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• Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time.
• Serve as an expert on developmental Test & Evaluation (T&E) business management.
• Oversees the development and management of Program Objective Memorandums (POMs) and the annual operating budget, utilizing the Capabilities Analysis and Assessment Process (CARA) for which XP is the Office of Primary Responsibility.
• Oversees the installation intelligence function and organization. Ensures the T&E community receives intelligence support for test planning and execution.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Telework may be authorized.
• Obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance
• This is a designated Drug Testing Position
• Subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing
• Supervisory requirements may be required depending upon the position being filled.
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• The selectee must meet or be capable of achieving the APDP certification as designated on the position description within the defined grace period for that certification level after assignment.
• This position also requires employee to engage in acquisition continuous learning activities achieving 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months. File an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training
• This is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). Unless specifically waived by the appropriate component official, i.e., the Director of Acquisition Career Management for the component.
• The Service Acquisition Executive, or the Service Secretary, the following are statutorily mandated requirements.

Qualifications

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In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions located here.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-03, equivalent to the next to lower grade GS-13 or equivalent in the Federal Service. Specialized experience must include plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short/long-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work. Utilize specific knowledge and engineering management experience of T&E programs and major disciplines, including logistics, test avionics, electronic warfare, safety, performance and flying qualities, airframe systems, weapons delivery, human factors, reliability & maintainability to direct sound business analysis activities. Evaluate future resource requirements based on actual and forecast workload for test programs and the test support that will be required. Lead in the formulation and recommendation of policy, philosophies and concepts regarding the utilization of human and financial resources. Provide and ensure the National intelligence community receives engineering support for analysis of foreign capabilities

Nominees must have: Specialized experience that is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13) or equivalent grade/pay band in order to be considered for this opportunity

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Expert knowledge in at least three of the areas of program management, engineering, business management, maintenance and logistics, as applied to the developmental T&E mission area.
2. Expert professional engineering/engineering management knowledge in test and evaluation practices and procedures including the use of test facilities across the Air Force and DoD.
3. Strong knowledge of the DoD systems acquisition process, DoD budgeting process, DoD logistics process, and the DoD procurement process.
4. Strong ability to plan and organize work, to coordinate with TW units, other test organizations, Air Force and DoD organizations, as well as domestic and foreign government agencies.
5. Strong ability to maintain good working relationships with others and provide mentoring and training to subordinates to help them foster good working relationships.
6. Strong ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of personnel both orally and in writing and to use modern computer collaboration applications.

Position specific skills and experience desired in a potential candidate:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree highly desired
• At least five (5) years experience in aerospace Test and Evaluation desired
• Strong understanding of Test and Evaluation (T&E) to achieve Level 2 T&E Certification if not already obtained
• Knowledge of program management, engineering, and/or business management, as applied to the developmental T&E mission area desired

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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