Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a Range Training Officer, Position Description Number T5764000 and is part of the CRTC located in Garden City, Georgia. This a full time, Excepted Permanent position that does not require a National Guard commitment. Area of Consideration: Open to all U.S. Citizens. Responsibilities Provide evaluation and reporting of results observed to higher headquarters. Conducts no-notice alert force exercises for the purpose of exercising/assessing the capability of all or any portion of the peacetime air defense system. Conduct exercise debriefings during which exercise problems and observations are presented to unit commanders, their staffs, and other interested personnel. Ensure exercise planners review operational, logistical, support, and force protection requirements, command relationships, applicable plans, After Actions Reports (AAR), lessons learned databases, corrective action reports, observation reports, and guidance from higher headquarters to determine appropriate exercise objectives and ensures the exercise design supports training objectives. Plan, organize, and direct the activities of Combat Training System (CTS), ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and meeting customer needs. Develop goals and objectives that integrate organization and CTS objectives. Research, interpret, analyze and apply applicable and current directives and policies. Establish policies and procedures for accomplishment of headquarters level oversight, supervision, expert technical guidance for the CRTC, combat airspace training facilities, and aerial gunnery and bombardment ranges regarding management of training airspace resources. Manage and control CRTC training airspace, requirements, procedures, acquisition, and specifications for the CRTC, and identify and resolves critical problems that could adversely affect the ANG and USAF air superiority capability. Approve policy and plans that provide necessary aerial training that allows for effective and successful worldwide projection of ANG flying units in support of global tasking, both wartime and contingencies. Integrates evolving technology in the enhancement of aircrew training. Provide inputs to airspace proposals for integration with the National Airspace System (NAS) administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Provide policy and guidance inputs to senior CRTC leadership in support of the National and Regional Airspace and Range Councils. Coordinate plan and schedule with other organization managers and customers as appropriate. Identify need for changes in priorities and takes action to implement such changes. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules. Assign work to subordinate employees based on organization priorities and consideration of difficulty and requirements of assignments such that the experience, training, and abilities of staff are effectively utilized to meet organization and customer needs. Balance workload and provide advice, guidance, and direction on a wide range of CRTC and administrative issues. Structure assignments to create effective and economical positions. Coordinate with other organization managers and customers as appropriate. Review organization mission, functions, and manning. Identify requirements and initiates requests for additional resources including personnel, overtime, equipment, supplies, and space to ensure success in meeting goals and objectives. Advise supervisor on significant issues and problems related to work accomplishment. Establish metrics and analysis systems to ensure actions are timely and reviewed at critical points. Accept, amend, or reject work presented by subordinates. Perform self-inspection and present detailed and comprehensive report with any corrective action taken to supervisor. Ensure complete and quality resolution of discrepancies. Assess and revise policies and procedures as needed to find ways to improve quality, timeliness, and efficiency of work. Establish, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with CRTC Staff, other DoD services, supported MAJCOMs, Numbered Air Forces, and ANG flying units. Meet with key customers and coordinating officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policy and procedures, and resolve problems that arise. Provide customer guidance and training. Participate in special projects and initiatives and performs special assignments. Identify the need for special projects and initiate milestones and goals. Evaluate reports by analyzing facts and performing appropriate research and prepare detailed responses. Determine appropriate recommendations for unresolved or questionable problems and performs follow-up. Research and determine or recommend appropriate actions or interpret issues that impact the CRTC. Physical Security and Positive Control. Manage on-site contract support provided to maintain and operate Electronic Warfare simulators, Tactical Data Link systems, and Air Combat Maneuvering and Instrumentation systems. Maintain physical security of classified equipment and information involved to include COMSEC, classified briefing rooms and storage areas. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Must Match what is reflected above in Assessment Questionnaire. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience above in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualifications requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). Relocation incentive may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a relocation is in the Government Interest.
