PMS 450 - Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Submarines: Administrative Officer - On the job training
Our SkillBridge on-the-job training program offers a comprehensive, structured approach to prepare participants for mission-critical civilian roles within TSUB. It combines formal training, covering onboarding, orientation, workplace skills, leadership fundamentals, and role-specific technical skills, with engagement opportunities such as mentoring, milestone check-ins, peer cohort support, job shadowing, and cross-group exposure. This multifaceted plan emphasizes professional conduct, communication, ethics, and emotional intelligence while fostering career development through hands-on experiences and networking. We will conduct continuous evaluation through participant and mentor surveys to ensure program quality and effectiveness.
The Administrative Officer for Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Submarines (DRPM SUBS) supports the Navy’s Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Submarines, an organization responsible for oversight of all major submarine programs, by managing and coordinating all official correspondence in compliance with Department of the Navy formatting, policy, and routing requirements. This Action Officer will work closely with senior leaders and Program Executive Offices, ensuring documents are accurate, complete, grammatically correct, and aligned with Navy standards, while maintaining a 95 percent compliance rate for all submissions. The position requires strong expertise in SECNAV correspondence and directives manuals, previous chief-level experience, and the ability to develop records management policies, track task progress for leadership visibility, and communicate effectively to resolve issues related to correspondence and records management, along with performing additional assigned duties. Duties may include:• Ensuring Flag Office achieves format accuracy compliance with 95% of all correspondence and policy packages submitted for review and final signature • Ensuring all outgoing and incoming correspondence complies with Department of the Navy (DON) formatting, policy, and routing requirements• Reviewing documents for accuracy, completeness, grammar, and compliance with Navy correspondence standards before leadership signature • Managing, tracking, and coordinating all official correspondence for DRPM SUBS, ensuring all outgoing and incoming correspondence complies with Department of the Navy (DON) formatting, policy, and routing requirements• Generating task completion reports to track efficiency and provide leadership with real-time visibility into task progress for informed decision-making• Developing records management policies and procedures to meet Navy regulations• Leveraging strong oral and written communication skills to resolve problems, issues, or questions relating to records management
Must Have:• Proficient and knowledgeable in DOD and Naval Correspondence Manual SECNAV 5216.5 and Directives Management Manual SECNAV M5215.1 with a full understanding of the business rules as set forth by DRPM SUBS/PAE Undersea policy
This position will take place in-person at the Washington Navy Yard. APPLY NOW! To apply to this position, please contact the PMS 450 SkillBridge Team via PMS450_SkillBridge@us.navy.mil. Attach your resume and the team will reach out to you with expectations and next steps.
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Interview prep for this program▸
- ▸ "How many of your past SkillBridge interns received full-time offers?" — a serious program knows the number.
- ▸ "Who will my day-to-day mentor be, and what does week one look like?"
- ▸ "The listing says 91 - 120 days — can that flex to my approved window if my command shortens it?"
- ▸ "Is relocation expected for a full-time offer, or can I convert where I am?"
- ▸ Confirm the eligibility notes above — ask exactly what they need from you and when.
- ✓ Your projected start window and separation date (from your profile)
- ✓ Your command's approval status — even "packet drafted" signals you're serious
- ✓ Your civilian-translated resume bullets (generate them here)
- ✓ A written training-plan ask — you'll need it for your packet anyway
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Our SkillBridge on-the-job training program offers a comprehensive, structured approach to prepare participants for mission-critical civilian roles within TSUB. It combines formal training, covering onboarding,…
PMS 450 - Engineering - On the job training
Our SkillBridge on-the-job training program offers a comprehensive, structured approach to prepare participants for mission-critical civilian roles within TSUB. It combines formal training, covering onboarding,…