THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP. This National Guard position is for a INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF), Position Description Number PDD2669P01 and is part of the Mississippi National Guard.

Duties

As a INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF), GS-0101-12, you will serve as the Director of the Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Program. Responsible for the overall management, guidance, development, implementation and maintenance for the primary prevention of harm and other prohibited abuse and harmful acts. The IPP Director creates the homogenous link between stand-alone programs. Develops command guidance to implement an IPP program to improve personal resilience, connectedness, and well-being and enhance work/life balance for Service members and families. Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of The Adjutant General's (TAG) Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Program. Ensures legal and regulatory requirements as well as the needs of National Guard (NG) Service members, families and communities are met. Serves as the principal advisor to TAG regarding the integrated primary prevention of all self-directed harm and prohibited abuse or harm as defined in applicable regulations and policies. Ensures TAG's IPP program complies with all legal and regulatory requirements. Develops IPP plan(s) in coordination with all relevant offices (i.e. Family Programs, Resilience, SARC, Psychological Health, EO/EEO). As the technical authority and expert on primary prevention; researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies Department of Defense (DoD), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Air National Guard (ANG), and Army National Guard (ARNG) prescribing directives, Public Law, guidance, and regulatory instructions. Develops Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ) goals and objectives to effectively address self-directed harm, prohibited abuse or harm, personal resilience, and quality of life issues impacting Service members and their families. Promotes cross organizational collaboration with JFHQ directorates, by assigning tasks to appropriate Wing/Region based on organizational priorities and requirements. Establishes metrics to ensure assigned actions progress on schedule, are reviewed at critical points, and remain effective. Identifies, researches, and advises JFHQ leadership on issues impacting the outcomes defined within applicable policies and other official guidance. Applying mastery level knowledge, provides recommendations, which have state-wide, and potentially national, impact in addressing self-directed harm and prohibited abuse or harm. Collects and reviews integrated primary prevention issues, disseminates findings to appropriate headquarters functional offices of primary responsibilities (OPRs) for resolution. Reviews progress and analyzes solutions, and, if appropriate, initiates action to raise issues to the NGB IPP cell for resolution. Provides recommendations to senior JFHQ leaders in developing 0 implementing the effectiveness of their primary prevention program. Provides expert counsel to leaders at all levels of best practices, and evidence-based programs, policies, and plans that increase primary prevention capacity and address specific population-level needs within their organizations. Oversees the development and allocation of all primary prevention funding and human resources impacting the full range of the IPP program. On behalf of TAG, monitors and controls budget and fiscal plans for integrated primary prevention related functions. Prepares and justifies and submits budget inputs and forecasting. Represents primary prevention issues as a member of leadership committees, boards, and working groups. Compiles and presents IPP assessment and evaluation results to the leadership team. Monitors and advises on activities of subordinate IPP programs. Supports the dissemination of NGB's comprehensive primary prevention initiatives. Ensures subordinates (Wing/Region IPP and JFHQ subject specific Specialists) complete mandatory training requirements. Tracks prevention initiatives to ensure subordinates meet NGB requirements, and provides feedback, as required. Provides guidance to Wing/Region PPIs on the most complex issues when formulating a recommended course of action for leadership. Reviews complex issues prior to elevating to NGB. Makes appropriate IPP policy and strategy recommendations to NGB. Represents TAG on IPP issues at forums and conferences. Acts as the tip of the spear for initiatives and programs directed by NGB regarding the IPP programs. Conducts gap analyses to identify needs among the Service members and their families. Works with the field to promote and link various military and non-military resources to improve access to a variety of support agencies. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED: This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the National Guard. Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. MILITARY MEMBERS WITH BONUSES: Upon acceptance of a military technician position military members who are currently receiving a military Reenlistment/Extension Bonus (REB) or GI Bill-SR Kicker may lose incentive eligibility and may be subject to termination or suspension of incentive (includes indefinite and temporary technicians on assignment for more than 180 days in any continuous 12-month period). INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences. or Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences. or Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Experience, education or training analyzing problems, identifying significant factors, gathering pertinent data and recognizing solutions; preparing reports, plans, policies and various correspondence; evaluating objectives and develop plans to facilitate the availability and effective utilization of various social science resources. Must have knowledge of the organization and its mission and utilized the organizational staff procedures. Experience applying analytical and evaluative techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of social science program operations carried out by administrative or professional personnel, or substantive administrative support functions. Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel. If your resume does not include a narrative description of how you meet the GENERAL, SPECIALIZED experiences, and OTHER requirements, you may lose consideration for this position. Ensure that the Questionnaire is completed online in Application Manager. NOTES TO CANDIDATES: a. Situations of inversion of military rank are not permitted, i.e., a military technician may not be militarily senior to his or her full-time supervisor. b. Candidates may be screened and evaluated on military attributes directly related to the compatible military position required to be assigned into, such as, but not limited to, military bearing, leadership, or ability to work with others (teamwork) in a military environment. c. Include any volunteer work experience in your resume. 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). d. Final selection will be based upon qualifications, suitability, and available manpower resources. e. This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. f. Multiple vacancies may be filled from this announcement. g. If this announcement results in a temporary promotion for the selectee, it may become permanent at any time without further competition dependent on funding and manpower requirements.

Education

To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position (TRANSCRIPTS).

Contacts

• Address MS JFH Army PO Box 5027 Jackson, MS 39232-5027 US
• Name: Steven Cochran
• Phone: 601-313-4647
• Email: [email protected]