About the Position: Incumbent serves as an Allied Integration Specialist for the Allied Integration Division, for the Director, Strategy, Policy, and Plans (J5), U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). Reports to Division Chief for Allied Integration Division. Incumbent is an Allied Integration Specialist who is focused on actioning the Allied element of USSOUTHCOM's integrated deterrence efforts.

Duties

Maintain a baseline understanding of Allied political-military issues which impact USSOUTHCOM's Area of Responsibility. Identify political-military issues for current and future impact on the Command so as to conduct analysis of their implications and alternatives Provide critical recommendations regarding how Allied centric political-military issues affect U.S. Conduct analysis with finished intelligence products, to generate political-military fact sheets, information papers, decision papers and other products for the Command. Coordinate all activities across Command staff, service components, country teams, the Joint Staff, Deptartment of Defense and Department of State headquarters staffs, federal law enforcement agencies, and congressional staffs, as required.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position requires a Security Clearance at the TOP SECRET/Special Sensitive Level as the incumbent will be required to access, process, use, and safeguard classified National Defense information.
• This position is covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program. The incumbent must pass urinalysis testing, as required prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• Due to the nature of this position, employees are required to work both planned and unscheduled overtime.

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic 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.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority 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 EligibleReinstatementVeterans 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 experience initiating a wide variety of special research, strategic development, analytical studies, planning efforts, and political military actions having major near-term and long-term effects on the Command's mission in Latin America and the Caribbean; understanding of military and geopolitics; experience in international relations within multilateral constructs sufficient for making recommendations for policy, plans, and strategy options regarding prioritization and linkage of critical Allied efforts; defining solutions; providing recommendations; generating political-military fact sheets, info papers, decision papers and other products; constructing and presenting briefs to Command leaders and senior staff; and coordinating visits of a political-military nature, by foreign officers, senior officials, foreign service academies, and other professional military groups and representatives. 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: Oral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingPolitical Savvy 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