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Position is located at Honolulu, Hawaii and serviced by US Army, Research, Development and Engineering Command, Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Incumbent serves a Technical Operations Specialist responsible for supporting a variety of COCOM exercise events/projects. The employee will work in adequately lighted and ventilated office environment.
There is potential that employees hired from this vacancy announcement may be converted to a career-conditional appointment. To be converted to a career-conditional appointment, the employee: (a) must have been selected for the term position under competitive procedures, with the announcement specifically stating that the individuals selected for the term position may be eligible for conversion to a career-conditional appointment at a later date; (b) must serve two years of substantially continuous service in the contingent appointment; (c) must be selected under merit promotion procedures for the permanent position; (d) must have a current rating of "B" or better, or equivalent.
Hawaii is a beautiful state, but may be considered to have a high cost of living. The median house price is $700K. The rental market is high as well. Hawaii has many outdoor activities all year round including surfing, padding, diving, fishing, and hiking. It is highly recommended that research be done about the cost of living in Hawaii prior to applying. For more information about Hawaii and the Island of Oahu, visit http://www.hvcb.org and http://www.gohawaii.com.
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.
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03/23/2017 to 03/29/2017
$56,165 - $96,153 per year
DE 03
2 vacancies in the following location:
50% or less - Travel up to 50% away from duty station
No
Term - Term NTE 3 years
Full-time - Full Time
No
SCBK177173791914257EA
466380200
· Responsible for joint Exercise Life-Cycle (JELC) planning and support analyst for the Department of Defense (DoD). Conducts planning support to Joint Exercise Program (JEP) events and training events. Plans and Executes support to joint military training. Researches, evaluates and advises military decision makers on relative merits and applicability of approaches to address COCOM exercises wargames, and training events.
· Encompasses planning, analysis, and process development/improvement activities to support enterprise events. Broad knowledge of modeling and simulations in different applications, practices, architectures, and understanding of the state of the art in event execution and support.
· Require extensive experience of systems planning and analysis, exercise, wargame, and training event architecture development and implementation, and COCOM mission execution and support.
· Service with other government employees and will oversee contract activities. Supporting the RDECOM mission to transfer technology to the soldier quicker by executing simulation based acquisition of air and missile defense weapon systems.
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Conditions of Employment:
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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: 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.
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 which includes extensive knowledge of systems planning and analysis, exercise, war-games, and training event architecture development and implementation, and COCOM mission execution and support.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-02 or equivalent).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
AMRDEC is a Demonstration Laboratory and positions are placed in pay bands. The pay band for this position, DE-03, is equivalent to GS-10 through GS-12. Candidates must meet the minimum standards for entry into the DE-03 pay band, which is GS-10.
If qualifications of the applicant selected for the vacancy exceeds the minimum required, placement salary may be adjusted higher, commensurate with those qualifications.
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.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Merit Checklist and Proof of Eligibility.
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
Your resume:
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified." See: Transcripts and Licenses.
Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents. The Vacancy ID is 1914257. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Wednesday, March 29, 2017Wednesday, March 29, 2017 to receive consideration.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/466380200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.
The President has ordered a government-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the hiring freeze. Although we are moving forward with the consideration of candidates, we will not make a selection for this vacancy announcement unless the position is no longer subject to the hiring freeze.
This is an Expedited Authority Announcement
The Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY 2010 provides that the Secretary of Defense can designate acquisition positions as shortage positions and can recruit and appoint highly qualified persons to these positions. This announcement is open to accept resumes from candidates interested in helping with Department of the Army meet our mission requirements for the acquisition of systems, equipment and facilities.
For appointment to the position, candidates must meet, or will meet, DAWIA certification requirements within specified timeframes.