What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Technical Operations Plans Specialist position at SE-W096AA USSOUTHCOM?
About the Position: Incumbent serves as the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) Special Access Program (SAP) and Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO) Plans Officer.
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: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which includes serving as a principal action officer and recognized subject-matter expert in the strategic planning, coordination, and execution of Special Access Programs (SAP) and Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO) at the Combatant Command echelon. Experience directing complex analytical processes to formulate operational courses of action, spearheading specialized SAP planning teams during crisis response, and authoritatively representing organizational STO equities in formal engagements with the Joint Staff and interagency partners; demonstrating comprehensive mastery of the Joint Planning Process and Military Decision-Making Process to deliberately integrate compartmented capabilities into theater-level campaign plans and annexes, while systematically advising executive leadership on sensitive operational architectures; and evaluating security policy to recommend programmatic enhancements, maintaining operational proficiency in highly classified technical platforms such as the Planning and Decision Aid System (PDAS), and authoring comprehensive executive-level staff products to govern mission parameters and joint exercise design.
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-12).
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
- Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
- Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
- Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
- Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
- Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
- 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
- Reinstatement
- 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: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which includes serving as a principal action officer and recognized subject-matter expert in the strategic planning, coordination, and execution of Special Access Programs (SAP) and Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO) at the Combatant Command echelon. Experience directing complex analytical processes to formulate operational courses of action, spearheading specialized SAP planning teams during crisis response, and authoritatively representing organizational STO equities in formal engagements with the Joint Staff and interagency partners; demonstrating comprehensive mastery of the Joint Planning Process and Military Decision-Making Process to deliberately integrate compartmented capabilities into theater-level campaign plans and annexes, while systematically advising executive leadership on sensitive operational architectures; and evaluating security policy to recommend programmatic enhancements, maintaining operational proficiency in highly classified technical platforms such as the Planning and Decision Aid System (PDAS), and authoring comprehensive executive-level staff products to govern mission parameters and joint exercise design.
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-12).
Salary : $113,356