SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST

Duties

• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Total Force Analysis Branch. Program Administrator and Subject Matter Expert Air Force wide for Total Force Assessments/ Analysis. Leads a branch that conducts Total Force assessments/analysis. Develops goals and objectives that integrate Department of Defense (DoD), HHQ USAF, AFMAA, and Wartime Analytics Division objectives. Establishes policies and procedures for accomplishment of the assessment/analysis studies.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Keeps employees informed of management goals and objectives, as well as of changes in regulations, policies, and procedures governing the work. Advises and provides counsel to employees on work and administrative matters including application of the policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments.
• Serves as branch point-of-contact for assigned current and projected workload and manages wartime total force assessments/analysis studies by responding to Department of Defense (DoD), Combatant Command, HQ USAF functional requests, planning projects, monitoring engineering team performance and products, and presenting briefings. Serves as branch point of contact for assigned study requests from DoD, Combatant Command, and Air Force functional authorities. Answers questions, researches, and presents comprehensive background material on specific functions, and identifies substantive study opportunities.
• Develops the processes, procedures, and policy for the Air Force UTC manpower validation program. Oversees the development/maintenance of all automated wartime manpower analysis tools. This includes developing/maintaining the tools, training, and guidance for automated analytical tools.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, with short to no advanced notice, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays. Overtime and/or emergency overtime may be required.
• The employee may be required to carry an electronic device (cellular phone/pager) to facilitate contact 24 hours per day 365 days per year unless on official leave or TDY.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• Required to have completed the Contingency Wartime Planning Course.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• This is a Centrally Managed Position.
• A one (1) year supervisory probationary period is required if applicant selected has not previously met this requirement.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-12, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes conducting Air Force total force assessments/analysis studies that include performing wartime capabilities analysis, developing UTC constructs/matrices that determine the various manpower specialties and quantities at all Defense Planning Guidance scenario beddown locations, as well as determining the most effective component mix.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Comprehensive knowledge of qualitative and quantitative manpower resource management techniques to apply anagement engineering principles, concepts and methodologies, and financial management directives, concepts, procedures, guidance and policy, to include knowledge of wartime manpower determinant development/analysis processes to meet agency requirements.

2. Extensive knowledge of the mission, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of agency organizations to provide input or study support to DoD, Combatant Commands, HQ USAF, and MAJCOMs and staff.

3. Expert knowledge of Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Defense Programming and Planning Guidance (DPPG), OSD Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), OSD Defense Planning Integrated Security Construct scenarios, Air Force Planning and Programming Guidance (APPG), Joint & AF Operational Planning, and Air Force Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), long range DoD and AF doctrine, joint vision, and strategic planning goals and objectives and of agency missions, goals, and objectives, and sequence and timing of operations such as deployment and mobilization, sufficient to fully understand wartime, as well as peacetime, manpower policies.

4. Skill in communicating with others in a courteous, tactful and diplomatic manner to enlist cooperation in completing assigned tasks.

5. Expert ability to integrate and coordinate multiple and related missions, functions, subjects, issues, and situations across echelons to present and recommend solutions in a logical, cohesive format.

6. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and mentor, motivate, and apprise the staff of an organization through subordinate supervisors/study leads, and analyze plan, and adjust work operations to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click . To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.

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120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.

Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected and placed at the highest grade for which they applied. You must include a completed copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click to obtain/download a copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist.

Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicant Eligible: PPP Applicants, if determined well qualified and selected, will be placed at the at the full performance level. You must include the applicable completed copy of the PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility as a PPP Applicant. Click to obtain/download a copy of the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 through DD3145-4, select the appropriate checklist for your claimed preference). To determine the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist required to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming, refer to the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide located in the Required Documents section of this vacancy announcement.

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