Senior Operations Officer

About the Position: This position, Senior Operations Officer, GS-0301-13, serves as the operations integration planner for the Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), J3X, Sensitive Activities Division located on Patch Barracks, in Stuttgart, Germany.

Major duties

• Conduct operational planning to support SOCEUR's mission to execute special operations in support of operational requirements.
• Support mission-focused operational planning team for Joint capability integration against priority problem sets as designated by the Commanders of SOCEUR, EUCOM, and SOCOM.
• Synchronize and integrate SOCEUR SOF sensitive OAIs across SOCEUR directorates and with USCT, Joint staff, SOCOM, EUCOM, Service Components, interagency, and partner nation forces.
• Prepare and present operational concepts for review and approval.
• Utilize a thorough knowledge of Joint special operations doctrine, SOF-specific fiscal authorities and peculiar enabling support, and organizational capabilities in order to identify opportunities and integrate capabilities.
• Inform sensitive special operations programs in cooperation with Joint staff, EUCOM, SOCOM, Component Commands, and partner nation forces while ensuring all developed COA consider diplomatic-informational-military-economic (DIME) factors.
• Serve as an alternate command foreign disclosure officer and assist the SOCEUR foreign disclosure officer in all areas.

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 Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Excepted Service
• Overseas Family Member Appointment
• Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician 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 includes1) participating in briefings on issues concerning operational planning; 2) identifying key tasks for sensitive special operations; AND 3) maintaining a tracking system of office administrative service requests for organizational continuity. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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-12).