Clarification from the agency

Area B: In-State Washington Air National Guard Military Members Area C: In-Service Permanent or Indefinite Washington Air National Guard Technicians All Members of the Washington Air National Guard, or U.S. Citizens willing to join the Washington Air National Guard

A GS-2210-12, SUPV IT SPEC (NETWORK):

• Directs the installation, engineering, testing, evaluation, modification, maintenance, and reporting of the full range of Communications-Electronics (C-E) equipment and systems assigned.
• Evaluates scheduling, rescheduling or reassignment of work.
• Tracks time and work completion that is critical for safety reasons, workload, and manpower requirements.
• Takes, directs, or recommends remedial actions to correct problems or deficiencies and to preclude recurrence.
• Advises the Commander of significant issues and matters affecting the production, control, and effectiveness of the unit's C-E systems function.
• Plans, develops, and implements local maintenance policies, procedures, and goals for effective administration, direction, management, and operation of the flight.
• Ensures the proper use, management, and training of all personnel, consisting of multiple technical disciplines within the flight.
• Ensures that efficient position management is practiced and that position descriptions of subordinates are accurate.
• Interviews and recommends selection of new employees.
• Provides training and orientation.
• Ensures new employees are briefed in their duties and responsibilities.
• Establishes work performance standards and discusses and assigns annual performance evaluations.
• Initiates disciplinary actions, promotion actions and step increases.
• Provides technical assistance to organizations/units in establishing digital communications requirements.
• Prepares and submits budget estimates and revisions for the procurement, installation, and maintenance of equipment and supply items.
• Ensures formulation of comprehensive training plans for each function and specialty within the flight.
• Exercises continuing responsibility for safety conditions, procedures, and work practices employed within the maintenance community.
• Ensures periodic inspections of work centers are performed and immediate action is taken to correct unsafe conditions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS:

Military Grades: 2nd Lt - Maj

Compatible Military Assignments: N/A

- Applicants need not be assigned to the position or possess the AFSC to apply or be considered for selection. Selected applicant must be assigned to a compatible Military position and attain AFSC within 1 year of appointment action.

- Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.

- Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

- Must maintain membership in the WA Air National Guard for continued employment.

- Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.

- This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.

- Position requires ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.

- May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required.

- The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
Experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
Must have at least 36 months experience, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls. Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion. Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel.

How you will be evaluated

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

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. You may also be excluded from consideration if you indicate that you are unwilling to accept the lower grade and a determination is made that you are not qualified at the higher grade. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, as well as the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed above. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics). NOTE: You do not have to respond to the KSA's separately but your resume should contain sufficient information to demonstrate possession of the KSA's.

• Able to provide administrative control and technicalsupervision over personnel responsible for network and digital communications services functions inthe section.
• The subordinate work involves analytical and evaluative duties associated with computernetworks with primary knowledge requirements of the transmission of information in voice, data,and/or video formats, information processing methodology, computer capabilities, processingtechniques and information security techniques.
• Able to assess and ensure compliance, supportability and planning for a widevariety of programs and operations that may include but is not limited to multimedia, qualitycontrol, software test analysis, communications security, help desks, network control center, andcomputer systems operations.
• Consults with subordinates and training specialists on training needs.