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-04 includes the General Schedule grade equivalent to GS-14/15. Other initiatives under the Acquisition Demonstration Project include simplified classification, streamlined hiring process and expanded developmental opportunities.

Job Description

• Serves as Branch Chief providing technical and administrative supervision to 14 or more employees.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates.
• Writes job performance standards for subordinates and discusses performance expectations.
• Evaluates the performance of subordinates.
• Supervisor and Action Officer concerned with the development, preparation, and processing of the US Army Communications-Electronics Equipment and Systems Publications Program.
• Oversees the publications program which is in support of equipment/systems utilized in tactical/non-tactical Army equipment and systems.
• 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.
• Conducts resource impact assessments complying with those directives governing publication support for the user activities.
• Prepares and submits appropriate reports indicating whether the progress of the technical documentation of assigned equipment/systems is commensurate with the costs claimed in progress payments.
• Performs Logistic Support Analysis related to program planning and control around advanced communication-electronic systems and configurations which impact a publication program.
• Attends and chairs meetings, conferences, and should-cost working groups within major command; and subcommands.

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-03). Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Participating in a publications program which is in support of equipment/systems; 2) Developing and/or maintaining technical electronic/logistics guidance that are in line with publication programs; and 3) Leading and/or supervising a group of professionals and technical employees. Experience must have demonstrated the ability to acquire and present technical information through independent reading, interviews with subject-matter specialists, observation of tests and experiments, interpretation of blueprints or diagrams, or other appropriate methods. Experience must have demonstrated the ability to process publications for Authentication in support of customer-facing acquisition programs and/or sustainment efforts. Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports, articles, manuals, or specifications in support of acquisition or sustainment weapon system programs. Education cannot be substituted for experience. Applicants to this announcement referred for consideration to selecting officials, may be asked to complete pre-employment assessments. The assessments will supplement the interview process, with the results being one data element among several used to evaluate a candidate's technical skills, supervisory abilities, and position fit. Candidates will be notified with separate instructions should they be required to complete the assessments. This is a DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (Acq Demo) position in the NH-04 broadband, subject to the CECOM control point policy. Management will set the pay for this position consistent with the qualifications and education of the selectee and the expected contribution for the position. This supervisory position is subject to a salary control point equivalent to the GS-15, step 06 base salary, or if the incumbent's salary currently exceeds the GS-15, step 06 level the incumbent's salary may be put on a salary control point at the incumbent's existing salary. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Leadership Oral Communication Planning and Evaluating Writing Applicants to this announcement referred for consideration to selecting officials, may be asked to complete pre-supervisory assessments. The assessments will supplement the interview process, with the results being one data element among several used to evaluate a candidate's technical skills, supervisory abilities, and position fit. Candidates will be notified with separate instructions should they be required to complete the assessments. 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.