Unit Deployment Manager

Air Force Special Operations Command • Hurlburt Field, FL

2d

About The Position

The Unit Deployment Manager ensures assigned personnel are qualified and ready to meet Air Expeditionary Force requirements. The manager plans, organizes, and oversees unit-level deployment activities; performs analysis; provides technical guidance and recommendations to senior leadership regarding the unit deployment program; and ensures personnel readiness.

The incumbent must complete mandatory UDM training, including IDS/LOGMOD, AEF Reporting Tool (ART), and Pallet Build-Up/Hazardous Cargo Preparation training, and must be able to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance. Work may occasionally require travel of 25% or less away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft. Work outside normal duty hours may be required, including evenings, weekends, and holidays; shift work and emergency overtime may also be required.

Candidates must meet the specialized experience, education, or combined experience-and-education qualification pathway for the GS-09 position. The specialized experience pathway requires at least one year of qualifying experience at the GS-07 level or equivalent. A related master's or equivalent graduate degree, two years of progressively higher-level graduate education toward such a degree, or a related LL.B. or J.D. may also qualify. Applicants using education must submit transcripts. Applicable federal time-in-grade requirements apply to eligible GS applicants.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• Must complete mandatory UDM training, including IDS/LOGMOD training, AEF Reporting Tool (ART) training, and Pallet Build-Up/Hazardous Cargo Preparation training.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance level.
• Must meet the specialized experience, education, or combination qualification requirements for the position.
• For the specialized-experience pathway, must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-07 level or equivalent, including relevant deployment operations, management practices, and deployment-readiness documentation knowledge.
• For the education pathway, must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree, two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.B. or J.D.; transcripts must be submitted when qualifying based on education.
• Applicable federal time-in-grade requirements apply; one year at the GS-07 level is required for GS-09 consideration when TIG rules apply.
• Knowledge of methods, procedures, and skills for evaluating and performing deployment operations to identify and meet requirements.
• Knowledge of federal and agency deployment or mobilization concepts, principles, practices, procedures, regulations, and laws relevant to UDM responsibilities.
• Knowledge of safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures, laws, regulations, risk assessment methods, and occupational safety and health risk evaluation.
• Knowledge of federal planning policy and guidance applicable to the functional area.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and translate complex information; make appropriate judgments; and evaluate options concerning unit readiness.
• Ability to recognize relationships among operating-program elements and integrate and analyze information to evaluate overall program status.
• Must provide evidence of foreign-education equivalency if relying on education completed at a foreign institution.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and oversees all unit-level deployment activities.
• Performs analysis activities.
• Provides technical guidance and recommendations to senior leadership regarding the unit deployment program.
• Ensures personnel readiness.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request.
• PCS may be paid if authorized, in accordance with the JTR and Air Force regulations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level