Readiness & Doctrine Specialist

Defense Threat Reduction Agency • Fort Belvoir, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The incumbent serves as an agency expert on readiness reporting, including Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL) development and maintenance, mission readiness reporting, and related programs and initiatives directed by the Department of War (DoW) and Joint Staff. The specialist develops and oversees strategies, procedures, reporting, and guidance for DTRA’s readiness program in the Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS), and advises on readiness systems, priorities, resource requirements, and capabilities. The role ensures DTRA capabilities are represented in DRRS and that crisis and contingency support capabilities are linked, catalogued, and reported to combatant commands and other partners.

The incumbent also serves as a technical subject matter expert on joint doctrine, reviewing CJCS joint doctrine publications and DoW and Joint Staff policy, manuals, instructions, and directives related to readiness, training, and doctrine. The specialist works across DTRA directorates and with the Joint Staff, OSW (Readiness), combatant command staffs, and the USG interagency community. The position supports readiness reviews and training plans, provides formal and informal DRRS training, maintains DRRS administrative functions, supports the Joint Training Tool (JTT), and prepares supplemental application manuals or instructions.

This is a full-time, in-person position at facilities in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Limited situational telework may be available with supervisory approval and subject to agency guidelines. The position may require occasional overtime, work outside normal duty hours including evenings, weekends, or holidays, and periodic travel of up to 10%. The incumbent must obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI clearance and a valid passport, and must pass pre-employment and random drug testing. Relocation incentives may be authorized.

Requirements

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.
• Experience with the DoW Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS), including JMETL development processes and the Universal Joint Task List (UJTL).
• Experience using the CJCS Joint Doctrine System as an organizational point of contact and subject matter expert for oversight, management, and analysis.
• Experience using JTT and JLLIS to implement best practices and correct deficiencies identified through lessons learned from exercises and events.
• In-depth understanding of US national strategy, including the DoD Strategy to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD), CWMD plans, programs, intelligence, doctrine, and policy, and relevant USG actors and organizations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including preparing and presenting major staff studies, fact sheets, and executive-level decision briefs, and articulating and negotiating complex issues with senior leaders and external partners.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Must obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test and submit to random drug testing during employment.
• Must obtain a valid passport.
• Must be able to conduct periodic travel up to 10% of the time.
• Must meet time-in-grade requirements for status candidates: 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the agency expert for readiness reporting, including JMETL development and maintenance and mission readiness reporting programs and initiatives.
• Formulate, recommend, and oversee implementation of strategies, methodologies, procedures, reporting, and guidance for DTRA’s readiness program in DRRS.
• Provide information and recommendations on DoW readiness systems, program priorities, and resource requirements, and synchronize readiness reporting.
• Ensure DTRA capabilities are adequately represented in DRRS for combatant commands.
• Liaise with the Joint Staff, OSW (Readiness), combatant command staffs, and the USG interagency community to ensure DTRA JMETL-based crisis and contingency support capabilities are linked, catalogued, and reported.
• Conduct agency-level reviews of CJCS joint doctrine publications in accordance with the CJCS Joint Doctrine System.
• Support programmatic and policy reviews of DoW policy and CJCS doctrine revision programs.
• Provide technical review and writing support for DoW and Joint Staff manuals, instructions, and directives related to readiness, training, and doctrine.
• Develop and maintain the DTRA JMETL as an agency subject matter expert.
• Conduct monthly DRRS reviews with DTRA leadership.
• Use JTT and JLLIS to implement best practices and address deficiencies identified through lessons learned from exercises and events.
• Provide consultation, instruction, and customer training to personnel and offices responsible for readiness processes, including formal and informal DRRS training.
• Coordinate across DTRA directorates to develop applicable JMETL tasks and ensure accurate, timely DRRS reporting.
• Support preparation of the formal Agency response to the Joint Forces Readiness Review and the Joint Training Plan, as well as informal training plans.
• Prepare supplemental user manuals or instructions for assigned applications.
• Represent DTRA at Joint Staff- and DoW-level meetings and conferences on agency readiness and joint doctrine development, maintenance, and reporting.
• Manage and maintain DRRS administrative functions, support JTT, and ensure issues are addressed in a timely manner.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to the employee and family; specific benefits depend on position and eligibility.
• Relocation incentives may be authorized.

What This Job Offers

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