General Supply Specialist (Safety)

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About the Position: This position, General Supply Specialist (Safety), GS-2001-11 serves as the principal Supply and Safety Specialist, responsible for executing a comprehensive logistics, unit supply, property management, inventory management, and occupational safety program. It is located in Stuttgart, Germany on Patch Barracks.

• Direct the Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP) and administer the non-expendable property book, ensuring exacting accountability for millions of dollars in sensitive, classified, and standard Special Operations Forces (SOF) assets.
• Serve as the command’s technical authority for logistics systems of record, including Global Combat Support System - Army (GCSS-Army), Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS), and Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced (PBUSE)systems.
• Execute comprehensive logistics planning and distribution operations to meet standard DoD and specialized SOF requirements across classified and unclassified mission profiles.
• Coordinate continuously with the Supply Support Activity (SSA) and higher headquarters to expedite the receipt, storage, and shipment of palletized goods, hazardous materials, and critical non-standard items.
• Independently conduct comprehensive safety and occupational health inspections of command facilities, administrative areas, tactical motor pools, and specialized training environments.
• Prepare formal reports detailing findings and provide technically sound recommendations for corrective actions and risk mitigation.
• Deliver technical safety training briefings to personnel to promote a proactive culture of safety and mishap prevention throughout the command.

Requirements

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

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Qualifications Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 2 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.

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) Managing organizational property accountability records to maintain asset visibility or reconcile inventory discrepancies within automated inventory systems; and 2) Coordinating supply distribution operations to control the receipt, storage, or shipment of organizational materials or equipment; and 3) Spearheading comprehensive workplace safety inspections to proactively identify occupational hazards or implement decisive risk-mitigation measures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as but not limited to: Safety, Occupational Health, or Business Administration.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

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).