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: Incumbent works under the supervision of the Chief, Military Personnel Division. As Chief, plans, coordinates, and directs the mission of the garrison Casualty Assistance Center (CAC).

Duties

Provides general administrative guidance to independently plan, design and carry out casualty assistance support, manage casualty operations, mortuary operations, military funeral honors, fatal accident and mass casualty support. Supervises an operation involving civilian employees who engage in professional, technical, and administrative work. Provides direction, continuity and guidance to General Staff, ACOMS, subordinate commands, Reserves, and National Guard. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets priorities, and establishes schedules for work completion. Provides training to all organization pertaining to casualty assistance and funeral honors on a monthly basis or as needed basis. Provide casualty assistance support, to include casualty operations, mortuary operations, military funeral honors, mass casualty support and line of duty programs. Supervises the Contract Officer Representative in the execution of duties with relation to mortuary services contracts. Responsible for notifying and providing assistance to the Line of Duty (LOD) Officer of all incidents that may result in a formal or informal LOD. Serve in an extremely sensitive and high visibility position directly involved in all casualty incidents, notification of death, casualty assistance, mortuary services and burial honors.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent is required 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.
• Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) may be required up to 10%.
• In accordance with AR 690-11, this position has been designated as "Key" and shall not be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization as doing so would seriously impair the capability of the organization to function effectively.
• The incumbent must be exempted from recall to active duty and will receive training to ensure mission accomplishment of sustaining base operations during mobilization.
• A one-year supervisory probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.

Qualifications

Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed 3 years by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition. This is an obligated position. An obligated position is one to which an employee has statutory restoration rights or entitlement based on active military service, recovery from a compensable injury, or return rights based on an overseas tour. 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 on 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) Working in casualty affairs, mortuary affairs or similar fields performing such duties as casualty reporting notifications and investigation; AND 2) Providing Casualty Affairs related training to staff and external organizations; AND 3) Leading and managing personnels in all aspect of their daily operations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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: Administration and ManagementLeadershipManaging Human ResourcesTechnical Competence 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).

Contacts

• Address FS-W6CCAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT JACKSON DO NOT MAIL Fort Jackson, SC 29207 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk