Program Analyst

HQ USAF and Support Elements • Arlington, VA

23d

About The Position

Serves as an Air Force Senior Combating-Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Capabilities Analyst, providing military chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) expertise to develop capability needs in support of Joint capabilities. Analyzes Combatant Command and Major Command stated needs, translating and integrating them into actionable requirements to guide Air Force materiel and non-materiel solutions. Provides expert guidance and advice to Air Force headquarters staff and Major Command activities.

The position analyzes, develops, and interprets Air Force capability needs for CWMD missions; develops methods for analyzing and integrating CWMD capabilities in support of Air Force contributions to Joint operations; assesses the effects of high-level decisions on Air Force CWMD capabilities and prepares rationales for necessary changes; presents high-level briefings; and liaises with Air Staff, Joint Staff, other Service headquarters, and Department of Defense offices to integrate capability actions.

Requirements

• At least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade, GS-13, or equivalent, including advanced management and organizational principles and practices for Air Force missions and integrating strategy, doctrine, and policy to maximize CWMD capabilities.
• Knowledge of Department of Defense and Air Force publications hierarchy and processes.
• Knowledge of advisory services supporting long-range Air Force war, mobilization, exercise, deployment, and similar operations planning.
• Knowledge of Federal, Department of Defense, and Air Force operational processes; Joint and Air Force CWMD program goals and objectives; operational events and milestones; and methods for evaluating planning actions.
• Knowledge of the Air Force and Department of Defense entities involved in the C-CBRN program and the command entities involved in planning and executing CWMD operations and evaluations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Air Force CWMD doctrine, policy, operational concepts, and related systems; National, Joint, and Air Force CWMD strategy and policy; and Air Force and Department of Defense CWMD goals, objectives, and programs.
• Knowledge of the USAF C-CBRN Master Plan and associated roadmaps, Counter-Chemical Warfare CONOPS, Counter-Biological Warfare CONOPS, and Counter-Radiological CONOPS.
• Knowledge and experience with the Air Force C-CBRN corporate structure and major stakeholders, including the CBRN Modernization Working Group, Policy Working Group, Education, Training and Exercise Working Group, and C-CBRN Council.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods for assessing threat delivery concepts, agents, agent behaviors, contaminant mitigation strategies, and decontamination technologies, and for improving service-level plans and programs for operations in a CBRN environment.
• Ability to analyze, trace, and synthesize complex CBRN technical and operational issues through published policy, instructions, manuals, and other guidance.
• Knowledge of the Air Force Capabilities Development Council and Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System processes and products.
• Ability to interpret technical CBRN information in terms of operational effects.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service.
• A Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance is required, and a non-disclosure agreement must be signed.
• Subject to random drug testing.
• Must meet applicable federal time-in-grade requirements; one year at the GS-13 level is required for GS-14 consideration for applicable merit promotion applicants.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, develop, and interpret Air Force capability needs for CWMD missions using expertise in Joint military CWMD plans and operations.
• Develop methods for developing, analyzing, and integrating Air Force CWMD capabilities in support of Air Force contributions to Joint operations.
• Analyze the effects of high-level decisions on overall Air Force CWMD capabilities, develop necessary changes, and prepare justifications for those changes.
• Prepare and present high-level briefings on conclusions, including judgments that may be difficult to verify until operational situations occur.
• Maintain liaison with Air Staff, Joint Staff, other Service headquarters counterparts, and Department of Defense offices to integrate Air Force CWMD capability actions.
• Provide expert guidance and advice to Air Force headquarters staff and Major Command activities.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available to employees and their families; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• PCS relocation may be paid if authorized.
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request.

What This Job Offers

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