About the Position: The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Futures Command. To achieve that vision, USAMRDC employs military, civilian, and contractor personnel assigned to the headquarters and subordinate units. USAMRDC's world-class reputation is the direct result of the outstanding leadership, work ethic, and selfless service of its highly talented workforce. Please visit our website https://mrdc.amedd.army.mil

Duties

Provide organizational and supervisory continuity in conjunction with the Director and Senior Scientists Formulate, interpret and apply policies, principles and procedures for program management Coordinate funding priorities and decisions with staff officers Execute annual budget and manage a multidisciplinary teams for coordinating functions Perform analysis and surveillance of casualty producing events in deployed environment to inform decisions on operations, materiel, training and acquisition communities Provide guidance to conduct analysis, evaluation, planning, organization, coordination and approval of intramural and extramural research programs and projects Strategically plan to meet long term tasks and milestones and overcome program obstacles Identify new partnerships to enhance capability and support for current and future missions; maintain current partnerships for better communication and productivity Provide senior level guidance to promote collaboration between medical and non-medical research communities within and outside the Department of Defense and both national and international contacts Complete strategic programming by collaborating with contacts Promote awareness of Blast injury tools and instruction by providing presentations

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain eligibility to a Top Secret (or Secret) security clearance.
• Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to applicant testing and random drug testing.

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 Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 USAMRDC participates in an alternative personnel system known as the Personnel Demonstration Project (PDP). The DB-04 pay band is equivalent to the GS-15, Step 01 through GS-15, Step 10. In keeping with the Demonstration pay fixing policies, employees earning a salary that falls within this pay band, will not receive an immediate pay increase (promotion) if appointed to this position. Future pay increases within the pay band will be accomplished through the pay for performance management system. This position is scheduled to transfer to an Army Program Executive Office or the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in accordance with the provisions of Section 702 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Public Law 114-328. If it moves to DHA, employees will become DoD employees upon transfer to the DHA. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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: Degree: Bachelor's or graduate (or higher level) degree with major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. You MUST submit copies of your transcripts supporting your 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 in the same or similar work equivalent to at least the next lower level (DB-04/GS-14 equivalent) requiring application of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the position being filled. Candidates for this position must clearly demonstrate in their resume that they possess: (1) Experience managing interdisciplinary teams composed of medical, intelligence, operational and/or materiel communities (2) Experience in the development and utilization of databases for collecting, analyzing and/or sharing complex data sets (3) Experience providing senior leader guidance on prevention and mitigation of Warfighter injury and death (4) Experience collaborating with blast injury subject matter experts to provide presentations on new research to the medical community EDUCATION: 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 CommunicationProblem SolvingResearch

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 BB-APF-W03JAA USA MED RESEARCH AND DEV CMD DO NOT MAIL Frederick, MD 21702 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk