About the Position: Serves as an Exercise Planning and Combat Training Center (CTC) Planning Specialist for United States Army Alaska (USARAK).

Duties

Prepares exercise documents to include planning milestones, concept and issue updates, planning tools, executive summaries, staff summaries, orders, and command briefings. Serves as the command’s principal contact for scheduling, planning, coordinating, and supervising USARAK forces participation in all designated CTC rotations and exercises in the USINDOPACOM Theater and the Alaska Joint Operations Area of USNORTHCOM. Coordinates with senior, lateral and subordinate headquarters, and represents USARAK at planning conferences to meet sourcing requirements for all exercises tasked by appropriate higher headquarters. Develops exercise objectives, master scenario event lists, control plans, transportation plans, and support requirements for exercises. Provides advice, guidance and assistance to Major Subordinate Command and Theater Enabling Command action officers and negotiates with allied and partner nation planners to ensure that the results of each exercise maximize the training of all units. Assists in the allocation and management of all exercise funds received from higher headquarters for all Army units participating in exercises. Demonstrates capability and knowledge of the missions and capabilities of Army forces in order to provide valid comments and recommendations to U.S., allied and partner nation Armies in the design of force lists.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

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 EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 planning, coordinating, and/or evaluating of combat training center exercises and other military exercises to include integration of allied/partner forces.. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and ManagementOral CommunicationPlanning 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-11).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address EV-APF-W0AKAA US ARMY ALASKA, HQ DO NOT MAIL Fort Wainwright, AK 99703 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk