Office of the Secretary of the Interior

The Office of the Secretary is the Interior Department’s headquarters: the Secretary’s immediate staff and the departmental offices that handle budget, human resources, information technology, aviation, emergency management and policy for bureaus such as the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Jobs posted under this name serve the whole department rather than one park, refuge or field office.

Recent listings have included a chief information security officer, a supervisory wildland firefighter smokejumper, a senior-advisor supervisory wildland firefighter, a fire dispatch center manager, a management and program analyst and a safety and occupational health specialist both focused on wildland fire, an aviation manager for safety and quality assurance, an emergency management specialist, a victims assistance program coordinator, a budget analyst, several human resources specialists including a workers’ compensation specialist, a supervisory management and program analyst and an office automation secretary.

Applying tip: the wildland fire positions carry their own physical and experience conditions and some are posted under direct hiring authority, which shortens the process but does not relax the requirements, so read the announcement closely. Our remote vs telework guide explains the location policy shown on each listing.