SUPV IT SPECIALIST (POLICY AND PLANNING)

JobSummary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a Supervisory IT Specialist, Position Description Number D2467P01 and is part of the Information Management /G6 of the Vermont Army National Guard.

LowGrade

13

HighGrade

13

PromotionPotential

13

SubAgencyName

Vermont Army National Guard

OrganizationCodes

AR/ARNG

Relocation

False

HiringPath

• nguard

MCOTags

TotalOpenings

1

AgencyMarketingStatement

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. The National Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our National Guard team and serve your nation, your states and your community!

TravelCode

1

ApplyOnlineUrl

https://apply.usastaffing.gov/Application/Apply

DetailStatusUrl

https://apply.usastaffing.gov/Application/ApplicationStatus

MajorDuties

• he primary purpose of this position is to manage the personnel in the mission command division of the CIO/G6/J6 and oversee the operational status of the systems covered by the sections. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES: 1. Supervisor and senior team lead for mission command division. Supervises and manages the MC Personnel who support mission command systems, supporting and enhancing mission command. Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, difficulty of assignments, and the capabilities of employees; develops performance standards and rates employees; interviews and selects candidates for subordinate positions; recommends hiring, promotion, or reassignments; takes disciplinary measures; identifies developmental and training needs of employees; provides and/or arranges for needed development and training. Manages, tracks, and reports career needs of Signal, Cyber, and Electronic Warfare personnel and makes recommendations on assignments. Performs a full range of personnel management actions: coordinates work plans and schedules, furnishes technical and administrative guidance, and resolves work problems. Identifies professional development needs, employee schedules and approves leave, and initiates appropriate awards. 2. Reporting and visibility. Maintain effective rapport with subordinate unit G6/S6 personnel, and agency representatives, ensuring unified efforts in communication support. Maintains reports from all MC system support personnel and keeps state level reporting metrics current and relevant to readiness goals. Utilizes personnel to develop relevant reports and ensures effective utilization of all network management, monitoring, reporting systems, and MC systems. Attends readiness briefings, Unit Status Reporting briefs, and other meetings to ensure a synch on communication readiness and reporting. Ensure team members maintain continuous surveillance of the overall network(s) operation. Prepares briefings and specialized reports as required. 3.Supports readiness through interactions with both supported units and supporting agencies. Requests and receives requirements from supported units. Serves as a conduit of support with proper priority, funding, and tracking mechanisms. Provides status reports on requests to both supported units and management chains. Keeps maintenance of the systems as current as applicable to system guidelines and standards. Monitors PMCS records of units to ensure preventive maintenance is being conducted and documented. Coordinates with other MC support elements available in the organization (state) and evaluates processes to ensure support paths are clear and that gaps in service are addressed. Establishes maintenance relationships, agreements, and SOPs as required to ensure readiness gaps do not develop. 4. Subject Matter Expertise and currency. Provides or coordinates training to subordinate personnel to maintain their proficiency on systems specific to the supported units. Works with PMs, PEO's, and associated support teams to establish training standards on each system and seeks the necessary skill building training, support needs, and for current lessons learned on tactics, techniques, and procedures; system usage and maintenance improvement. Tracks the training and certification levels on systems that require specialized training levels. Performs briefings to senior graded personnel on new equipment and capabilities. Reports on system status and pursues solutions on deficient units to ensure the command is aware of the training requirement. Reviews services annually to ensure they align with C4IM or future service models as dictated by regulation or policy. SUPERVISORY CONTROLS Supervisor outlines overall objectives and resources available. The incumbent, in conjunction with the supervisor, determines timeframes, scope of assignment and possible stages and approaches necessary to successfully accomplish the mission. The incumbent has the responsibility for planning and carrying out projects and for coordinating, as a peer, with experts both within and outside the organization. As the state's leading technical authority in their area of expertise, the incumbent frequently interprets regulations on his/her own initiative and applies new methods to resolve the most complex, controversial and unprecedented problems, keeping the supervisor informed of potentially controversial matters. Completed work is reviewed for soundness of overall approach, effectiveness in meeting objectives and feasibility of recommendations. Methods used are not normally reviewed. **Performs other duties as assigned**

Education

This standard allows eligibility through meeting either the requirements specified in the section titled Basic Requirements or Education. You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html Education: All academic degrees and coursework must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions Undergraduate or Graduate Education: Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

Requirements

Evaluations

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): -Knowledge of information technology principles, concepts and methods. -Knowledge of systems and services used in the automated acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, assurance, or reception of information. -Skill with computers, network components, peripheral equipment, software, firmware, services, and related resources. -Ability to conduct database administration, software application development and customer support for a wide variety of standardized information management applications used throughout the state. -Ability to conduct supervisory work that requires substantial coordination and integration of a number of major work assignments, projects or program segments of professional, scientific, technical or administrative work. Please be advised that the applicant rating will be evaluated on the following occupational competencies: Accountability Teamwork Problem Solving Oral Communication

HowToApply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application/Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.

WhatToExpectNext

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

RequiredDocuments

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Resume: resume must show relevant experience, where you worked, job title, detailed duties and accomplishments written in your own words (Do not plagiarize), employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and ending dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.), hours per week and salary. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your position title, pay plan, series and grade. Your detailed experience should be listed under each job title with starting and ending dates. Resume must show applicants name and contact information. 2. AGO-VT Form 690-5, Military Experience and Education Resume (All applicants, currently serving in the military, prior-service and civilians MUST complete the name block and military affiliation block of the AGO-VT Form 690-5 and sign and date the form). Other supporting documents (as applicable): For current Federal employees: Latest SF 50, Personnel Action. OR DD -214 Transcripts Certifications Helpful Hints for Applying: - Ensure that your resume contains your full name, address and phone. - Include details about the experience that relates to the position you are applying for. - Be specific and always include Month and Year for the dates of your experience. - Be sure to include your applicable military experience and explain the duties of the MOS/AFSC held. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Please note that if, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may lose consideration for this position. If you are using education to qualify for this position or education is a mandatory requirement to meet qualifications, you must submit copies of college transcripts that identify each course, the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade and grade-point received. Submitting a certificate or a degree will not suffice. You must submit transcripts when required. Photocopies are acceptable.

Benefits

OtherInformation

This is an excepted appointment with indefinite tenure, Appointees do not acquire permanent status or career-conditional employment through an appointment. Employees are eligible to participate in most of the benefit programs available to permanent federal employees, e.g., the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB), Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI), Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). 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). Vermont Army National Guard personnel who are bonus recipients/student loan repayment program recipients may have their benefits terminated and/or recouped if selected as a Permanent/Indefinite Military Technician. Applicants should contact the VTARNG Incentive Manager to determine any possible termination and/or recoupment actions that may result from accepting this position.

KeyRequirements

WithinArea

False

CommuteDistance

0

ServiceType

02

AnnouncementClosingType

01

AgencyContactEmail

nathan.m.brimmer.civ@army.mil

AgencyContactPhone

(802)338-3634

SecurityClearance

Secret

DrugTestRequired

False

AdjudicationType