About the Position: You will serve as Chief, Airfield Division, United States Army Aviation Brigade (TAAB). The Chief, Airfield Division, is the primary staff advisor to the Commander TAAB and Chief of Staff for airfield matters. This position is located at Fort Belvoir, VA.

Duties

Define operational strategies, direction, and makes decisions on allocating resources to address Department of the Army (DA) and TAAB mission/vision short- and long-term goals. Develop and establish procedures for keeping the airfield in a continuous ready status to support aircraft that require use of the airfield to accomplish their mission. Advise Commander, TAAB, on budgetary requirements to sustain, restore and modernize the airfield and helipad infrastructure. Plan work assignments, prepare plans to meet substantial changes in workload, and justifies revisions in staffing levels, work priorities and deadlines. Prepare formal requests for personnel action to fill vacancies; detail, reassign, or promote employees and makes selections of employees from lists of eligible personnel. Perform analysis of DoD and Army regulations, rules, and policies in order to translate laws into team goals and services and provide timely and comprehensive responses that support the mission. Represent the TAAB/MDW Commander with other agencies to coordinate airspace/air traffic control measures to ensure Command interests are represented at conferences/meetings. Provide technical and administrative oversight of a variety of programs, including airfield management operations, manpower, budget, training, quality assurance, air traffic and airspace, airfield infrastructure, etc.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position is Non-Critical Sensitive (T3), requires an employee to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing; must sign DA Form 5019-R.
• May be required to work rotating shifts, overtime, weekends, holidays and/or on-call duty hours.
• Required to participate in contingency readiness exercises, major accident response exercises, and investigations.
• Pre-employment physical and annual physicals while in position.
• This position is designated Key (2) and shall not be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization without seriously impairing the capability of the agency to function effectively.
• Because of the essential nature of this position, shall require that it not be filled by members of the National Guard, Ready Reservists or military retirees with recall obligations.
• This position has been designated as a mission essential position.
• This means that should there be a general dismissal authorization due to adverse weather conditions or other emergency situation (specified by the organizational criteria) you will remain on the job.

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.) 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 EligibleVeterans 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 which includes: provide management, direction and/or oversight on airfield operations; develop policy and/or operation procedures for aircraft matters; and plan, assign and/or review the work assignments of personnel within the organization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: AccountabilityOral CommunicationOrganizational Performance AnalysisPlanning 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-13).

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 HT-W0CSAA THE ARMY AVIATION BRIGADE DO NOT MAIL Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk