Program Support Specialist (Power Up Program Internship)

Join DOEs Power Up program and kickstart your federal career! This program is designed to offer exciting early-career opportunities for upcoming professionals ready to make an impact in the Federal government.

As a participant you will be paired with an on-the-job mentor whose guidance is tailored specifically to your career path-whether you are entering a technical specialty or an administrative/professional this program mentoring goes far beyond basic job training. Your mentor will serve as a trusted guide helping you build confidence develop professional skills and learn how to navigate and thrive within a structured mission-driven environment.

As a Power Up Intern in the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) you will support our daily mission goals.

Your responsibilities at the GS-5 grade level may include:

• Assisting higher-graded analysts in conducting routine program evaluations and performing basic monitoring of administrative support systems such as Workday records and documentation.
• Conducting preliminary research and checking administrative files to verify that factual information and documentation are accurate and complete.
• Performing entry-level quantitative and qualitative data entry and compilation to assist in the preparation of routine recurring program reports.
• Providing administrative support entering data into tracking systems and directing routine inquiries from internal and external stakeholders to the appropriate staff.

Your responsibilities at the GS-7 grade level may include:

• Coordinating and carrying out well-defined evaluation tasks to determine program effectiveness while independently monitoring administrative systems records and documentation.
• Researching reviewing and evaluating documentation to determine its relevance accuracy and usefulness for program decisions.
• Conducting independent data analysis of limited complexity on workforce programs using quantitative and qualitative methods and drafting complete reports to convey factual program data.
• Preparing formal reports and correspondence and serving as a primary point of contact to resolve inquiries from internal and external stakeholders regarding talent and performance management programs.

• You must serve a trial period for the entire length of your appointment.
• Before starting you must sign a written agreement acknowledging that this job is temporary and cannot be converted to a permanent position.
• You must pass a background investigation. Some positions may require you to get and keep a security clearance.
• If you are a male born after December 31 1959 you must be registered with the Selective Service System (or have a legal exemption).
• You must be a U.S. citizen national or meet the legal exception criteria to be paid from federal funds.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• This job is filled under the Schedule A-r excepted service hiring authority (5 CFR 213.3102(r)).
• This is a time-limited appointment in the Excepted Service. Your internship will be for an initial 2 years with the possibility to extend for an additional 2 years. Appointment cannot exceed 4 years.
• This position is designed for temporary development. It does not lead to a permanent job and it does not grant you competitive civil service status. When your appointment ends your employment with the agency ends.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date (08/26/2026) of this announcement.

For the GS-05: You must have 3 years of progressively responsible general experience 1 year of which was equivalent to at least the GS-04 that demonstrates the ability to:

• Analyze problems to identify significant factors gather pertinent data and recognize solutions;
• Plan and organize work; and
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Such experience may have been gained in administrative professional technical investigative or other responsible work. Experience in substantive and relevant secretarial clerical or other responsible work may be qualifying as long as it provided evidence of the knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) necessary to perform the duties of the position to be filled.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-5 BASED ON EDUCATION: 4-year course of study leading to a bachelors degree. Education must still show the knowledge skills and abilities to perform in this position.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-5 BASED ON A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: If you have some qualifying education and some qualifying experience but dont fully meet either requirement on its own you may be able to combine them.

1. Divide your qualifying semester hours by 120. That gives you your education percentage.
2. Divide your years of qualifying experience by years required. That gives you your experience percentage.
3. Add the two together. If the total is 100% or more you qualify.

For the GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this position at the GS-7 includes:

• Entering updating and maintaining personnel program or business records within an electronic database or administrative tracking system.; AND
• Extracting and verifying factual data from spreadsheets reports or files to draft routine summaries or standard reports.; AND
• Preparing standard business correspondence and responding to inquiries from internal and external stakeholders.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-7 BASED ON EDUCATION: 1 full year of graduate level education. Education must still show the knowledge skills and abilities to perform in this position.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-7 BASED ON SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A bachelors degree AND meet one of the following:
(1) Class standing -- You must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college university or major subdivision based on completed courses; OR
(2) Grade-point average (G.P.A.) -- You must have 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum OR 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; OR
(3) Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society (other than freshman honor societies) -- You are a member of one of the national scholastic honor societies recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies ( The bachelors degree must still show the knowledge skills and abilities to perform in this position.

OR YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR THE GS-7 BASED ON A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: If you have some qualifying education and some qualifying experience but dont fully meet either requirement on its own you may be able to combine them. Only graduate education can be used in this calculation. Experience must be reflected in your resume and transcripts are required.

1. Divide your qualifying graduate semester hours by 18. That gives you your education percentage.
2. Divide your months of qualifying experience by 12. That gives you your experience percentage.
3. Add the two together. If the total is 100% or more you qualify.

Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Experience may include paid or unpaid work including internships volunteer service student leadership military service apprenticeships or other relevant activities. Resumes must clearly describe duties dates and hours worked per week.