Job opening: Operations Specialist
Salary: $72 553 - 94 317 per year
Published at: Aug 27 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: Fort Drum, the home of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), is located in Northern New York, a historically unique and geographically beautiful area, Fort Drum is approximately 30 miles from Canada.
Duties
Oversees the physical organization of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) area, serving as an Assistant Battle Captain during EOC operations.
Ensures the Emergency Operations Center is properly prepared for the conduct of operations commensurate with the emergency or training exercise, and as directed by the Installation Commander.
Advises the POM Division Chief on all C4IM and communications strategies during contingency planning and maintains all POM information systems in a status of readiness.
Identify and coordinate training and deployment support requirements for installation support of Active Components, to include 10th Mountain Division and Corps units stationed at Fort Drum and visiting Active Component units, etc.
Analyzes requirements for support plans and recommends actions to be taken.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires that the employee may be required to work 12-hour shifts in Emergency situations, during deployments, redeployments, and other contingency operations and manmade or natural disasters.
- A Secret (Tier 3) Security Clearance is required.
- This position is Mission Essential.
- Up to 10% Travel for Duty (TDY).
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 Installation Management Command-Directorate of Plans, Training, Mob & Security-Fort Drum employees with competitive status within the local commuting area.
Current Civilian Employees of the OrganizationCurrent Department of Army Civilian Employees
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Analyzing processes and procedures to evaluate the success of previous military training events. 2. Utilizing a variety of automation hardware and software programs in order to enter, maintain and retrieve data pertaining to items such as the Unit Status Reports. 3) Applying oral and written communication techniques to coordinate events, explain reporting requirements, prepare briefing materials and draft various memoranda and correspondence. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
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Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Emergency Management.
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Administration and ManagementManages and Organizes InformationOral 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-09).
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address FU-W0XQAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT DRUM
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Drum, NY 13602
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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