About the Position: Join us at the United States Southern Command. We provide direct support to a four-star Unified Combatant Commander, but are compact enough that our staff also works with senior leadership representatives of our inter-service, inter-agency and (public and private) international partner organizations. Our contribution to furthering our country's relationships with Caribbean, South and Central American nations and peoples are substantial.

Duties

Serve as Joint Targeting and Fires Specialist in the USSOUTHCOM Directorate of Operations (SCJ3), Defeat Threats Division (SCJ32), Joint Fires Element (JFE). Integrate Intermediate Military Objective (IMOs) related to objectives of countering organization's area of responsibility primary threats of drug trafficking (CD), illicit threat networks (CTN), and external state actors (ESA) with the J32 Division. Manage analyst and component workforce to ensure the targeting enterprise is accomplishing mission IAW SOUTHCOM Commander’s guidance. Participate in working groups, boards, and planning teams to develop courses of action of Targeting- and/or Fires-related planning considerations and issues. Prepare and brief on key products including mission analysis, course of action development, decision briefs, PLANORDs, and other approved products supporting future operations.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• Position may be filled as a term appointment initially NTE 13 months. May be extended annually up to 5 years.
• Term appointments may be extended beyond six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years.
• Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a term appointment will be appointed/converted into a term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.
• Term employment is subject to one-year trial period. Employees serving a trial period can be removed with limited appeal rights.

Qualifications

***NOTE: If you are a current Army employee and want to be considered for a temporary promotion, reassignment, or change to lower grade, you must apply to Announcement Number NCFR249169118065.*** 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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Executive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligibleReinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the experience 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes facilitating military decision-making processes to develop feasible courses of action to identify threat networks; orchestrating the coordination of operational execution of actions focused against priority threat networks and associated targets; developing Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), Battle Rhythm, Scheduling, Standardization of Briefing Products, Summary Messages, Fragmentary Orders, Staff Papers and providing subject matter expertise of Joint Fire Support (JP 3-09), and Joint Targeting (JP 3-60) during the planning and execution of military operations during crisis and steady state operations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Manages and Organizes InformationOperations SupportOrganizational AwarenessTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

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.

Contacts

• Address FR-APF-W096AA HQ USSOUTHCOM DO NOT MAIL Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk