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Management
Colorado Springs, CO (On-Site/Office)
Duties
The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado is searching for a Program Manager for Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) (NH-1101-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).
Description:
Serves as Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Program Manager in the Battlespace Awareness Sensors Branch (SYD85). Develops and initiate space development programs, working with a multi-disciplined staff of military, civilian, and/or contractor personnel. Exercises program management responsibilities, including pre and post contract award actions. Responsible for delivering program cost, schedule, performance, and system supportability requirements by working with an integrated product team. Represents the program office to senior leadership and external contractor organizations, delivering presentations on program status, accomplishments, and problems.
Ideal Candidate:
Expert knowledge of the policies, practices, regulations, and laws concerning the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition management process and initiatives. Advanced skill to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff in critical aspects of systems acquisition, including engineering, contracting, financial management, configuration, testing, and manufacturing. Proven ability to mentor, motivate, and guide a team. Ability to define, integrate, and implement strategic direction for vital programs, converting high-level goals into solidified projects and closing on acquisition milestones. Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) to deliver briefings, prepare reports, resolve issues, and effectively convey recommendations to higher organizational management and contractors.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of the applicable principles, concepts, policies, and laws; functions, programs, and systems applicable to the duties of logistics contracts and program management and material support; sources, responsibilities, and means for providing assistance and advice to resolve logistics contracts and program management problems; and all aspects of logistics contracts and program management support.
2. Knowledge of government and private industry policies and practices related to business management, industrial management, financial systems, technical concepts, and production practices. Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate a variety of program information, such as commercial business practices, market conditions, offer acceptability, contractor acceptability, contractor responsibility and/or performance to determine acquisition strategy and sources.
3. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense and entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence management control of proposed and ongoing service contracts.
4. Knowledge of methods of supervision to hold others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions of a unit and mentor, motivate, and appraise subordinate staff. Determine objectives, make sound, well-informed, and objective decisions, set priorities, cause change, and accomplish organizational goals.
5. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.
6. Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with individuals and groups within the office as well as outside the immediate work unit and to be persuasive in representing the best interests of the government when dealing with personnel with highly divergent points of view.
7. Ability to plan, organize, analyze problems, translate complex information, make appropriate judgments, evaluate options, conduct research, summarize results, make appropriate recommendations, and manage critical aspects of service contract requirements as related to the assigned functional area and meet deadlines. Ability to compose and edit contract required correspondence, review and analyze directives, develop and brief service contract program related presentations.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
The 1101 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements . Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click for more information.
is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click .
The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado is searching for a Program Manager for Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) (NH-1101-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).
Description:
Serves as Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Program Manager in the Battlespace Awareness Sensors Branch (SYD85). Develops and initiate space development programs, working with a multi-disciplined staff of military, civilian, and/or contractor personnel. Exercises program management responsibilities, including pre and post contract award actions. Responsible for delivering program cost, schedule, performance, and system supportability requirements by working with an integrated product team. Represents the program office to senior leadership and external contractor organizations, delivering presentations on program status, accomplishments, and problems.
Ideal Candidate:
Expert knowledge of the policies, practices, regulations, and laws concerning the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition management process and initiatives. Advanced skill to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff in critical aspects of systems acquisition, including engineering, contracting, financial management, configuration, testing, and manufacturing. Proven ability to mentor, motivate, and guide a team. Ability to define, integrate, and implement strategic direction for vital programs, converting high-level goals into solidified projects and closing on acquisition milestones. Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) to deliver briefings, prepare reports, resolve issues, and effectively convey recommendations to higher organizational management and contractors.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of the applicable principles, concepts, policies, and laws; functions, programs, and systems applicable to the duties of logistics contracts and program management and material support; sources, responsibilities, and means for providing assistance and advice to resolve logistics contracts and program management problems; and all aspects of logistics contracts and program management support.
2. Knowledge of government and private industry policies and practices related to business management, industrial management, financial systems, technical concepts, and production practices. Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate a variety of program information, such as commercial business practices, market conditions, offer acceptability, contractor acceptability, contractor responsibility and/or performance to determine acquisition strategy and sources.
3. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense and entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence management control of proposed and ongoing service contracts.
4. Knowledge of methods of supervision to hold others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions of a unit and mentor, motivate, and appraise subordinate staff. Determine objectives, make sound, well-informed, and objective decisions, set priorities, cause change, and accomplish organizational goals.
5. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.
6. Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with individuals and groups within the office as well as outside the immediate work unit and to be persuasive in representing the best interests of the government when dealing with personnel with highly divergent points of view.
7. Ability to plan, organize, analyze problems, translate complex information, make appropriate judgments, evaluate options, conduct research, summarize results, make appropriate recommendations, and manage critical aspects of service contract requirements as related to the assigned functional area and meet deadlines. Ability to compose and edit contract required correspondence, review and analyze directives, develop and brief service contract program related presentations.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- Must be a U.S Citizen.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
- Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
- May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
- Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework".
- This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
- Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
- PCS / Relocation funding is authorized.
- This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program.
- Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, "Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
- This position is designated a NON-CRITICAL APDP position.
- Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 20 days per year.
The 1101 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements . Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click for more information.
is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click .
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