About the Position: This position is located within the Defense Health Agency supporting the Exercises, and Readiness Division, in Falls Church, Virginia. Note: Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

Duties

Identify and document gaps and trends in proficiency and force readiness. Develop recommendations for Exercise as part of the Joint Exercise Life Cycle. Extract and assess key issues pertaining to medical operations for dissemination to appropriate agencies within joint communities. Liaise and coordinate with counterparts at CCMDs, Combat Support Agencies, and other Services. Provide input to key documents for CCOE DOTMLPF-P efforts (e.g., concepts, operational and organizational concepts, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) documents, programs of instruction). Analyze lessons learned, best practices, and tactics, techniques, and procedures for DHA from actual military operations, training exercises, joint exercises, experiments, Warfighter Exercises, home station training at the DHA HQ. Facilitates, monitors, tracks, and reports integration and implementation of lessons learned, bestpractices, and tactics, techniques, and procedures supporting the operating and generating forces.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires a high degree of discretion in relation to sensitive information of which the incumbent is aware.
• 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.
• Approximately 10% travel may be required both internationally and domestically.
• This position may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.

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 experiencerequirements 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 analyzing agency exercises to develop new exercise and/or training procedures, identifying deficiencies in exercise program for improvement, and providing recommendations for appropriate changes to program requirements. 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 ManagementCurriculum DevelopmentOrganizational Awareness 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

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