Clarification from the agency

Military Membership is required. Open to Area 1 thru 3

1. Serves as principal advisor to the Adjutant General, Chief of Joint Staff, and the J4 on all aspects of State ARNG construction, facilities management, environmental, and other associated programs. Utilizes knowledge of management and organizational principles and practices in managing/directing program planning, development, administration, coordination, execution, and quality control of the programs, including policy development, project management, total requirements budgeting, contracting, and financial/cost accounting. Appraises the utilization of resources, including manpower and funding, in accomplishing state/installation objectives and goals while complying with applicable laws and regulations. Maintains contacts with other agencies (EPA, OSHA, Army Corps of Engineers, and business entities), with US Senators and their staff, with US Congressional representatives and their staff, with the Governor and their staff, with program officials and corporate officers, as well as all types of personnel with NGB, Department of Army and Department of Defense, including high-ranking officials. These contacts are maintained to influence managers and officials to accept technical facility findings to improve operating aspects and organization.

2. Directs program/project activities through a subordinate supervisory staff and a work force consisting of federal, state, and other full and part time employees, including a multitude of technical experts such as professional architects, engineers, engineering technicians, environmentalists, skilled craftspeople in highly diversified occupations, and persons in administrative specialties such as budgeting, contracting, data processing, real estate, and personnel. Creditable base level of work directed is GS-11 (25% or more of the non-supervisory work of the units managed is at or above this level and work is managed through subordinate supervisors who each direct a substantial workload at the GS-11 level). Personally, or as recommended, selects, assigns, sets performance standards, approves performance awards, allocation/reallocation of resources to best meet current/projected workload, while also maintaining effective position management. Confers with the appropriate Human Resource Office relative to recruitment of professional staff, disposition of employee grievances/adverse actions, and employee discipline. Actively promotes and supports equal employment opportunity, upward mobility, and other special emphasis programs.

3. Personally and/or through subordinate supervisors, performs or directs performance of the following programs/activities:

a. Architectural & Engineering Activities: Prepares in-house and/or contracted architectural and engineering (A&E) master plans, construction/maintenance project plans, and specifications and bidding documents.

b. Military Construction Program: Plans, develops, coordinates, and manages the state's multi-million dollar ARNG Military Construction (MILCON) program through either state or federal contracting procedures.

c. Operations and Maintenance Facilities Program: Plans, develops, and executes the state's ARNG facilities real property operations, maintenance, and repair program, which includes minor construction, modifications, maintenance, and repair of buildings, surfaced areas, and other ARNG structures, as well as utilities projects.

d. Environmental Program: Manages and directs the execution of the highly visible and active state ARNG Environmental program.

e. Other Program/Project Activities:

1) Manages and/or provides oversight of program/project contracts from preparation, to award, through close-out. Oversees preparation of bidding documents; participates as technical authority in pre-award surveys and conferences; and analyzes offers/costs for technical appropriateness and shared state/federal/other services funding availability.

2) Manages statewide ARNG real estate, including advising the Adjutant General on purchase, leased, and/or donated site acquisitions, needed disposals and associated activities. Administers and ensures staff and program compliance with deeds, leases, licenses, and easements.

3) Prepares budget requirements and funding justifications for each program and submits/defends budget requests to state and NGB officials. Ensures matching funds from other services/agencies and the state are programmed proportionately and are available to coincide with federal allotments.

4) Develops, integrates, and/or manages a number of complex state and Federal software systems to effectively and efficiently execute mission requirements, while both tracking and forecasting budgetary, resource management, real property, project management, and other types of reports and information to National Guard Bureau, the Army, the USPFO, and the State.

** Note - this is an abbreviated version of the position description** Contact HRO for a full copy of the position description (PD).

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• May be required to successfully complete a two year trial period.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance within one year of hire. Failure to be able to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Must meet the definition of specialized experience by the closing of the announcement. **See Qualifications below**
• May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
• Must meet the definition of supervisory experience by the closing of the announcement. **See Qualifications below**
• In accordance with Ethics in Government Act, 1978, incumbent is required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and will be required to file annually.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
• You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.
• Must meet all rank requirements by the closing of the announcement.
• DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Delaware National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's **DE** National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.

Qualifications

MILITARY GRADE: O-3 (Captain) through O-5 (Lieutenant Colonel)

COMPATIBILITY: is identified as being a member of the Delaware Army National.

SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 1-year of supervisory experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-0201-14 - Must have at least 1-year specialized experience and experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that prepared the applicant to perform the duties of the position. The ability to serve as principal advisor to the Adjutant General, Chief of Joint Staff, and the J4 on all aspects of statewide ARNG Real Property, construction, facilities management, environmental, and other associated programs. Presents to The Adjutant General recommendations and priorities for Military Construction (MILCON) and other capital investment projects. Develops/maintains effective staff working relationships with other activities, such as USPFO, Logistics, Transportation, Communications, Safety, Training, and Personnel. Maintains contacts with other agencies (EPA, OSHA, Army Corps of Engineers, and business entities), with US Senators and their staff, with US Congressional representatives and their staff, with the Governor and their staff, with program officials and corporate officers, as well as all types of personnel with NGB, Department of Army and Department of Defense, including high-ranking officials. Utilizes knowledge of management and organizational principles and practices in managing/directing program planning, development, administration, coordination, execution, and quality control of the programs, including policy development, project management, total requirements budgeting, contracting, and financial/cost accounting. Develops long and short range plans, including the ARNG facilities Long Range 25 year Master Plans and multi-million dollar Long Range Construction Plan (LRCP), considering operational trends, forecasting requirements, and source/proportional allocation of funds, manpower, equipment, and materiel. Facilities managed cost hundreds of millions of dollars to construct.

EDUCATION: There is no substitution of education at the GS-12 and above.

QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE: - Length of time is not of itself qualifying. Candidates' experience should be evaluated on the basis of duties performed rather than strictly on the rank of the individual; however, established compatibility criteria/assignments must be followed. The applicant's record of experience and/or training must show possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position.

Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/). If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (full-time employment and part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/ positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level.

Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified." Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

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. This vacancy announcement will be qualified using Category Rating procedures as defined the Delaware National Guards Merit Placement Plan.

Assessment: Prior to initiating hiring and promoting competitive procedures through USAJOBS for NG T32 Technicians and positions; NG T5 Excepted Service Employees and positions, the JFHQ-State HR specialist must complete a formal job analysis and crediting plan to ensure the position's competencies are correctly assessed.

Numeric Value Groups: The position's multiple numeric groups, defined as at least two groups (see below), are established to assess each candidate against job-related criteria defined by the job analysis and crediting plan. Applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements, established for the position, are placed in a numeric group. The position's job analysis and credit plan's ranking factors are knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that are expected to significantly enhance performance in a position; however, are not essential for satisfactory performance. Applicants who possess such competencies are ranked above those who do not; but, no one is rated ineligible solely for failure to possess all defined competencies.

Highly-Qualified: The numeric value rating normally ranges from 90-100 points. This higher numeric value group is applied for those candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position, including all selective placement factors and appropriate numeric ranking factor(s) as determined by the job analysis and crediting plan. To be Highly Qualified, the candidates are considered, by the human resources specialist (staffing), as highly proficient and fully competent to effectively perform all the job requirements; and, can successfully perform in the position almost immediately, or with a minimum amount of training and/ or orientation.

Well-Qualified: The numeric value group normally ranges from 80-89 points. This next lower numeric value group is used for those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications of the position and are proficient in most, but not all, of the requirements of the position. Candidates may require some training and/or orientation in order to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position.

Qualified: The numeric value group normally ranges from 70-79 points. This lowest group is used for those candidates who meet the minimum qualifications of the position and are proficient in some, but not all, of the position's requirements. Candidates will require extensive training and/or orientation in order to satisfactorily perform the position's duties.