The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, CO is searching for a Chief for the Space Control Division to support HQ CFC S357/S35 (NH-0343-04, GS-14/15 equivalent).
Ideal Candidate:
Will be a motivated, self-starter with the ability to comprehend a wide range of policies, principles, concepts, guidance, procedures, techniques, and methodologies pertaining to Space Control Electronic and Orbital Warfare.
Serve as Chief, Orbital and Electronic Warfare Division manages DCG-O Orbital and Electronic Warfare programs to meet HQ CFC, USSF, and DOD wide mission objectives. To provide Orbital Warfare policy advice, guidance and recommendations on all operational issues affecting all HQ CFC S3/5/7, HQ CFC, and United States Space Force (USSF) Orbital Warfare capabilities. S3/5/7 focal point for all matters pertaining to integration and continuity of Orbital Warfare philosophy, policies, priorities, and procedures for secure and effective operations. Integrates secure Orbital and Electronic Warfare operations into warfighter theaters and exercises.
Position Responsibilities:
Exercise supervisory management over a team of highly skilled professionals, dedicating a significant portion of your time to personnel management. Responsible for planning workflows, establishing short and long-term priorities, assigning critical tasks, and ensuring organizational excellence. Directly impact the development of your team as you evaluate performance, identify essential training needs, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational readiness.
In your capacity as Chief, you will plan, organize, and oversee all activities of the Orbital and Electronic Warfare Division, setting command-wide goals, policies, and evaluation measures. Serve as the authoritative expert on integrated strategies, presenting actionable plans to top-level commanders and advising them on complex operational requirements, intelligence definitions, and logistics enablement. Continuously review and restructure organizational priorities to maximize resource efficiency, ensuring that critical government and warfighter needs are consistently met and validated against emerging threats.
Building and maintaining robust coalitions across the defense and intelligence communities. You will establish effective working relationships with Space Deltas, USSPACECOM, NSA, NRO, OSD, and other national organizations. Representing the command at the O-6 level, participate in high-stakes conferences, lead integration task forces, and collaborate with the technical and scientific communities to evaluate new technologies, operational testing, and the readiness of future systems.
Act as the single point of entry for Deltas coordinating operations, readiness, and resourcing with CFC headquarters. Integrate critically sensitive information for senior officials at the O-6 to O-10 levels. Formulate funding strategies, identify critical capability shortfalls, and champion Orbital and Electronic Warfare mission requirements through the POM/APOM budget processes, ensuring our forces remain comprehensively equipped and strategically postured for future conflicts.
Serve as the premier Orbital and Electronic Warfare risk management and force protection expert, responsible for identifying Critical Program Information, susceptibilities, and vulnerabilities. Oversee the life-cycle development of security strategies and countermeasures, ensuring they are seamlessly integrated into acquisitions, operations, communications, and sustainment efforts. Represent senior leadership at JCS and OSD policy meetings from a rigorous risk-management perspective, safeguard the mission and ensure secure operations across all theaters.
Background:
Expert knowledge of the policies, principles, concepts, guidance, procedures, techniques, and methodologies pertaining to Orbital and Electronic Warfare operations, integration points, security strategies and capabilities of interest to S3/5/7, HQ CFC, USSF, and USSPACECOM. Expert knowledge of USSF, USSPACECOM, U.S., DoD, JCS, and the Services' Orbital and Electronic Warfare policies and staff processes. Knowledge of the mission, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of DoD and USSF organizations to provide command level staff guidance. Knowledge of planning, requirement, communication, logistic, intelligence, and security elements and functions and how they integrate with the Orbital and Electronic Warfare mission. Skill in analyzing Orbital and Electronic Warfare mission integration proposals on complex operational issues. Ability to plan, organize, direct, supervise, mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of an organization through subordinate supervisors. Ability to analyze, plan, and adjust work operations of organizational segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources to develop DCG-OOrbital and Electronic Warfare positions.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret /SCI security clearance.
Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
PCS / relocation funding is not authorized.
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Testing Program.
Employee is subject to periodic polygraph examinations.
Highly desired to have recent experience in the Orbital and/or Electronic Warfare mission area within the last 3 years. A master's degree in any space discipline is also desired.
Qualifications
The 0343 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.
Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
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PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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 submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
