Job opening: Senior Watch Officer
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Jul 16 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Operations Center (DDOC), J33 Operations Division, J-3 Operations Directorate DHHQ, in Falls Church, Virginia.
Note:
Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
Duties
Supervise the Agency watch team in their functional area responsibilities of preparing, coordinating, synchronizing, maintaining Operations Orders, Task Orders, Fragmentary Orders, and crisis response plans in support of Combatant Commands.
Provide instructions, set work priorities, and establish deadlines, develop new methods to establish tactics, techniques, and procedures
Serve as coach, facilitator and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members.
Responsible for assisting and advising the DOC Officer in Charge, Current Ops Branch Lead and J-33 Chief, Operations in the execution of all operational matters and procedures.
Fully prepared and trained to assume the additional responsibilities required in response to contingencies and crisis.
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 Secret security clearance or access for the duration of
employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- One-year supervisory probationary period required. A one-year probationary period is required if the selectee has not previously met this requirement.
- The employee is required to work other than normal duty hours (24/7), which includes evenings, weekends and/or holidays. Employee may be recalled to duty with little or no notice.
- This position is a Testing Designated Position subject to pre-employment screening and random drug testing. Selectees will be required to consent to participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
- This position may require the incumbent to work on call during irregular work hours which may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or varying work schedules.
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.
Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDefense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-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 assisting in developing emergency plans/procedures, providing recommendations to management on potential threat responses, overseeing the work of employees and advising management on emergency management policies/procedures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
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:
LeadershipManages and Organizes InformationPersonnel Security and SafetyTraining and Employee Development
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
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address KF-DHA-DDAAFC DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HQ
DO NOT MAIL
Falls Church, VA 22042
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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