The Office of Personnel Management has issued a call to
organizations representing middle managers as well as
“communities of veterans, minorities, people with
disabilities, and women,” for applications to the senior
executive service federal candidate development program.
It said the program consists of “a mix of residential
training, tailored work experiences, reading assignments
and forums, and direct mentoring and monitoring,”
stressing that the program would be consistent with
merit principles.
Nationwide recruitment would partly focus on women and
minorities inside and outside the government,
traditionally underrepresented in the SES, according to
OPM.
It said candidates have to show one or more years of
leadership experience at the GS-14 level or above in the
federal service or comparable experience to be considered,
Once having completed the program, participants obtain
certification by an SES qualifications review board and
may be selected for an SES position anywhere in the federal
government without further competition, said OPM.
Further information about the program can be found at:
