Supervisory Operations Plans Manager

Air Combat Command • Davis Monthan AFB, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a first-level supervisor, providing planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control over nonsupervisory employees assigned to Twelfth Air Force, Air Forces Southern Command, aka 12 AF (AFSOUTH). As the Division Chief, the incumbent also serves as a Key Advisor to the 2-star Commander, A1 Director, senior staff members, and O-6/GS-15 level personnel. The role involves planning, organizing, and directing the activities of the A1 Directorate, Operations Plans Division, ensuring that deliberate, contingency, and crisis planning and execution comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet USAF, Service Component, and Combatant Command needs. This includes developing goals and objectives, researching and applying strategy and policy, exercising supervisory personnel management responsibilities, and representing the 12 AF (AFSOUTH) A1 Directorate with various Federal Agencies and international partners. The position also serves as a Key and Technical Advisor on matters concerning Manpower, Personnel, Services, or Administration, providing expert advice and analysis to senior leaders.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• A security clearance may be required
• 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
• 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.
• 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 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.
• One (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-12, or equivalent in other pay systems.
• Directing a staff in the planning and execution of multiple, diverse programs and capabilities.
• Using Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning (DCAPES) for planning and execution necessary to provide allocated forces to the Combatant Commander.
• Organizing activates expeditionary units, ensuring sustainability and managing all deploying force requirements.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• Advance in hire may be authorized if there is demonstrable proof provided on your resume
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request
• 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 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

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.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
• 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: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed