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Supervisory Public Utilities Specialist (Program Marketing Manager) Department of Energy Bonneville Power Administrion Summary This position is loced with Bonneville Power Administrion (BPA), in the Program Marketing (PEM) organizion within Energy Efficiency (PE), Power Services organizion (P). A successful candide in this position responsible for supervising, managing and directing the Energy Efficiency Program Marketing group to manage budgets, customer/conservion goals, cross-functional marketing, improvements, and administrive support. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced with Bonneville Power Administrion (BPA), in the Program Marketing (PEM) organizion within Energy Efficiency (PE), Power Services organizion (P). A successful candide in this position responsible for supervising, managing and directing the Energy Efficiency Program Marketing group to manage budgets, customer/conservion goals, cross-functional marketing, improvements, and administrive support. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 5, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Portland, OR Setle, WA Spokane, WA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $126,432 - $183,782 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 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 Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1130 Public Utilities Specialist 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 Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk 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 Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-BPA-51388-12995031-BPA Control number 874535000 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is open to active Bonneville Power Administrion employees with competitive stus, currently on a career or career-conditional appointment. Videos Duties Help As the Supervisory Public Utilities Specialist (Program Marketing Manager), you will:
Lead Marketing and Communicions:
Direct all marketing, advertising, customer outreach, and public relions stregies to promote energy efficiency programs to over 135 public utility customers.
Supervise and Develop Staff:
Manage a team of professional and administrive staff by assigning work, evaluing performance, providing coaching, and administering personnel actions.
Administer Programs and Resources:
Plan, develop, and alloce staff and financial resources to achieve regional energy conservion, demand-side management, and budget targets.
Negotie and Manage Contracts:
Oversee the acquisition and execution of energy conservion contracts and procure third-party subcontractor services to support program delivery.
Advise Senior Leadership:
Serve as an expert advisor to senior management on energy efficiency marketing, policy, and long-term stregic regional planning.
Manage Costs and Systems:
Monitor and track marketing expenditures, project conservion savings, and participe in project teams to implement software and process improvements. Requirements Help Conditions of employment In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or red. Your answers reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection considerion. When you apply you asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualificion for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.
Key Requirements :
You must be a United Stes Citizen. This employer participes in the e-Verify program. Males must abide by Selective Service registrion requirements. You required to report in person to the official duty locion.
Conditions of Employment:
Selectee required to complete the Office of Government Ethics Standard of Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OFGE450e) within 30 days of employment and annually. First time supervisors required to serve a 1 year probionary period. Qualificions
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
A qualified candide's resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as meeting all of the following: 1) Experience leading or supervising a professional team to deliver marketing, communicions, or public outreach programs, which includes planning work assignments, evaluing staff performance, and managing project budgets; 2) Experience planning and executing integred marketing or communicion campaigns (such as utilizing digital media, print, or outreach events) designed to influence consumer behavior or promote utility/energy programs to a large customer base; and 3) Experience building and managing relionships with diverse external partners or stakeholders (such as utility companies, corpore clients, or government entities) to coordine joint business ventures, resolve program issues, or negotie contract terms. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizions. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Time-in-Grade :
Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing de of this announcement to receive considerion. CTAP candides : To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion There are no specific educion requirements or substitution of educion for experience for this position. Additional informion This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across
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Selective Service Registrion :
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gov/ - Who must register:
https://www.sss.gov/faq/#who-needs-to-register Hiring incentives may be authorized for a highly qualified candide based on budget availability and in accordance with federal regulions. BPA strives to ensure a safe and positive work environment. We also understand the importance of work/life balance and offer a variety of programs and policies designed to cree more flexible, responsive work environments supportive of commitments to community, home and family members. BPA also supports employees' overall wellness through its Be Well program, which helps employees adopt healthier lifestyles and feel better about their work/life balance. The program supports five key areas of life: career, community, financial, physical and social. 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 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.
Minimum Qualificions:
Once the applicion process is complete, the Human Resources Offices or Subject Mter Expert (SME) will review your two-page resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum job qualificions. Selection based on skills and competencies, not educional credentials or self-reported experience.
Merit Promotion & VEOA Procedures:
If you are minimally qualified for this job, your assessed and evalued to determine if you are a best qualified candide. Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements and current employees must have least a fully successful or equivalent performance ring to receive considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):
Developing Others Leadership Partnering Problem Solving Stregic Thinking Career Transition Assistance Programs:
To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be red "well-qualified", which is defined as having a score of 85 or better. You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de (07/05/2026) of this announcement. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12995031 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: Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Informion on how to cree a federal resume https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/documents/resume Cover Letter , optional , expressing additional informion not covered in your resume. Transcripts, if specific educional requirements are indiced in this job announcement. Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement: SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" (current/former federal employees): Most recent Promotion, Within Re Increase (WRI/WGI), or Appointment/Conversion SF-50 or Notificion of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable(e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more informion see the OPM Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If selected for the position you MUST submit: A copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion and incentive awards, you received in the last 5 years. The assigned HR Specialist will verify review this documention to ensure selectee has least a sisfactory performance ring before setting the entrance on duty de. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, you asked to submit a stement as to why it is not available. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into
USAJOBS:
https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select
Upde Applicion:
https://login.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each applicion stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the
USAJOBS Help Center:
https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots, if possible, to aid technical support. Agency contact informion Randi Smith Phone 971-666-2478 rlsmith@bpa.gov Address Bonneville Power Administrion P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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: Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Informion on how to cree a federal resume https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/documents/resume Cover Letter , optional , expressing additional informion not covered in your resume. Transcripts, if specific educional requirements are indiced in this job announcement. Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement: SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" (current/former federal employees): Most recent Promotion, Within Re Increase (WRI/WGI), or Appointment/Conversion SF-50 or Notificion of Personnel Action showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable(e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more informion see the OPM Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If selected for the position you MUST submit: A copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion and incentive awards, you received in the last 5 years. The assigned HR Specialist will verify review this documention to ensure selectee has least a sisfactory performance ring before setting the entrance on duty de. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, you asked to submit a stement as to why it is not available. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into
USAJOBS:
https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select
Upde Applicion:
https://login.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each applicion stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the
USAJOBS Help Center:
https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots, if possible, to aid technical support. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Randi Smith Phone 971-666-2478 rlsmith@bpa.gov Address Bonneville Power Administrion P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 July 5, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Portland, OR Setle, WA Spokane, WA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $126,432 - $183,782 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None 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 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 Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-BPA-51388-12995031-BPA Control number 874535000