SUPERVISORY OPERATIONS PLANS MANAGER

Duties

• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the A1 Directorate, Operations Plans Division, ensuring that deliberate, contingency and crisis planning and execution complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets USAF, Service Component, and Combatant Command needs. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and operational planning objectives. Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies National, Federal, DoW, JCS, AF and MAJCOM strategy, policy, regulations, directives, procedures and guidelines.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignment in consideration of skills, qualifications, and mission requirements.
• Represents 12 AF (AFSOUTH) A1 Directorate with a variety of Federal Agency, DoW, Joint, Non governmental, and international partner nation organizations. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with USSOUTHCOM J33/J35/J13/J44; Security Cooperation Offices (SCO); ACC A3O; ANG/AFRC Crisis Action Teams, AFPC/DPW, USSOUTHCOM Service Component operations directorates and various US Embassies throughout all USSOUTHCOM partner nations: dialogues with the business community in the United States and in countries of Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
• Serves as a Key and Technical Advisor to the Commander, A1 Director, senior staff members, operational planning teams and groups on matters concerning Manpower, Personnel, Services or Administration. Provides subject matter expert research, analysis and advice in the form of papers, reports, presentations or discussion to senior leaders of the Headquarters staff and subordinate units.

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
• Advance in hire may be authorized if there is demonstrable proof provided on your resume
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request
• 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.
• CONUS or OCONUS travel may be required to attend conferences, meetings, or other functions away from the duty site on military or commercial aircraft.
• Must maintain official US passport and obtain visas as required.
• Employee may be required to work outside normal duty hours, extended work schedules including weekends to support contingency or crisis operations.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain A SECRET security clearance.
• A one (1) year supervisory probationary period is required if applicant selected has not previously met this requirement.
• TERM Position - Must be able and willing to accept a TERM NTE 17 May 2029 obligated position. A statement of understanding must be signed.
• Obligated position - This is an obligated position; candidate must read and sign an Air Force Obligated Position Statement of Understanding.
• This is a centrally managed position.

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 include: (1) Directing a staff in the planning and execution of multiple, diverse programs and capabilities. (2) Using Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning (DCAPES) for planning and execution necessary to provide allocated forces to the Combatant Commander. (3) Organizing activates expeditionary units, ensuring sustainability and managing all deploying force requirements. (4) Providing commanders with continuous accountability and organization capability through a 24/7 Central Site PERSCO with PERSCO teams deployed throughout the theater, providing vital functional experts to a Crisis Action Team during contingency events.

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:

Expert knowledge of AF and Joint deliberate and crisis action planning processes, expeditionary organizational concepts, and command and control of deployed forces in both joint and AF expeditionary structures; of Contingency Planning with emphasis in determining and managing wartime requirements, force sustainment, bed down, mortuary affairs, determining manpower and organization requirements. Possesses of thorough understanding of key military documents such as National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, Air Force and Joint Doctrine, Theater Campaign Plans, and Operations Orders as they apply to a Service Component Headquarters.

Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures.

Expert ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of a small to medium sized organization; to lead, prioritize and direct work; to effectively negotiate and persuade other managers and senior staff members to accept and implement recommendations.

Expert skill in communicating both orally and in writing, provide informational briefings to senior leaders at the O-6 or higher level; and ability to establish and maintain effective and positive working relationships with internal and external counterparts and senior leaders.

Knowledge and understanding of Global Force Management policies, Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments (DCAPES), Joint Operations Planning and Execution System) JOPES, Manpower Programming and Execution System (MPES), Manpower Military Personnel Appropriation Man-Day Management System (M4S), Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS), Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS).

Expert knowledge of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods, management and organizational principles necessary to conduct assessments, analyses and successful execution of steady state and crisis action planning, deployments, sustainment, organization and rotation of forces for a variety of operations consisting of humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, counter drug/counter narcotics and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

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.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• This is a key position. Incumbent must be removed from their military recall status if alternatives for filling the position during an emergency are not available. The incumbent may be required to take part in test alerts and practice exercises. Mobilization-key position is a key position under the provisions of AFI 36-202, civilian mobility.
• The duties of this position meets all requirements as a category 4 designation and shall not be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization without seriously impairing the capability of the parent Federal Agency or office to function effectively. This position must be removed from the Ready Reserve and CAN NOT become a member of the Ready Reserve. (IAW: DoDD 1200.7, "Screening the Ready Reserve").

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.

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.

Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temporary and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.

Temporary and Term Appointments: If you are selected for a temporary or term position in the competitive service, your appointment may be extended to the maximum period allowed by law without further competition.

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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