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Nive Hawaiian Program Specialist Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Summary This position is loced in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), Office of Nive American Programs (ONAP). This opportunity is also open to Stus Candides under Announcement 26-HUD-12980008 . Please refer to th announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), Office of Nive American Programs (ONAP). This opportunity is also open to Stus Candides under Announcement 26-HUD-12980008 . Please refer to th announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 29, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Honolulu, HI Setle, WA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $131,310 - $183,782 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1101 General Business And Industry Supervisory stus Yes 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 High Risk (HR) 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 26-HUD-12980007-P Control number 873713700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. 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 1. U.S Citizens or U.S. Nionals; no prior federal experience is required.
2.
ICTAP/CTAP
eligibles. Duties Help HUD's Mission The mission of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people. The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country. This position is loced in the Office of Public and Indian Housing's Office of Nive American Programs (ONAP). ONAP's mission is to increase the supply of safe, decent, and affordable housing available to nive families; strengthen communities by improving living conditions and creing economic opportunities for tribes and nive residents; and ensure fiscal integrity in the operion of the programs it administers. ONAP administers housing and community development programs th benefit American Indian and Alaska Nive tribal governments, tribal members, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Nive Hawaiians, and other Nive American Organizions through a staff of Headquarters and Field employees. As a Nive Hawaiian Program Specialist , you will: Cree and implement policies, program standards, procedures and guidelines (e.g. for use by program recipients and lenders) in response to the unique problems and issues reled to Hawaiian Home Lands and other Nive Hawaiian programs. Initie and prepare comprehensive policy documents; recommends stutory changes to the Nive Hawaiian housing and loan guarantee programs; analyzes and comments on pending legislion, regulions, and guidelines prepared by other offices internal and external to PIH. Formules guidelines, such as SOPs, and provides technical advice, guidance, and interpretion of complex policies and procedures regarding the Nive Hawaiian loan guarantee programs to program participants, the financial community, and other entities. Coordines with the other Federal agencies as approprie. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Candides selected for a job assigned to one of the official duty stions listed in this announcement. Failure to report to duty the locion for which the candide is selected may be grounds for a disciplinary action, including removal.
Key Requirements:
Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional. A one year probionary period may be required. Continued employment is contingent upon supervisory certificion th continued employment nefit the Federal Service; the certificion will occur no less than 30 days before the end of the probionary/trial period. A one year supervisory or managerial probionary period may be required. Must successfully complete a background investigion. Public Trust - Background Investigion required. Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, the time requested by the agency. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-reled travel. Please refer to "Additional Informion Section for additional Conditions of Employment." Qualificions You must meet the following requirements by the closing de of this announcement.
Specialized Experience:
For the GS-14 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience responding to grantee inquiries, identifying programmic or compliance gaps, and creing tailored training or technical-assistance packages (e.g., handouts, presentions, sample forms) to address those needs; AND Experience reviewing housing plans and grant applicions, reserving and obliging funds, preparing award agreements, conducting risk assessments, and monitoring recipient performance through audits, on-site reviews, and corrective-action tracking; AND Experience conducting analytical studies of housing issues affecting Nive Hawaiian communities, evaluing policy effectiveness, developing NOFO reled guidance, and preparing reports for senior leadership, Congress, and oversight bodies. The experience may have been gained in either the public, prive sector or volunteer service . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prored basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indice des of employment by month/day/year, and indice number of hours worked per week on your resume. Educion The educion generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions . Additional informion
OTHER INFORMATION
We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). HUD offers alternive and flexible work schedules. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies for similar positions across HUD. During the online applicion process, you asked to specify if you would like your applicion informion shared with other hiring managers in the Program Office listed in this announcement or in other HUD Program Offices. Opting to share your applicion informion will not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor will it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
(CONTINUED): HUD employees are subject to a number of government-wide and HUD specific ethics laws and regulions, including restrictions on working in a real este reled business, and having Section 8 tenants, along with other prohibited interests and activities. To review applicable ethics rules and HUD specific restrictions, please https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/general_counsel/ethics .
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS
If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended, th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodion in your online applicion. Requests for Reasonable Accommodions for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for Reasonable Accommodion must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodions 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. 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 Reasonable Accommodion, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodions_for_USA_Hire 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. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and the result of the online assessments required for this position. Please be sure th your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determinion. In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on the online assessment may also result in your removal from considerion.
Ring :
You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): The Federal Supervisor Assessment questions target seven critical supervisory competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, flexibility, interpersonal skills, problem solving, and resilience. To be considered for final selection, applicants must demonstre highly qualified experience in these designed competencies in the applicion review. Cegory ring used to rank and select eligible candides. If qualified, you assigned to one of three quality level cegories: Best (highest quality cegory), Better (middle quality cegory), or Good (minimally qualified cegory) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, educion, and training reled to this position. Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles listed the top of their assigned cegory and considered before non-preference-eligibles in th cegory. Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more listed the top of the highest cegory.
Referral :
If you are among the top qualified candides, your applicion may be referred to a selecting official for considerion. You may be required to participe in a selection interview. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan(CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP )) you must be assigned the middle cegory or better to be red as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority. 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 A complete applicion includes: 1.
A resume:
All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) USA Jobs restricts resume uploads to a maximum of 2 pages . Resumes tached in other sections (such as "Documents" or "Other") will not be considered in the determinion of specialized experience. If multiple resumes are submitted, the resume submitted last (based on time stamp) the only one reviewed as a part of your applicion. To ensure readability, resumes must be formted using an easy-to-read font (such as Lo, Calibri, or Arial) with a minimum font size of 10-points and margins no smaller than 0.5 inches. Failure to follow these formting guidelines may result in disqualificion from further considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/de/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. For resume writing guidance, please USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? 2.
Vacancy question responses:
All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement. 3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).
VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
If you are claiming veterans preference, please see applicant guide for required documention . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documention as outlined in the applicant guide.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(CTAP)
OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(ICTAP)
DOCUMENTATION
: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click
CTAP/ICTAP
for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible. How to Apply Help HUD has partnered with the Department of Treasury to provide certain personnel services to its organizion. Treasury's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applicions, and extending job offers. Please review the entire announcement before applying. The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing de. HUD provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the applicion and hiring process. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion: Log into your USAJOBS account ( USAJOBS Login ) A list of announcements in which you have applied the Welcome screen Under "applicion stus," click "Track this applicion" and you taken to the agency website where you can check your applicion stus. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you wish to make changes/updes to your applicion and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Upde Applicion" to be taken back to your applicion. No updes can be made once the announcement has closed. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your applicion and job stus To preview the questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12980007 The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the de of alleged non-compliance by contacting: FairChanceAct@hud.gov Wh are criminal history inquiries? Agency contact informion Applicant Call Center Phone 304-480-7300 hudinquiries@fiscal.treasury.gov Address Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Treasury Common Services Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US Next steps After you have completed your initial applicion, you presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. We will review your resume and transcript(s) (if approprie) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigion. 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 A complete applicion includes: 1.
A resume:
All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) USA Jobs restricts resume uploads to a maximum of 2 pages . Resumes tached in other sections (such as "Documents" or "Other") will not be considered in the determinion of specialized experience. If multiple resumes are submitted, the resume submitted last (based on time stamp) the only one reviewed as a part of your applicion. To ensure readability, resumes must be formted using an easy-to-read font (such as Lo, Calibri, or Arial) with a minimum font size of 10-points and margins no smaller than 0.5 inches. Failure to follow these formting guidelines may result in disqualificion from further considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/de/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. For resume writing guidance, please USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? 2.
Vacancy question responses:
All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement. 3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).
VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
If you are claiming veterans preference, please see applicant guide for required documention . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documention as outlined in the applicant guide.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(CTAP)
OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(ICTAP)
DOCUMENTATION
: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click
CTAP/ICTAP
for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible. How to Apply Help HUD has partnered with the Department of Treasury to provide certain personnel services to its organizion. Treasury's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applicions, and extending job offers. Please review the entire announcement before applying. The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing de. HUD provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the applicion and hiring process. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion: Log into your USAJOBS account ( USAJOBS Login ) A list of announcements in which you have applied the Welcome screen Under "applicion stus," click "Track this applicion" and you taken to the agency website where you can check your applicion stus. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you wish to make changes/updes to your applicion and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Upde Applicion" to be taken back to your applicion. No updes can be made once the announcement has closed. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your applicion and job stus To preview the questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12980007 The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the de of alleged non-compliance by contacting: FairChanceAct@hud.gov Wh are criminal history inquiries? Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Applicant Call Center Phone 304-480-7300 hudinquiries@fiscal.treasury.gov Address Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Treasury Common Services Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US Next steps After you have completed your initial applicion, you presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. We will review your resume and transcript(s) (if approprie) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigion. 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 week • Apply by 06/29/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 29, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Honolulu, HI Setle, WA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $131,310 - $183,782 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes 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 26-HUD-12980007-P Control number 873713700
