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Defense Logistics Agency

Supervisory General Supply Specialist (Instructor)

Location: California, Tracy
Requires Relocation: No
Start Date: 31/10/2025
End Date: 07/11/2025
Offering Type: Temporary
Hiring Paths: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Individuals with disabilities, Internal to an agency - appears on USAJOBS, Military spouses, Veterans
Service Type: Competitive
Travel Percentage: Occasional travel
Full Time On-site

Defense Logistics Agency

About Defense Logistics Agency

America’s Combat Logistics Support Agency: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency. DLA provides worldwide logistics support for the missions of the Military Departments and the Unified Combatant Commands under conditions of peace and war. It also provides logistics support to other DoD Components and certain Federal agencies, foreign governments, international organizations, and others as authorized.

Summary

Job summary

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Major duties

Serves as first line supervisor over a group of subordinate instructors in the distribution and property disposal functions and career fields. Manages instructors in DLA functional courses such as Receiving, Warehousing, Storage, Issue, Property Disposal, Preservation/Packaging/Packing and Marking (PPP and M). Manages instructors in DLA functional courses such as Hazardous Material, Inventory, Care of Supplies in Storage (COSIS), and Transportation. etc. Responsible for performing a variety of complex administrative initiatives, projects, and training programs involving aspects distribution and disposal operations. Participates in the training and dissemination of program and project policies, procedures, concepts, issues, and recommendations. Manages training delivery for functional operations covering inbound storage and outbound functions and procedures for distribution and disposal missions. Evaluates training courses and instructors in distribution and property disposal functional courses Provides supply technical expertise and consultation for assigned distribution and disposal areas and subordinate employees.

Qualification

To qualify for a Supervisory General Supply Specialist (Instructor), your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Directing training operations involving areas of training development, delivery, and performance improvement solutions for the agency's general supply workforce development. Training/instructing in the fields of Distribution and Property Disposal functions. Developing and delivering courses through various methods (e.g. traditional classroom training, distance learning, computer-based training, self-paced training, job aids). Managing Distribution Operations training administrative systems to ensure data integrity, and provides comprehensive, reliable reporting of training metrics and training costs. Providing for in-house or contractor design, development, delivery, and evaluation of technical courses and non-technical courses that have Agency-wide requirements. Overseeing development and scheduling of all courses delivered or administered by the Branch for the Distribution Operations area. Reviewing the technical work on subordinate instructors to determine deficiencies of training in the areas of Distribution and Property Disposal. Providing expert technical advice on training initiatives to other agencies, as applicable. Delivering training using a wide variety of methods such as traditional classroom training, distance learning, computer-based training, self-paced training, and job aids, in the areas of distribution and disposal functions. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Evaluations

The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies: Supervisory Competencies: Accountability Customer Service Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Decisiveness Problem Solving Resilience Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The rating you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire and USA Hire assessments. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documentation is reviewed and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. If you meet the minimum qualifications of this position, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments (CBA) system. These additional online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement unless you have requested Reasonable Accommodation for the USA Hire CBA. Your results will be kept on record for one year when applying for future jobs that require the same USA Hire CBA. NOTE: If the USA Hire CBA is altered within a year of your last application, you will be required to take the new USA Hire CBA. If no additional online assessments are required you will receive an OPM notification stating "It has been determined that you have completed all required online assessments and your application is complete. No further action is required."