You will serve as a POLICY PROGRAM SPECIALIST in the Policy and Strategy Directorate of the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy Policy (DUSN-P).

Duties

You will coordinate leadership participation in and preparation for senior executive governance forums and meetings. You will be responsible for direct coordination to ensure distribution of classified and controlled but unclassified materials, coordination of briefer assignments, and verification of senior leader attendance. You will review and analyze read-aheads, in coordination with headquarters staff, in support of the conduct of prep sessions with officials. You will provide recommendations to the Director for Policy and assist in coordinating strategy and policy proposals for approval and monitoring general defense and national security policy development and implementation. You will be required to write read-aheads and action/information memorandums for decision or consideration based on receipt and review of information from the applicable staff. You will serve as a point of contact for policy and strategy staffing actions and ensure proper coordination of staffing actions for the Policy Team. You will participate in special studies, analyses and evaluations of sensitive matters, ensuring maritime perspectives are considered and incorporated.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: reviewing proposed processes and policies and monitoring policy implementation; AND presenting organization-wide findings to senior level military and civilian officials (e.g., preparing and participating in executive governance forums and meetings related to strategic, policy, or resource management decisions). GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: assisting in reviewing proposed processes and policies and monitoring policy implementation; AND preparing presentation regarding organization-wide findings to senior level military and civilian officials. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience/general experience listed in the Qualifications section, applicants may qualify based on equivalent education, as follows:

GS-11: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR, LL.M., if related; OR, a combination of experience and graduate education that equates to one year of experience.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (https://www.ed.gov/). Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350-1000 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]