About the Position: The position is located in the Plans Branch, Operations Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, G6. The incumbent serves as a communications planner that serves the US Army North staff and deployed forces. Receives general policy, guidance, and direction from the Plans Branch Chief who assigns responsibilities.

Duties

Coordinates and integrates the work of different directorate action officers and ensures short and long range plans are developed and executed. Serves as communications technical expert in working groups comprised of functional specialists, support contractors, and matrix support personnel to develop plans for Headquarters functional areas. Plan communications support for forces deploying in support of consequence management missions and training. Provides support to expeditionary Army signal units using commercial off the shelf equipment, contracted fixed commercial infrastructure and DoD provided installation support. Provides commercial internet and non-secure voice, DoD NIPR Net, and secure networks and voice services. Integrates planning and policies to support automation, communications, and provide theater communications information to the command’s future planning cell (FPC) and future operations center (FOC) in support of major exercises and contingencies. Provides vetted C4 requirements input to the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development process.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Overtime and shift work may be required on short notice to include nights, holidays, and weekends.
• Must be prepared to support the Main Command Post at the headquarters or remote locations (Limited Deployment).
• May be required to obtain/maintain an appropriate Sensitive Compartmented Info. Intelligence Community Dir 704 security clearance (TOP Secret).
• May be required to submit to a urinalysis for illegal drug use.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Information Assurance certification IAW DoD 8570-01-M, 12/19/05 (i.e., GSLC, CIO, etc).
• TDY of up to 25% is required.

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.) 13473People 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 includes working knowledge with telecommunications program planning and policies; experience in analyzing and developing, communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrate knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology; Experience with communication concepts, principles and practices in functional areas of telecommunications (transmission, media, data transfer, ground to ground radio, switching systems, satellite links) to develop and implement communications systems in order to meet open compute project (OCP) requirements and resolve problems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Information ManagementInformation Resources Strategy and PlanningInformation Technology Research and DevelopmentTelecommunications 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

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 SC-WJMH99 HQ US ARMY NORTH DO NOT MAIL Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk