Who May Apply:

• Applicants with Indian Preference
• All U.S. Citizens

Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements contained in the approved job category for P.L. 95-561 described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Specialized Experience: To qualify, applicants must posses five years of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level CE-06.Specialized Experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be qualified, you must have five (5) years experience in school administration, teaching, counseling or other professional education experience. A maximum of three (3) years teaching or counseling experience is creditable toward meeting the full qualification requirement.

Education Requirement:

• Master's degree with a minimum of 12 semester hours of graduate credit in School Administration.
• University six (6) year program

Applicants must provide copies of official Bachelor's and Master's transcripts (include EDS and Doctorate's if applicable).

Applicants must NOT submit transcripts directly received from colleges or universities as these digital PDF files are either portfolios or encrypted with restrictive permissions.

USAJOBS portal does convert such files or flatten all pages, it will upload only one page (normally the transcript key only)
OPM has provided steps/job aid for how applicants can validate PDFs. See OPM's updated online resources Applicant Online Help .

BIE HR Office recommends use "Microsoft print to PDF" as new file and upload that "flat" pdf to application submission.

All professional educators will all professional educators will also meet the certification standards for their position in the state where the position is location. In addition, some agency/schools may require the incumbent to meet the regional accrediting association requirements

Emergency and provisional certificates may be issued by the state certification authority.

*Department of Education Certificate/Licensure: Copy of professional certification or licensure as identified in the qualifications and/or conditions of employment. You must submit a copy of your current and valid professional certification or licensure with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. It must reflect your name, issue date, expiration date, and endorsements (as applicable).

Applicants must provide copies of official Bachelor's and Master's transcripts (include EDS and Doctorate's if applicable).

Pay tables for Bureau of Indian Education Title 25 positions can be found at https://www.bie.edu/topic-page/education-pay-table-archives

Basis of Rating: All applicants for this position will be rated and ranked based upon the extent and quality of their experience, training and/or education as reflected in the assessment questionnaire. Applicants will be further evaluated according to the degree to which they possess or have the potential to acquire knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal characteristics as listed below. The judgment of qualifications will be based on the material submitted; therefore, it is to the applicant's advantage to give complete and thorough responses and to present information in a neat and orderly fashion. Qualifications and Indian preference eligibility will be determined on the basis of information submitted.

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.