Exercise Plans Specialist

Air National Guard • Andrews AFB, MD

33d

About The Position

The primary purpose of this position is within the NGB/A3, Air, Space, and Information Operations Directorate, which develops and implements policy to Organize, Train, Equip and Deploy Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Ready Forces in Support of State, Combatant Command, and Services Requirements Worldwide. This role involves managing senior ANG aviation exercise Action Officers, collecting and reviewing worldwide exercise requirements, attending planning conferences, and organizing ANG aviation support for selected exercises. The specialist provides subject matter expertise on exercise processes to ensure objectives are met, serves as the ANG aviation exercise point of contact for various national and international entities, and functions as the Office Conducting Exercise (OCE) for internal ANG exercises. Additionally, the position performs first-level supervisory personnel management responsibilities.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• Employee must obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Security Clearance
• 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.
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
• 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.
• Ability to travel both foreign and domestically
• Employee must be willing and able to travel on military and/or commercial aircraft
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program.
• Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing.
• Mastery of advanced management and organizational principles and practices and a comprehensive knowledge of planning, and budgeting regulations, guidelines, and processes.
• Thorough knowledge of Department of Defense and Air Force exercise planning and management processes to provide guidelines and advisory services in support to the ANG aviation exercise planning efforts.
• Knowledge of a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for the assessment, review, and improvement of ANG, Air Force, and Combatant Command level exercise programs such as the Joint Exercise Program (JEP) and Joint Training and Information Management System (JTIMS).
• Analyze and perform weights of effort to determine cost, operational and training benefits, cost tradeoffs, and programmatic factors to produce a fully justified ANG aviation exercise plan that can be presented to senior leadership and subordinate organizations for use.
• Knowledge of DoD, Air Force, and Combatant Command exercise program goals and objectives, the sequence and timing of key operational events and milestones such as planning conferences, and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of actions as related to actual events.
• Designing and conducting comprehensive studies, and preparing solutions to especially broad, important, and severe operational and contingency exercise planning scenarios.
• One year at the GS-12 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level.
• Knowledge of the mission, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of DOD and Air Force exercise planning organizations to provide command level staff guidance and/or conduct studies to determine ANG exercise participation.
• Knowledge of the various ANG flying communities and their Major Design Series (MDS) weapons systems.
• The skill to work in a flying community and inter-agency environment with a strong knowledge of ANG organizations, processes, and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Manages senior ANG aviation exercise Action Officers (AO) who collect, review and determine worldwide exercise requirements for ANG participation.
• Attends exercise planning conferences, and organizes ANG aviation support to, and participation in, selected exercises.
• Provides subject matter expertise and guidance on exercise processes and procedures to ensure selected exercises meet and support ANG aviation training, combat readiness, and Building Partnership Capacity BPC objectives.
• Serves as the ANG established aviation exercise point of contact with States, Coalition Partners, Joint & Service staffs, NAFs, wings, foreign nationals & civic leaders on Combatant Command (COCOM), National Exercise Program (NEP), DoD Chairman's Exercise Program (CEP), Joint Exercise Program (JEP) and Service Exercises.
• Functions as the Office Conducting Exercise (OCE) in the management planning, and facilitation of internal ANG exercises as well as staff members assigned to direct ANG exercise actions and chairs the ANG Aviation Exercise Participation Working Group.
• Performs first level supervisory personnel management responsibilities.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed