Community Planner

Duties
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• Develop, review and coordinate project justifications, cost estimates, infrastructure repair and modernization conceptual designs and restoration and modernization
• Prepare and recommend changes to the Real Property Master Plan for the purpose of infrastructure stewardship.
• Develop innovative space utilization strategies to respond to alternative work environments.
• Develop feasible operational approaches for infrastructure consolidation and stewardship to include, but not limited to recapitalization, modernization, leasing, conversions, diversions, and demolition.
• Interview Commands and installation tenants to determine operational and mission real property requirements for the purpose of improving efficiencies and reducing excessive expenditures consequent of excess or inefficient real property inventory.
• Derive holistic and innovative urban planning strategies and presents findings to Master Planning Real Property Division Chiefs and Director of Public Works.
• Present findings and space management strategies to community stakeholders and mission command leadership at formal planning boards, meetings, workshops, and planning practicums.
• Coordinate, host, and lead planning practicums, studies, planning workshops, and planning boards to include but not limited to the Real Property Planning Board, Space Management Board, and Real Property Utilization Reconciliation Board.
• Participate, facilitate, and organize master planning conferences with supported Army mission commands and intra-DOD tenant organizations.
• Provide recommendations addressing program development, mission accomplishment, organizational and Command relationships, engineering considerations, local civilian impact, and environmental impact.
• Review and develop strategies for modifying the Real Property Master Plan components to ensure that they support the Army and the Installation's stated goals and objectives.
• Compare available assets in the Real Property Inventory (RPI) with tabulations of mission required facilities in Real Property Planning and Analysis System (RPLANS).
• Advise the Commander and Installation staff on policies and procedures for facility management.
• Manage the Real Property Planning and Analysis System (RPLANS), Enterprise Proactive Real Property Interactive Space Management System (ePRISMS), and Army Stationing and Installation Plan (ASIP).
• Serve as the RPLANS and space utilization manager in support of infrastructure consolidation efforts.
• Conduct complex and wide-ranging space utilization studies in coordination with the Real Property Offices through their annual physical inventory, facility utilization survey, and tenant reconciliation processes and boards.

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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 position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education AND experience 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 .

Basic Requirement for Community Planner:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance.
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B. Degree and Work Experience: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a field related to community planning such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration and possess at least one-year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner.
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C. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in one of the disciplines, as shown in A above, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the disciplines, as shown in A above, of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) Prepares correspondence, technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, budgets, status reports, and schedules to complete assignments; 2) Sorts, Analyzes, and contextualizes data from real property and force management systems of record to identify discrepancies, patterns, and relationships, deficiencies and excesses for the purpose of provisioning adequate facilities to support the installation and its supported mission commands. And 3) Composes and prepares decision and information papers for proposed real property management and stationing plans to ensure they follow regulation, reduce risk, adequately support mission requirements, and safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public.

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-11).

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(n) Career Program 18 -Construction, Engineering, and Infrastructure Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
• 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.
• Relocation/Recruitment incentive may be authorized.
• Student Loan Repayment may be authorized.
• Salary Negotiations for those candidates who are new to Federal service may be authorized.
• Credit for Prior Non-Federal Work Experience and Certain Military Service for Determining Annual Leave Accrual Rate may be authorized.