You will serve as a Program Analyst (Strategic Studies & Wargames) in the Directorate Maritime Operations and Plans Department (N5) Wargames Branch (N52) of Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia.

Duties

You will review strategic studies; defense related analyses, DoD-wide doctrine, and long-range policy decisions for their accuracy, relevance and completeness. You will develop a comprehensive MSC publication review plan for Navy, Service, DoD and Joint Staff documents, publications and instructions. You will receive and track MSC staff input, consolidate and edit input and ensure timely completion of all doctrine and publication review tasking. You will participate in interagency writing teams for the formulation of initial doctrine or significant revisions to existing publications related to subjects of interest to MSC. You will participate in wargames, seminars and related exercises that test doctrine and help to determine future DoD direction.

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.
• 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.
• 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 A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.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.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience developing technical and analytical studies in wargames. Experience compiling management data to prepare reports. Experience working independently in developing critical comments and inputs focused on defense sealift capabilities, strategic mobility, ocean transportation systems and fleet support activity and developing a comprehensive publication review plan for organization documents, publications, and instructions. Experience reviewing strategic studies, defense related analyses, doctrines, and long-range policy decisions for their accuracy, relevance and completeness regarding specific organizational mission and responsibilities. Experience developing and maintaining wargame data resources and reference files. 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND 471 East C Street Norfolk, 23511 GB
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]