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The Senior Executive Service (SES) is a subset of the federal civil service that is made up of civilian government positions outside of the competitive service or the excepted service. Members of the SES are recruited for their leadership and managerial experience, rather than technical expertise, and are hired to serve in senior executive roles below top-level presidential appointees within federal administrative agencies.[1]

Background

The Senior Executive Service (SES) was created under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 as a separate tier of government administrators "designed to attract and retain highly competent senior executives," according to the legislation. Members of the SES are recruited for their leadership and managerial experience and are hired to serve in senior executive roles below top-level presidential appointees within federal administrative agencies. Approximately 75 federal agencies employ SES members, according to a March 2017 report by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). An OPM analysis in April 2018 identified 7,906 members of the SES during fiscal year 2017.[1][2][3]

Federal agencies submit written requests to OPM to fill SES positions. OPM reviews agency requests and allocates a certain number of SES positions for each agency over a two-year period. Agencies may then establish or abolish SES positions within their allocations in order to meet specific agency needs.[1]

Structure

OPM structures the SES according to the following positions and appointments:[1]

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Positions

  • General Positions: may be filled by any of the appointment types--career, noncareer, limited term, or limited emergency appointee.
  • Career Reserved Positions: must always be filled by a career appointee to ensure the impartiality, or the public's confidence in the impartiality, of the Government.


Appointments

  • Career Appointments: may be made to either type of position--General or Career Reserved. Incumbents are selected using the agency merit staffing process and must have their executive core qualifications (ECQs) approved by a Qualifications Review Board (QRB) convened by OPM.
  • Noncareer Appointments: may be made only to General positions. Noncareer appointments are approved by OPM on a case-by-case basis and the appointment authority reverts to OPM when the noncareer appointee leaves the position.
  • Limited Term Appointments: may be made for up to 3 years, are nonrenewable and must be to an SES General position only, which will expire because of the nature of the work (e.g., a special project).
  • Limited Emergency Appointments: are also nonrenewable appointments, may be for up to 18 months, and must be to an SES General position only established to meet a bona-fide, unanticipated, urgent need.[1][4]
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Office of Personnel Management, "Guide To The Senior Executive Service," March 2017
  2. ↑ Office of Personnel Management, "Senior Executive Service—Fiscal Year 2017," April 2018
  3. ↑ Office of Personnel Management, "Civil Service Reform Act of 1978," accessed September 30, 2017
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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