USPS Offers New Supervisor Apprentice Program
In May, the Postal Service launched a pilot Supervisor Apprentice Program. The objective is to enhance opportunities for employee advancement and promotion and build a talented pipeline to fill frontline supervisor vacancies. The program is intended to equip employees with the necessary skills to be effective in guiding and directing employees in carrying out the mission of the Postal Service.
The 26-week program is designed to give employees an opportunity to promote to an EAS-16 apprentice supervisor position and receive intentional training to equip them with the knowledge, skills and abilities for an additional promotion to an EAS-17 supervisor. Apprentices will receive a wide array of training and development opportunities including, but not limited to:
- supervised, on-the-job training
- behavior and performance modeling
- coaching and mentoring to identify short- and long-term goals
- cross-functional training opportunities
- completion of the USPS Supervisor Program Program goals include:
- guiding the apprentices on professionalism, development and provide training on policies and procedures
- preparing the apprentices to be qualified for future supervisor assignments
The pilot will begin in the Brooklyn and San Diego post offices and the Brooklyn, Miami, St. Paul and West Valley P&DCs. On completion of the program, apprentices will be outplaced to an EAS-17 supervisor position at the discretion of USPS management.
The intent of outplacing the apprentice preferably will be in the installation in which the apprentice was developed, provided there are authorized, vacant positions.
The coaching and participant guides are posted under the “Training” section of the NAPS website.