Skip to main content
Tallo logoTallo logo

Find Jobs

Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location

Skip to job details

Back to Results

Apply for this opportunity

To apply for this job, you'll continue to an external website or email application.

California Area Indian Health Service

Supervisory Recreation Specialist (Institutional)

Review key factors to help you decide if the role fits your goals.
Pay Growth
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Not enough info to score pay or growth
Job Security
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Calculating job security score...
Total Score
48
out of 100
Average of individual scores

Were these scores useful?

Job Description

Supervisory Recreion Specialist (Institutional) Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Summary This position is loced in a Youth Regional Trement Center (YRTC). YRTC provides residential substance abuse and alcohol trement to eligible American Indian and Alaska Nive youth. The purpose of this position is to serve as the Supervisory Recreion Specialist responsible for the leadership, coordinion, and oversight of recreion and cultural services across both CALYRTC facilities.
A REAL ID
required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021). Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in a Youth Regional Trement Center (YRTC). YRTC provides residential substance abuse and alcohol trement to eligible American Indian and Alaska Nive youth. The purpose of this position is to serve as the Supervisory Recreion Specialist responsible for the leadership, coordinion, and oversight of recreion and cultural services across both CALYRTC facilities.
A REAL ID
required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hemet, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $87,061
  • $113,185 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0188 Recreion Specialist Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other 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 Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
IHS-26-CA-13060900-ESEP/MP
Control number 884453600 This job is open to Help Federal employees
  • Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees
  • Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.
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. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Nive Americans Nive Americans or Alaskan Nives with a tribal affiliion. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency The IHS is required by law to give absolute preference to qualified applicants who meet the Secretary of the Interior's definition of Indian for appointment to vacancies within the IHS in accordance with established IHS policy as outlined in the Indian Health Manual Part 7, Chapter 3. Videos Duties Help Serves as first-line supervisor over Recreion Specialists assigned to Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center and Sacred Oaks Healing Center. Provides coaching, mentoring, and workforce development to subordine staff, fostering a collaborive, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed work environment. Performs recreion, wellness, and cultural engagement duties the same level as subordine Recreion Specialists, applying knowledge of recreion principles, concepts, and techniques to the needs of the residential trement populion. Maintains working relionships with Tribal governments, Tribal Elders, Traditional Practitioners, Urban Indian Organizions, schools, and community organizions to support culturally responsive programming. Monitors expenditures for recreion, wellness, and cultural services within the approved budget and recommends procurement priorities for equipment, supplies, and program resources, ensuring responsible stewardship of government property. Supports implemention of recreion, wellness, cultural engagement, and recovery-support initiives associed with California's Medicaid 1115 Demonstrion and IHS behavioral health priorities, in coordinion with interdisciplinary leadership. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Selectee may be subject to a probionary period ESEP appointees typically serve a two year trial period U.S. Citizenship is required Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959 This is a designed position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure th persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes. IHS Selectees whose duties and responsibilities require them to work permanently, temporarily, or occasionally in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunizion Policy reled to vaccine-preventable diseases, consistent with recommendions for healthcare workers. Vaccine exemption requests may be available, as outlined in the IHS Employee Immunizion Policy and facility guidance. A one-year supervisory/managerial probionary period may be required upon selection/placement. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/ . You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.
Background Investigion Requirement:
This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigion as a condition of employment. A background investigion is a standard process used by the Federal Government to verify an individual's identity, employment history, educion, and other relevant informion to determine suitability for Federal service. Upon receipt of instructions, applicants must complete all required background investigion forms within five (5) calendar days of issuance. Timely completion is critical to avoid delays in processing or a determinion of unsuitability. Applicants are strongly encouraged to prioritize this requirement and to maintain regular communicion with their assigned Personnel Security Specialist throughout the process. Prior to the appointment, candides must present two valid forms of identificion. If one of the documents is a ste-issued ID or driver's license, it must be REAL ID-compliant. Qualificions To qualify for this position, your resume must ste sufficient experience and/or educion, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Your resume must demonstre least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the prive or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: planning, organizing, coordining, supervising, or evaluing institutional recreion, wellness, and culturally responsive programs in a residential, trement, healthcare, youth-serving, or comparable setting. Specialized experience includes coordining recreion, wellness, and cultural engagement activities with Tribal/cultural partners, interdisciplinary teams, and community organizions; providing program oversight and/or supervision; evaluing program effectiveness; and supporting program implemention, documention, compliance, or quality-improvement activities associed with healthcare or behavioral health programs. OR Educion
  • PH.
D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree or
LL.M. OR
Combinions of educion and experience are qualifying for this grade level. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the
Time-In-Grade Requirements:
Merit Promotion (stus) candides must have completed one year of service the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualificion requirements within 30 days of the closing de of the announcement. Educion Educion may be used to qualify for this position as described under the Minimum Qualificions section. Applicants qualifying based on educion are strongly encouraged to submit transcripts or a list of courses, including course titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Only tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion may be credited. Applicants can verify accredition the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accredition . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly reled previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. This position is ineligible for the Bargaining Unit. Recruitment or relocion incentives may be authorized. At least a 6 month service agreement required. This position meets the criteria specified in pillar number one of the five pillars of the PHS Commissioned Corps. PHS Commissioned Officers interested in performing the duties of this position within the Commissioned Corps MUST apply online under the merit promotion announcement indiced above in order to receive considerion. For more informion on PHS Commissioned Corps, the website : https://www.usphs.gov/ . This position has no promotion potential. You evalued for this position in accordance with the OPM Merit Hiring Plan. As part of the applicion process, you asked to provide short essay responses (200 words or less each) to the following four questions. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United Stes inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Your responses are optional and will not be scored. However, they may be reviewed by hiring managers and agency leadership (or designees) during the evaluion process. You asked to certify th your responses are written in your own words and th you did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) tool (such as ChGPT or Copilot). 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 Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the applicion process is complete, the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions.
Structured Resume Review:
Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required competencies. SMEs will review ONLY the first two (2) pages of your resume. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume). Once the announcement closes, we will conduct a review of your applicion package to verify your eligibility and qualificions. If you are found qualified, your applicion will move forward to additional phases of the review process. To ensure a fair and consistent hiring process, IHS uses a multi-hurdle assessment process. Each "hurdle" must be passed before moving to the next step. This helps us evalue applicants based on job-reled qualificions, competencies, and experience. Below is wh applicants can expect: ________________________________________ 1. Minimum Qualificions Review
  • Hurdle 1 HR reviews your resume to confirm you meet the eligibility and minimum qualificions for the position (educion and/or licensure (if applicable), listed above).
Note:
the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificions. If you meet eligibility and minimum qualificions, you move to the next hurdle. 2. Technical Assessment (Subject Mter Expert Resume Review)
  • Hurdle 2 A panel of subject mter experts (SME) will review your resume to determine whether you clearly show the required specialized experience listed below.
Note:
SMEs will review ONLY the first two (2) pages of your resume. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume). This assessment is Pass/Fail. Applicants who demonstre the required experience will advance. Demonstrion of these specialized experience stements ascertain your competency in the following: Administrion and Management Decision Making Leadership Click here to view vacancy questions: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13060900 . All documents above MUST be received by 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time) of the closing de of, 09/24/2026, to be Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help USAJOBS Help Center
  • Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements .
Resume :
You are highly encouraged to the USAJOBS Help Center before submitting a resume. USAJOBS Help Center
  • Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements Required as applicable for the purposes of specific eligibility and appointment claim(s), and position requirements:
Indian Preference Applicants :
If claiming Indian preference, applicants must provide a completed copy of the Form BIA-4432, "Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Only." Indian preference will not be given unless a properly signed and ded form is submitted with your applicion, including any verificion by an authorized Tribal Representive or BIA Official of tribal enrollment records. For detailed instructions, see form
BIA-4432.
Refer to
BIA-4432
link: Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS When an Indian Preference candide possesses Veterans preference the rules regarding Veterans preference apply under ESEP and the applicant must provide documention in order to receive preference.
Veterans Preference :
If claiming Veteran's Preference provide a copy of your DD214 Form (Member 4 copy). To claim 10-Point Veterans Preference, submit a SF-15 Applicion ( http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf ) along with the approprie supporting documention. For additional informion regarding
Veterans Preference :
http://www.fedshirevets.gov . Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) : If you are claiming CTAP/ICTAP, follow the instructions below: http://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf . Current or former Federal employee : Include your most recent SF-50 or if Reinstement eligible include your Career SF-50. Noncompetitive eligibles : Submit additional documents to prove your eligibility to apply to this vacancy.
Transcripts :
You are encouraged to submit copies of transcripts (official or unofficial) although not required the time of applicion. You must list your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Official transcripts required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer. You must meet the requirements of the job by 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time) of the closing de: 09/24/2026 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 To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. To begin, click the Apply Online button on the vacancy announcement. You directed to the Login.

Gov screen, here will you sign in if you have an existing USAJOBS account or Cree a Login.

Gov account. If you have an account you directed to select a resume or cree a resume. If you cree an account you can cree an resume. Click save and continue. Follow the prompts to upload your resume and/or supporting documents. Click the Apply To This Vacancy and complete all steps in the applicion process until the Confirmion indices your applicion is complete. If you click Return to USAJOBS or get timed out prior to receiving confirmion, your applicion will not be submitted and cannot be considered for this job. Read and complete all Eligibility questions. Review the
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
section of this announcement to determine which apply to you and must be submitted online. You may choose one or more of the following options to submit your document(s): Upload (from your computer) or USAJOBS (click the "USAJOBS" link to complete the transfer process). For additional questions please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) found here: https://www.ihs.gov/jobs/faq/ . The IHS provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office (Napua Gonzalez Aponte, napua.gonzalezaponte@ihs.gov, and/or 580-354-5106.) The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion Napua Gonzalez Aponte napua.gonzalezaponte@ihs.gov Address California Area Indian Health Service 650 Capitol Mall Suite 7-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 US Next steps Stay Upded with Text Alerts You can choose to receive text message notificions about your applicion stus.
To enable this feure:
  • Log in to your USAJOBS account.
  • Go to your Account Settings and select Notificion Preferences .
  • Check the option to receive S MS/Text Messages.
Text message updes are optional and provided in addition to email notificions. Standard messaging res may apply. You can track the progress of your applicion package via your USAJOBS account. You will receive an acknowledgement from USAJOBS th your submission was successful once we have received your on-line eligibility 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 check, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the human resources office posting this announcement. If all required documention is not submitted with your applicion you will lose considerion. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion and documents entered, uploaded, or faxed are received, legible and accure. HR will not modify answers submitted by an applicant. 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 USAJOBS Help Center
  • Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements .
Resume :
You are highly encouraged to the USAJOBS Help Center before submitting a resume. USAJOBS Help Center
  • Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements Required as applicable for the purposes of specific eligibility and appointment claim(s), and position requirements:
Indian Preference Applicants :
If claiming Indian preference, applicants must provide a completed copy of the Form BIA-4432, "Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Only." Indian preference will not be given unless a properly signed and ded form is submitted with your applicion, including any verificion by an authorized Tribal Representive or BIA Official of tribal enrollment records. For detailed instructions, see form
BIA-4432.
Refer to
BIA-4432
link: Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS When an Indian Preference candide possesses Veterans preference the rules regarding Veterans preference apply under ESEP and the applicant must provide documention in order to receive preference.
Veterans Preference :
If claiming Veteran's Preference provide a copy of your DD214 Form (Member 4 copy). To claim 10-Point Veterans Preference, submit a SF-15 Applicion ( http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf ) along with the approprie supporting documention. For additional informion regarding
Veterans Preference :
http://www.fedshirevets.gov . Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) : If you are claiming CTAP/ICTAP, follow the instructions below: http://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf . Current or former Federal employee : Include your most recent SF-50 or if Reinstement eligible include your Career SF-50. Noncompetitive eligibles : Submit additional documents to prove your eligibility to apply to this vacancy.
Transcripts :
You are encouraged to submit copies of transcripts (official or unofficial) although not required the time of applicion. You must list your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Official transcripts required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer. You must meet the requirements of the job by 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time) of the closing de: 09/24/2026 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 To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. To begin, click the Apply Online button on the vacancy announcement. You directed to the Login.

Gov screen, here will you sign in if you have an existing USAJOBS account or Cree a Login.

Gov account. If you have an account you directed to select a resume or cree a resume. If you cree an account you can cree an resume. Click save and continue. Follow the prompts to upload your resume and/or supporting documents. Click the Apply To This Vacancy and complete all steps in the applicion process until the Confirmion indices your applicion is complete. If you click Return to USAJOBS or get timed out prior to receiving confirmion, your applicion will not be submitted and cannot be considered for this job. Read and complete all Eligibility questions. Review the
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
section of this announcement to determine which apply to you and must be submitted online. You may choose one or more of the following options to submit your document(s): Upload (from your computer) or USAJOBS (click the "USAJOBS" link to complete the transfer process). For additional questions please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) found here: https://www.ihs.gov/jobs/faq/ . The IHS provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office (Napua Gonzalez Aponte, napua.gonzalezaponte@ihs.gov, and/or 580-354-5106.) The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Napua Gonzalez Aponte napua.gonzalezaponte@ihs.gov Address California Area Indian Health Service 650 Capitol Mall Suite 7-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 US Next steps Stay Upded with Text Alerts You can choose to receive text message notificions about your applicion stus.
To enable this feure:
  • Log in to your USAJOBS account.
  • Go to your Account Settings and select Notificion Preferences .
  • Check the option to receive S MS/Text Messages.
Text message updes are optional and provided in addition to email notificions. Standard messaging res may apply. You can track the progress of your applicion package via your USAJOBS account. You will receive an acknowledgement from USAJOBS th your submission was successful once we have received your on-line eligibility 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 check, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the human resources office posting this announcement. If all required documention is not submitted with your applicion you will lose considerion. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion and documents entered, uploaded, or faxed are received, legible and accure. HR will not modify answers submitted by an applicant. 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hemet, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $87,061
  • $113,185 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% 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 Other 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
IHS-26-CA-13060900-ESEP/MP
Control number 884453600

Benefits

  • Dental Insurance