The Executive Director, Operations and Sustainment (J31) ensures Agency capability and readiness to support the Combatant Commands, Military Services, other Combat Service Support Agencies, and designated federal agencies during contingencies. This is accomplished through extensive and deliberate contingency, operational and exercise planning fully integrated across the enterprise.

Duties

The Executive Director, under the Director, J-3, is the principal liaison and advisor to the DLA Director, the Joint Chiefs of Staff J-4, Combatant Commanders, and the Services regarding all aspects of logistics planning in support of the Joint/Unified Commanders' and Military war planning and contingency/routine execution efforts. Specific duties are as follows: Ensures DLA planning and execution are accomplished deliberately and in an integrated manner, ensuring an enterprise-wide approach that effectively considers and leverages all DLA capabilities. The Executive Director acts as the principal advisor to the DLA Director through the Director, DLA J-3 Logistics Operations, in the areas of overall logistics planning and response, to include deployment of support teams, to all categories of contingency situations, emergency supply support, exercises, and humanitarian and disaster relief. The Executive Director is primarily responsible for program management and oversight of the DLA Joint Logistics Operations Center (JLOC), Military Service Support Division, Whole of Government Support Division, Portfolio Program Support Division, and the DLA-USTRANSCOM Division. In the dual role of managing both customer operations and readiness, the Executive Director, under the J-3 Director, operates the DLA JLOC and is responsible for fusing information from and across multiple organizations including the Joint staff, the Combatant Commands, the Military Services, and designated federal agencies to facilitate appropriate Agency response to a variety of scenarios, within the Continental U.S. and/or at overseas locations. The Executive Director also maintains close contact with the DLA Regional Commanders, PLFA Commanders, and the Agency's network of combatant command and whole of government liaison officers to enable effective command and control and seamless integration of DLA assets. The incumbent manages the review and evaluation of new or modified DoD guidance, determining its impact upon directorate programs and resources via complex studies designed to develop new approaches to identifying key strategic and military logistics and customer support issues, on behalf of the Director, J-3. With J-3 DLA Logistics Operations designated as the Office of Responsibility for DLA Continuity of Operations, the J-31 Executive Director is appointed as the Component Continuity Coordinator. The Component Continuity Coordinator is the senior accountable official directly responsible for management oversight of the Component continuity program and continuity matters. The Executive Director manages the Agency's Security Assistance and Foreign Military Sales program, and integrates Agency's Combat Support Agency Review Team (CSART) interface, review, and subsequent status reporting to the Joint Staff. The incumbent is accountable and responsible for the assigned program(s) to include development, documentation, and operation of both internal processes and administrative controls. Controls assure that obligations and costs are in compliance with applicable laws, and that funds, property, and other assets are safeguarded against waste, loss, and unauthorized use or misappropriation. Internal records assure that revenue and expenditures are properly recorded and accounted for, permitting preparation of sound and reliable financial or inventory reports.

Requirements

• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Expenses: Authorized
• Relocation (Government Home Sale) Expenses: Not Authorized
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Overtime Work: Occasionally
• Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel: Occasionally
• Security Requirements: Special Sensitive with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
• Drug Testing Designated Position: Yes
• Fair Labor Standards Act: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit Position: No
• Financial Filing Statement: Required, Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278)
• Emergency Essential: No
• Reemployed Annuitant: Does not meet criteria. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf
• For an explanation of the conditions of employment, please review the definitions at: https://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf
• All newly appointed career SES members must sign the Reassignment Rights and Obligation Agreement as a condition of appointment into the SES in accordance with DoD Directive 1403.03
• Selected candidate will be subject to a one-year probationary period in the Senior Executive Service unless required probationary period has been served

Qualifications

Eligibility for this position will be based on clear and comprehensive showing that the applicant has had experience of the scope and quality sufficient to carry out the duties and assignments of the position. Additionally, applicants must possess the essential skills, knowledge, and abilities listed in the Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications paragraphs below. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. In addition, DoD requires the Enterprise Perspective: The ability to apply a broad point of view and an understanding of individual or organizational responsibilities in relation to DoD or government-wide strategic priorities is required. Executives must demonstrate ability to work with internal and external partners to support national security objectives. This perspective is typically gained through a variety of diverse work experiences. A separate narrative statement is not required. This information should be embedded within the application package (Resume, Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications). Experience that demonstrates strategic and customer-level focus on broad requirements, fusion of information, collaborative partnerships and vertical and horizontal integration of information affecting a large diverse organization in a military logistics environment. Experience in overall logistics planning and response to all categories of contingency situations, emergency supply support and humanitarian and disaster relief. Demonstrated ability to manage the review and evaluation of new or modified guidance, determining its impact upon programs and resources via complex studies designed to develop new approaches to identifying key strategic logistics and customer support issues.

Contacts

• Address DLA Headquarters 8725 John J Kingman Rd Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221 US
• Name: Shonna James
• Phone: 571-767-0793
• Email: [email protected]