About the Position: Join us at the United States Southern Command. We provide support to a four star unified Combatant Commander, but are compact enough that our staff also work with senior leadership representatives of our inter-service and (public and private) international partner organizations. Our contribution to furthering our country's relationships with Caribbean, South America, and Central American Nations are substantial. We are looking for talented individuals to join the team.

Duties

Serves as an Interorganizational Coordinator (SCJ7/9), USSOUTHCOM, responsible for building relationships with military and civilian organizations that enable collaborative planning and influence operations. Establishes and maintains partnerships with various organizations: interagency, international, intergovernmental, nongovernmental, and private sector with a focus on security issues that impact the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility (AOR). Works closely with USSOUTHCOM directorates to identify ways to leverage the knowledge and resources of interorganizational entities to implement whole of society sustainable solutions in USSOUTHCOM Theater Security Cooperation activities.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• 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 is a drug testing position, 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.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 15% of the time.
• 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.
• Term employment is subject to one-year trial period. Employees serving a trial period can be removed with limited appeal rights.
• 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.
• Army employees who accept a time-limited appointment (to include employees with personal competitive status) will be separated at the end of the time-limited appointment date if the Not-to-Exceed (NTE) date is not extended.
• This is an obligated position. An obligated position is one to which an employee has statutory restoration rights or entitlement based on active military service, recovery from a compensable injury, or return rights based on an overseas tour.

Qualifications

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. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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 establishing and maintaining partnerships with interorganizational entities such as interagency, international organizations (IOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private sector (academic and business sector). Implementing, formulating, articulating, and advocating policies, priorities, programs, and procedures in regard to Civil-Military Operations. Provide direction, facilitation, coordination, and synchronization of interorganizational efforts in strategic planning, theater security planning, deliberate planning, humanitarian assistance exercise planning, crisis planning, crisis response, transition, and post-crisis reconstruction activities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: CommunicationsInfluencing/NegotiatingManages and Organizes InformationOrganizational AwarenessPlanning and Evaluating 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-12).

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