Logistics Management Specialist

Duties

• Incumbent ensures Army Transportation Command responsiveness to the need for operational readiness as identified by senior leadership and under any type of sustainment operation, planning contingency, national emergency or wartime situations.
• Provides technical advice and readiness under any type of planning contingency for movement of forces, sustainment cargo and non-DOD sponsored cargo moving throughout CONUS.
• Maintains working knowledge of current commercial international transportation and logistics services and trends.
• Reviews on a continuous basis all OPLANS to identify plan based logistics requirements for fort-to-port movement and related industry capacity.
• Participates in DOD, Joint Service, and/or Government and industry working groups chartered to develop deployment and distribution initiatives focused on transportation and related traffic management services.
• Serves as the Domestic proponent for Essential Task development, synchronization and implementation.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• Position has been designated as "Key" and shall not be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization as doing so would seriously impair the capability of the organization to function effectively.
• 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.
• This is an obligated position. An obligated position is one to which an employee has statutory restoration rights or entitlement based on active military service, recovery from a compensable injury, or return rights based on an overseas tour.
• Business travel is up to 15% of the time.
• Temporary promotion intended to last 3 Years. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years.
• Temporary position intended to last 3 years. A temporary position may be extended to a maximum of three years and may be terminated at any time during the duration of the appointment, depending upon the needs of management.

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 for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
If you are NOT a current permanent Army employee and would like to be considered for this position, you will need to apply to the TERM position under Job Announcement Number: MCGT-26-13026535-MP

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments

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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Implementing logistics policies and strategies to support operational readiness and critical cargo movement; 2) Assessing transportation requirements and industry capabilities to inform decision-making during contingency and wartime operations; 3) Collaborating with multifunctional teams and stakeholders to deliver solutions for complex logistics challenges; and 4) Resolving stakeholder issues to ensure mission objectives are met. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

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

• Collaboration Skills
• Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Planning
• Negotiation
• Supportability Analysis
• 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-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: .

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 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 information sheet.
• This is a(n) Logistics Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• 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.
• This is an obligated position.
• Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 3 YEARS by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition.
• Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.