Federal employees working in cyber now have a way to develop skills, while also seeing what it’s like to work at another agency.
In the hopes of boosting retention of cyber employees, the Office of Personnel Management launched a new platform Monday for agencies to advertise openings in the cyber workforce rotation program.
The rotation program lets agencies offer temporary assignments to federal employees who are currently working in IT, cyber or cyber-related positions in government. Eligible employees can apply for and work at a different agency for between six months and one year before returning to their home agency.
“The cyber rotations will advance career opportunities and support employee engagement, satisfaction and retention,” OPM said.
The open rotations are now available to view on OPM’s Open Opportunities page — a subsection of USA Jobs for current federal employees. Right now, there are 53 open opportunities listed, but that number will likely grow as the program gains traction.
The goal of the rotation program is two-fold: help current cyber employees enhance their skills, and bring new ideas back to home agencies, OPM said.
OPM first issued guidance for the rotation program in March this year. In the guidance, OPM said agencies can advertise their own rotations through the program as well as select employees from other agencies for temporary assignments.
“As with other cyber workforce initiatives, this program will be implemented most effectively through a partnership between your office and your agency’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) offices,” OPM said in the March guidance.
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