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ASSISTANT AREA DIRECTOR

DECA HQ
Fort Lee, VA Other
POSTED ON 5/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/26/2026
In this position the incumbent serves as the Assistant Area Director. In this capacity, the incumbent functions as an alter ego and full assistant chief or deputy to the assigned Area Director, who is responsible for tactical operations of all of the commissaries within their assigned geographical jurisdiction


Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.

Qualifications:

You must meet the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) qualifications for series 1101 and additional requirements by the announcement closing date. Your resume (and/or transcript if necessary) must clearly show that you have the qualifications described below. You can use experience, education, or a combination of the two to qualify. When using education to meet qualifications you must submit transcripts. See Required Documents for more information.

To qualify for Assistant Area Director your resume and supporting documentation must support:

A. Creditable specialized experience includes: GS-14
  • Managing mission activities and multi-appropriation financial programs and funding frameworks.
  • Experience leading major commissary and/or operational programs including logistics, acquisition, systems, and facility planning.
  • Experience conducting long-range studies, performance reviews, and risk analyses to improve organizational effectiveness.
  • Coordinating crisis-response actions, executing confidential inquiries.
    • Time-in-grade applies to the promotion of current and former federal employees who hold or have held a permanent GS position in either the competitive or excepted service in the previous 52 weeks, including current employees applying under VEOA. Your application package must contain proof you meet this requirement. See Required Documents for more information.
      • For GS-14: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-13.
    • Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a non-temporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligibles (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority.


As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate your level of experience in these competencies:

  • Administrative Support Functions
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Retail Grocery Business and Trade Practices



Overtime: Occasional
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Bargaining Unit Status: Not covered
Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met.
Telework eligible: Yes, As determined by agency policy.
Remote work eligible: No


Appointment of Department of Defense Spouses (NonComp Civ Sp): In order to use this eligibility, you must be the spouse of a current Department of Defense, Department of State, or intelligence community employee who is being transferred in the interest of the Government from one official station within the Department to another within the Department for permanent duty. You are required to submit proof of marriage AND permanent change of station (PCS) orders: spouse's PCS orders (showing you as a dependent) and/or copy of marriage certificate. If you are a current or previous Federal employee, please include your most recent SF-50.

Salary : $131,385

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