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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Bureau of Naval Personnel

Millington, TNFull-time$62–80K/yrPosted today

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At a glance

Compensation
$62–80K/yr
Location
Millington, TN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Administrative Officer serves in the Bureau of Naval Personnel within Navy Personnel Command. The role supports administrative and operational program management through analytical planning, management reviews, program-effectiveness assessment, and monitoring process changes. It also prepares management briefings, status reports, and summaries for agency leadership. Applicants must demonstrate specialized experience or qualify through specified graduate education.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Administrative Program ManagementOfficial CorrespondenceProblem AnalysisSolution RecommendationAdministrative Policy MaintenanceComputer LiteracyWritten CommunicationPlanning and EvaluationResource Management

Qualifications

One Year Specialized ExperienceMaster's or Equivalent Graduate DegreeTwo Years Graduate EducationLLB or JD

Full job description

Summary

You will serve as an ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER in the BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL of NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND.

Duties

  • You will perform administrative analytical planning and work concerned with the administrative and operational aspects of programs and management.
  • You will direct comprehensive management reviews, identify systemic issues and apply critical problem solving techniques and make recommendations for improvement.
  • You will apply qualitative and quantitative methods to assess program effectiveness and monitor impacts of management process changes.
  • You will prepare and present high level management briefings, program status reports, and administrative summaries to agency leadership.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Assisting with administrative program management; 2) Preparing official correspondence or documentation; 3) Identifying, analyzing, and recommending solutions to problems in organizational structure, staffing, administrative procedures, work processes, or workload distribution; and 4) Ensuring that local administrative instructions and policies are accurate and up-to-date. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: COMPUTER LITERACY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGMENT PLANNING AND EVALUATING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: USA Hire and Structured Resume Review. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Initial consideration for this announcement is limited to the number of applications listed at the top of this announcement. All applications received on the day the application limit is reached will be accepted and processed. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

How this job compares

Set against the 10,683 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$62–80K/yr
  • Tennessee median$104–179K/yr160 salary ranges
  • US median$126–201K/yr7,722 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $71K, is 52% below the Tennessee median midpoint ($148K) — in the lowest quarter of Program Management salary ranges in Tennessee.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 197 open Program Management jobs in Tennessee and 10,683 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Tennessee
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,110 postings).
Education
4,182 of the 10,683 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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