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Duties

Serves as part of a DLA Liaison Officer (LNO) and Contingency Planner team supporting Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), and its Service Components. Advises MARCENT and SOCCENT on DLA support capabilities to ensure the Agency is fully leveraged in pursuit of their objectives. Provides timely and actionable intelligence to DLA CENTCOM and SOCOM leadership on MARCENT and SOCCENT support requirements. Represents DLA with OSD, the JCS, USCENTCOM, Service Components, and Federal Agencies in planning and executing worldwide and regional exercises related to contingencies, mobilization, and emergency operations. Serves as the DLA Planning Officer supporting USCENTCOM J4 and sister Component, and a primary focal point for disseminating, coordinating, and tracking USCENTCOM support issues and concerns to and from DLA. In coordination with Agency and USCENTCOM planners, resolves operation plan shortfalls, limitations and other conditions that impact on DLAs ability to perform its wartime logistics support mission. Coordinates support planning and execution with DLA CENTCOM Support Branch staff, regional DLA major subordinate commands (MSC), and deployed activities to ensure DLA support is integrated, on-time, and accurate. Adjudicates interpretive differences among DLA subordinate elements regarding DoD and DLA policy and guidance as they affect operational, contingency, exercise, and support planning. Collects and evaluates exercise and/or contingency operations to use as a basis for improving and revising Agency doctrine, directives, instructions, or Support Plans. Evaluates the Agency's support requirements to ensure After Action Reports (AARs) and lessons learned accurately articulate the Agency's commitment to support the warfighter.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Special Sensitive/SCI
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Pre-Employment Physical: Required
• Expeditionary Civilian (EC): Emergency Essential
• Obligated Position: This is an obligated position and occupancy is subject to the return of former incumbent. If former incumbent fails to return to the position, occupancy may become permanent.
• USCENTCOM Physical Requirement: Must meet the requirements specified within USCENTCOM MOD 13 Individual Protection and Individual-Unit Deployment Policy in relation to occupying a position at an overseas/deployed location within the CENTCOM area.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Logistics Management Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Knowledge of military planning, policies and concepts; wartime and emergency logistics doctrines; organization and planning systems; DoD, JCS, and Military Services worldwide logistics support policies, procedures, and practices; and the DoD logistics systems structure which develops/ evaluates comprehensive contingency, emergency and wartime logistics support plans. Knowledge of overall logistics support planning process, in relationships to other Federal civilian agencies, OSD JCS, Unified Commands, and Military Services planning and exercise programs, projects, and contingency operations. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being filled as Term appointment not-to-exceed (NTE)3 years. Current permanent DLA employees eligible as a Promotion, this position will be filled as a Temporary Promotion NTE 3 years and may be extended up to a total of five years or converted to a permanent promotion without further competition. Current permanent DLA employees eligible as a Reassignment/Change-to-Lower Grade, this position will be filled as a Reassignment/Change-to-Lower Grade with the intent to be limited to the time period specified in the announcement and may be reassigned at management's discretion or made permanent at any time. Upon termination/expiration of the temporary assignment, placement will be either to the gaining or previous organization in accordance with DLA policy (DLAI 1442.04) regarding placement rights after a time-limited assignment. For all others, if selected, this would be a Term/Time-Limited Appointment NTE 3 years, and not more than six years. The selected applicant will be required to sign a written agreement acknowledging the conditions of this temporary assignment/appointment and that they may be released from this position upon management discretion.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Contacts

• Address DLA Central 74 Washington Ave N Battle Creek, MI 49037 US
• Name: JIMMANUEL MELENDEZ
• Phone: (717) 770-3073
• Email: [email protected]