About the Position: This position serves as the Director of the United States Army Special Operations Command History Office in Fort Liberty, NC. This announcement is open to current employees of USASOC only.

Duties

Organizes, directs, and implements both current and long-range historical programs of USASOC. Directs programs that interface with resident historians and archivists at various military, federal, state, university, and local history repositories to secure ARSOF related materials to facilitate research. Organizes the History Office to achieve the goals and objectives of the historical program. Reviews and approves all volumes, monographs, special studies, reports, and other types of research and writing projects accomplished within the History Office. Advises and assists commanders and their staffs with the development of historical and oral history programs, selection of historians, research and writing standards, graphics, editorial work, publication, and distribution of histories. Plans and manages the USASOC?s Oral History Program to assure the timely and complete interviewing of retired and active duty military and civilian leaders of USASOC. Conducts historical studies and writes reports dealing with high-level policies, plans, operations and programs of USASOC. Represents USASOC in conferences, panel discussions and seminars at the DOD, DA and agency levels and with public interest and historical groups and associations. Performs supervisory personnel functions such as interviewing applicants and selecting personnel for positions, determining training needs, approving all leave, and recommending disciplinary actions.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• The duties of this position meet the criteria for compliance with Federal and Department of the Army Drug Free Workplace Programs. This position is subject to a pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports) upon entering the position and annually thereafter.
• Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance with SCI access.
• This position requires TDY travel up to 25% of the time.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG). A one year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities Current Civilian Employees of the Organization In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Supervisory Historian: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. OR Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in history, or a major in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Collecting material and/or information to manage a historical archive program for a Special Operations military command; 2) Developing programs that provide guidance and supervision to process and preserve historical documents, photographs, and media for retrieval and use by historians. 3) Conducting historical studies to writes reports dealing with high-level policies, plans, operations, and programs of a Special Operations military command. 4) Managing the acquisition, preservation, curation, storage, and/or use of historical artifacts. 5) Serving as final editorial authority for planning, directing, editing, and publishing periodicals and books in support of a Special Operations military command history program. 6) Preparing briefings for General Officers and other high-ranking officials. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-14. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Oral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingStrategic ThinkingTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent GS-14.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address DN-APF-W45VAA ARMY SPEC OP CMD DO NOT MAIL Fort Liberty, NC 28310 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]