About the Position: Serves as the Strategic Planning Coordinator for the Regional Planning and Environment South Division in New Orleans. This announcement is for current, permanent Army employees that would like to be considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade. External status candidates should apply to Announcement # CERG242823709659. Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

Duties

Collaborate with internal and external contacts at various levels to provide information and recommendations on civil works planning matters. Coordinate work activities and/or reconcile technical differences of opinion that may require negotiation and compromise. Coordinate with scientific, technical and/or administrative staff to enhance their abilities to conduct various aspects of civil works planning while maintaining balance to meet customer expectations. Plan, organize and/or coordinate on a wide range of complex issues such as projects, studies, or staffing issues related to the organization. Use knowledge of civil works planning, principles, and procedures to produce planning documents in accordance with regulations, directives, and legislation. Identify schedule risks in coordination with study team and develop recovery actions to meet scheduled commitments. Assess missions and functions to identify core capabilities that are essential in meeting command responsibilities. Explain objectives, theories, methods, techniques, and goals to be attained to determine measures to be taken to promote achievement.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is obligated to another employee. If selected, you will be required to sign an agreement acknowledging the obligation and accept the fact that you may be returned to your permanent position or displaced under RIF procedures at any time.
• Appointment may be subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements.

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 for 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: 1) Reviewing and evaluating policies, programs, and procedures to determine efficiency in accomplishing objectives and goals, 2) Identifying and determines corrective course of action on various complex issues, 3) Developing organizational strategy and goals based on continuous observation and analysis of assigned functions, and 4) Preparing written reports and/or various planning documents on existing and proposed projects/programs. 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: CommunicationsPlanning and EvaluatingProject ManagementStrategic Thinking 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 RG-W2R902 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NEW ORLEANS DO NOT MAIL New Orleans, LA 70118 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk