This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA - Business & Technical Management Career Path (AcqDemo only) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This Program Manager (Assistant Program Manager Acquisition) position is assigned to the PMO TACTICAL NETWORK (6KG) PDM NETMOD, located in APG, MD.

Duties

Manages/directs technical and administrative personnel in project management activities. Defines, develops and sets strategy and policy for accomplishment of assigned objectives. Provides oversight and coordination of all support organizations, collocated and non-collocated matrix engineering, IPT memberships, and systems and support contractors. Develops plans which affect the organization’s long-range goals, objectives, and directions and require an analytical approach in order to forecast future trends and results. Makes extensive use of technical resources external to the immediate project office, initiates, plans, and directs a variety of activities critical to mission accomplishment.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able 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.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectees must meet position requirement for Practitioner certification in Program Management within 60 months of entrance on duty.
• Position requires submission of Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450.
• Term Appointment NTE – Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE 2 years.
• Term appointments may be extended beyond of six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, Term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years.
• Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a temporary or Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Temporary or Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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. NH-03-Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience at the next lower grade NH-02/GS-11 or equivalency which includes: 1) Performing acquisition life cycle product/project development with managing cost, schedule, performance and risk for a program of record or non-program of record communications systems; 2) Performing Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties/responsibilities such as conducting technical evaluations, source selection, evaluating performance or writing performance work statements (PWS) AND 3) Coordinating logistics or technical support for deployed systems.

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 AD-W6DRAA PEO C3T DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk