Operations Specialist (Air)

Your tasks

• Facilitates course of action planning to advise organizational leadership on the application of specialized air operations.
• Formulates strategic operational objectives to meet identified aviation requirements across subordinate flight elements.
• Evaluates assigned program milestones with project leads to verify technical understanding of approved management techniques.
• Identifies operational requirement deficiencies to draft standardized procedures and recommendations that correct capability shortfalls.
• Resolves systematic mission planning problems by maintaining coordination with regional planners, support agencies, and external partners.
• Analyzes aviation regulations and standing procedures to disseminate standardized guidance and coordinate necessary waiver actions.
• Manages cross-functional operational issues to provide coordinated guidance and direction across multiple departments.
• Prepares decision briefs and talking papers to present complex aviation data and recommendations to organizational leadership.
• Implements operational directives and policies by tasking team leads with specific execution responsibilities.
• Provides technical advice on resource adjustments to coordinate sufficient funding and asset support for major requirements.
• Coordinates aviation operations and exercise tracking to align joint training requirements across supported partner organizations.
• Coordinates administrative and deployment activities to maintain strict accountability of personnel and equipment during air movements.
• Monitors unit manning requirements to coordinate augmented and reserve personnel support during joint training exercises.
• Develops written standard operating procedures to establish clear instructional baselines for organizational flight activities.

Requirements

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 Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans 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 1) evaluating operational milestones and aviation requirements to recommend strategic courses of action for organizational flight activities; AND 2) coordinating complex aviation exercises, personnel tracking systems, and standard operating procedures to ensure mission readiness; AND 3) analyzing complex aviation regulations and operational gaps to formulate corrective procedures and resolve systemic planning challenges; AND 4) providing technical guidance to cross-functional support teams and delivering strategic briefings to senior leaders to coordinate resources. 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.

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).

Other

About the Position: Serves as a Operations Specialist (Air) for the Joint Activities located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Only resumes up to a total of two pages will be accepted