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COUNTERDRUG POLICY POSTURE AND STRATEGY OFFICER

Department of Defense

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Top Secret
Unspecified
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Doral, FL (On-Site/Office)

Duties
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  • Serve as a senior Counterdrug (CD) policy, posture, and strategist and member of a joint force team at U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)--a unified command.
  • Author and staff written products and other actions for the directorate regarding matters concerning counterdrug policies, posture, strategies, and various global threats within USSOUTHCOM, to include USSOUTHCOM's Theater Posture Plan.
  • Review, interpret, and apply national security directives and policy documents from the Executive Branch, Department of War (DOW), Department of State (DOS), and Department of Justice (DOJ).
  • Create strategic concepts and advancing alternatives to address regional challenges concerning counterdrug issues.
  • Form cross­ command teams and lead planning efforts to develop new policies, posture, and strategies to address various regional threats and ensure incorporation into the broader USSOUTHCOM Strategy and Campaign Plan.
  • Analyze Command priorities and requirements to ensure USSOUTHCOM posture, initiatives and current programs are best postured to counter illicit threats in the near, mid- and long-term.
  • Defend and promote the Command's strategic threat priorities at high-level meetings to formulate and implement national security strategies.


Requirements
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Conditions of employment
  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • This is a mandatory drug testing position.
  • Incumbent must maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position.
  • This position is designated Tier 5, Special Sensitive, High Risk and the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance Level with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access as a condition of employment.
  • Position requires travel up to 15% of the time to CONUS and OCONUS locations.
Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

  • 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
  • Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
  • Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
  • Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
  • Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
  • Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
  • Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
  • Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
  • Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
  • Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
  • Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
  • People with Disabilities, Schedule A
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
  • Reinstatement
  • Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998


In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1). Analyze campaign plans and strategies to reduce threats concerning counterdrugs; 2). Review national security directives to ensure compliance with organizational processes; and 3). Provide support to multi-national information sharing initiatives to foster integration and cooperation with various government agencies.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
  • Administration and Management
  • Attention to Detail
  • Decision Making


Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ .

Additional information

  • Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
  • You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
  • One year trial/probationary period may be required.
  • Direct deposit of pay is required.
  • Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
  • If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
  • This is a Security & Intelligence Career Field position.
  • Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
  • Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
  • Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
  • Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive may be authorized.
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