the GS-12 level, you must meet the following qualificion: One year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-11 level. Specialized experience is th which has equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position is experience performing and overseeing drug and alcohol testing processes independently, ensuring compliance with all regulions and proper chain-of-custody; providing senior technical guidance and support to team members on complex testing issues and customer situions; coordining with contractors, labs, and Medical Review Officers to resolve testing problems and improve operions; analyzing testing da, resolving discrepancies, and preparing reports or responses for internal or external stakeholders; and responding to customer inquiries, providing training, and using automed systems (such as Excel) to track and manage testing informion. Only experience and educion obtained by the closing de of this announcement This position requires th you obtain and maintain the Professional Collector Training Certificion within 90 days.
TIME-IN-GRADE
: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional informion Reasonable Accommodion (RA)
Requests :
If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a RA for Online Assessments .
Career Transition Assistance Programs :
CTAP provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. To be considered under CTAP, applicants must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), score least 85 on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Please refer to Required Documents section for additional details. For informion on CTAP here :
Appointment Authorities :
For more informion on appointment authority eligibility requirements: Persons with Disabilities-Schedule A Special Hiring Authorities for
Veterans Other Special Appointment Authorities Telework Suitability :
The duties of this position are suitable for occasional telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval and if they meet the eligibility criterion in the 2010 Telework Act.
Stipulions of Employment:
Selection may require completion of a 1-year probionary period. This position is subject to a negive drug test prior to entrance on duty, and random drug testing while you occupy the position.
Work Schedule:
This position allows for a flexible work schedule.
Miscellaneous :
DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify . This vacancy announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days. 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. Once the applicion process is complete, your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), and the result of the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment(s) required for this position. Cheing on the online assessment may result in your removal from considerion. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. You evalued for this job based on: The experience listed in your resume and how well you meet the experience listed in the qualificion section of announcement and the competencies listed. The result of the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment(s) required for this position You assessed on the following technical and soft skill competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making •Technical Competency - Drug & Alcohol Testing Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Oral Communicion Problem Solving Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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. 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 To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment mm/yy and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted, only the most current resume reviewed for qualificions. 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. 2. SF-50 or DD-214
Your most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent) showing th you are/were in the competitive service, as well as the highest grade (or promotion potential) held, on a permanent basis. If this informion is unverifiable, you may be red ineligible. 3.
Due Weight Considerion:
Performance Appraisal List of Awards over last five years 4.
Other supporting documents:
SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities Non-competitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
Career Transition Assistance Program Documention:
If you are applying under CTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility under 5 CFR 330.602(a) for CTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance ring, and a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your position, grade level, and duty locion. Please annote your applicion to reflect th you are applying as a CTAP eligible Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Cover letter, optional Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.
Note:
A PDF Portfolio contains multiple files assembled into an integred PDF unit. The files in a PDF Portfolio can be in a wide range of file types creed in different applicions. To ensure the document is not a PDF Portfolio document, open the document and if there are multiple different documents with a variety of extensions, it is a PDF Portfolio document and will not be processed. Do not upload documents with sensitive informion. It is your responsibility to redact sensitive informion of the documents you are uploading. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing de of the announcement. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: To begin the applicion process, click Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. You may preview the
Applicion Questionnaire :
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12998738 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. Read the Eligibility questions carefully . The questions address if you are eligible to apply to this JOA. Your responses will affect your considerion for the position. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. You will only be considered under the options you have selected. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility questions, you will not be considered for this position. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the assessment; however, most applicants complete the assessment in less time. If you need to stop the assessment and continue a ler time, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for general informion, practice assessments and assessment preparion resources. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ). There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit Applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Agency contact informion Krystal Simmons Krystal_Simmons@ibc.doi.gov Address IBC Human Resources Directore One Denver Federal Center Building 48 Denver, CO 80225 US Next steps If you have questions about this job , please contact the HR Office representive listed in the "Agency Contact Info" section of this vacancy announcement. For stus updes on your applicion, please follow the directions listed above in the How to Apply section. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. If you are selected for an interview for this position, you contacted directly. A final job offer for this position is typically made within several weeks after the closing de of the vacancy announcement. After confirming a job offer, all other applicants notified of their non-selection. 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 To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment mm/yy and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted, only the most current resume reviewed for qualificions. 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. 2. SF-50 or DD-214
Your most recent non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent) showing th you are/were in the competitive service, as well as the highest grade (or promotion potential) held, on a permanent basis. If this informion is unverifiable, you may be red ineligible. 3.
Due Weight Considerion:
Performance Appraisal List of Awards over last five years 4.
Other supporting documents:
SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities Non-competitive appointment authority documention, if applicable
Career Transition Assistance Program Documention:
If you are applying under CTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility under 5 CFR 330.602(a) for CTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance ring, and a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your position, grade level, and duty locion. Please annote your applicion to reflect th you are applying as a CTAP eligible Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Cover letter, optional Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.
Note:
A PDF Portfolio contains multiple files assembled into an integred PDF unit. The files in a PDF Portfolio can be in a wide range of file types creed in different applicions. To ensure the document is not a PDF Portfolio document, open the document and if there are multiple different documents with a variety of extensions, it is a PDF Portfolio document and will not be processed. Do not upload documents with sensitive informion. It is your responsibility to redact sensitive informion of the documents you are uploading. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing de of the announcement. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: To begin the applicion process, click Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. You may preview the
Applicion Questionnaire :
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12998738 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. Read the Eligibility questions carefully . The questions address if you are eligible to apply to this JOA. Your responses will affect your considerion for the position. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. You will only be considered under the options you have selected. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility questions, you will not be considered for this position. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the assessment; however, most applicants complete the assessment in less time. If you need to stop the assessment and continue a ler time, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for general informion, practice assessments and assessment preparion resources. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ). There you will find a record of your applicion, the applicion stus, and an option to Edit Applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Krystal Simmons Krystal_Simmons@ibc.doi.gov Address IBC Human Resources Directore One Denver Federal Center Building 48 Denver, CO 80225 US Next steps If you have questions about this job , please contact the HR Office representive listed in the "Agency Contact Info" section of this vacancy announcement. For stus updes on your applicion, please follow the directions listed above in the How to Apply section. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. If you are selected for an interview for this position, you contacted directly. A final job offer for this position is typically made within several weeks after the closing de of the vacancy announcement. After confirming a job offer, all other applicants notified of their non-selection. 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 yesterday • Apply by 07/17/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 17, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. 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 Yes Security clearance Top Secret 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
