Job Summary

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: The pay band NH-03 includes the General Schedule grade equivalent to GS-12/13. Other initiatives under the Acquisition Demonstration Project include simplified classification, streamlined hiring process and expanded developmental opportunities.

Job Description

• Leads the team in identifying, distributing and balancing workload/tasks among employees; making adjustments to accomplish the work in accordance with established priorities; and ensuring that each employee has a role in developing the final product.
• Trains or arranges for the training of team members.
• Serves as a Staff Project Action Officer concerned with the development, preparation and processing of the US Army Communications-Electronics Equipment and Systems Publications Program.
• Performs and/or coordinates the planning, development, management, budgeting, acquisition and implementation of programs for technical manuals and equipment publications related to a total major commodity.
• Develops and maintains technical and procedural guidance to ensure assigned program publication documents are commensurate with the equipment/systems development and modification programs.
• Monitors the development, modification and integration of various electronic equipment and devices to meet changing operational requirements.
• Conducts resource impact assessments complying with those directives governing publication support for the user activities.
• Provides management direction to contracting office and/or government activities regarding all publications in support of assigned equipment/systems.
• Monitors contractor and/or government activity progress through visits to plants, government activities and sites, and through review of progress reports.
• Evaluates contractor proposals and changes, comparing requirements against specifications, cost factors, publication criteria and program essentiality.
• Participates in conferences with Government and/or industrial personnel to develop compromises affecting cost level of services and standards of technical sufficiency.
• Provides the appropriate Project Managers, government activities and contracting officials with current technical documentation changes and amendments.
• Prepares and submits appropriate reports indicating whether progress of the technical documentation of assigned equipment/systems is commensurate with the costs claimed in progress payments.
• Attends and chairs meetings, conferences and should-cost working groups within major command; and subcommands.
• Analyzes and evaluates raw engineering source data covering maintenance, repair, and test procedures and develops a more practical procedure when appropriate for inclusion in equipment publications.
• Performs Logistic Support Analysis related to program planning and control around advanced communication-electronic systems and configurations which impact a publication program.
• Develops approaches and solutions to achieve the best balance between cost, rescheduling, performance and supportability related to development of equipment publications.

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. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 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. Experience required: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience: To qualify, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (NH-02). Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Interpreting regulatory guidance to develop equipment publications, for all levels, that articulate highly technical/complex information for communications systems; 2) Analyzing raw engineering source data to develop practical procedures for inclusion in equipment publications; 3) Developing publications utilizing extensible Markup Language (XML); AND 4) Evaluating contract documentation in order to monitor performance. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Managing Human Resources Oral Communication Technical Competence Writing Applicants must meet basic eligibility requirements such as minimum qualifications, and other regulatory requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) is the Army’s materiel integrator for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) readiness. As a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), CECOM collaborates with Army Commands, Program Executive Offices, other AMC commands, and industry partners to provide, integrate, and sustain world-class C5ISR hardware, software, and mission command capabilities for the joint warfighter. CECOM maintains a global team of approximately 9,000 Soldiers, civilians, and contractors and is headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD.