Liaison Officer (Futures & Concepts Command)

Duties
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• Serves as an advisor to the Director of the Futures and Concepts Command (FCC) Special Operations Forces (SOF) Element at Transformation and Training Command (T2COM)
• Represents the US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) and the US Army's Special Operations Center of Excellence (SOCoE) at the Army's Transformation and Training Command and Futures and Concepts Command - three and four-star general officer HQ.
• Conducts strategic level collaboration to directly influence and shape interdependence, interoperability, and integration (I3) solutions beyond Special Operations Forces and Conventional Forces and Force Modernization activities.
• Responsible to communicate and synchronize USASOC and SOCOE with T2COM, FCC, Combined Arms Center (CAC), FORSCOM, USASOC, and Army to enhance development and implementation of ARSOF requirements.
• Leads an Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) staff-forward element to engage, coordinate, develop, and execute capabilities requirements and integration.
• Provide current ARSOF Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Policy, Facility (DOTMLPF) capabilities during war-games, experiments and capability analysis.
• Serves as the overall T2COM FCC SOF Element office and program manager, and has the designation and duties of executive agent for ARSOF personnel manning and budget.
• Develops and maintains functional expertise as a foremost subject matter expert on joint special operations and the associated campaign planning practices and considerations to serve as a capabilities developer and program manager.
• Maintains comprehensive knowledge and mastery in the professional discipline of campaign planning and special operations and coordinates directly with concept developers on matters related to capabilities content.
• Identifies manpower, budget, and programming issues and shortfalls and provides recommendations concerning changes in plans, programs and projects to achieve education and training objectives.
• Manages the organization's travel program, physical security, and assigned property.
• Represent ARSOF interests on major concept and related scenario policy issues during concept development and related activities involving Army Warfighting Functions and emerging concepts.

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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 Top Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time including weekends and holidays.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 11.

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
• 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
• 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
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 .

Specialized Experience: I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which includes experience: Making decisions that significantly impact Special Operations Forces (SOF) capability development programs. Integrating Special Operations Forces considerations, concepts, or capabilities into Military capability development activities. Developing short and long-range Special Operations plans and programs. Identifying capability shortfalls and recommending solutions. Conducting complex studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of planned SOF capability programs and products. Implementing Doctrine, Organizations, Training, Material, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities (DOTMLPF) Analysis and Integration. Developing operational budgetary requirements. Developing policies, plans, resources, or programs by analyzing and understanding doctrine involving Unconventional Warfare (UW), and Irregular Warfare (IW), or Security Force Assistance (SFA). Utilizing Capabilities Integration and Development System (CIDS) and Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Administration and Management
• Organizational Awareness
• Planning and Evaluating
• Technical Competence

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-13).

Education

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.

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.
• This position requires a 1 year trial/probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• 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) General Administration and Management Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• The selecting official has requested a competitive and non-competitive candidate list for this vacancy. If you are eligible for the non-competitive list, you will be evaluated on basic and/or minimum qualifications, as applicable. While required to answer the assessment questions, noncompetitive candidates will not be evaluated against the competitive rating and ranking criteria. The selecting official may select from any of the candidate lists.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• Advance in hire may be authorized
• Relocation incentive may be authorized
• The selecting official has requested a competitive and non-competitive candidate list for this vacancy. If you are eligible for the non-competitive list, you will be evaluated on basic and/or minimum qualifications, as applicable. While required to answer the assessment questions, noncompetitive candidates will not be evaluated against the competitive rating and ranking criteria. The selecting official may select from any of the candidate lists.