Clarification from the agency

ALL U.S. Citizens

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice, under this recruitment, applications will be accepted for each location and/or installation identified in this Public Notice and selections are made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application.

This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection.

This position is being filled using Direct Hire Authority (DHA) authorized under the Department of War Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) for position in the Business and Technical Management Professional Career Path (NH).

Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following:

• Serves as primary SME developing and executing DoW-wide maintenance policies and plans, covering major weapons, software maintenance, and combat support equipment.
• Analyzes weapon system availability, reliability, and repair cycle-times to establish continuous process improvement goals and optimize technology investments.
• Audits echelons of military materiel value chains, integrating acquisition, maintenance production, and supply chain operations to drive process excellence.
• Leads interagency working groups to conduct materiel readiness studies and deliver critical sustainment recommendations to the Secretary of War.
• Evaluates commercial best practices to update DoW serialized item management policies while representing the office at senior readiness forums.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
• Total salary varies depending on location of position
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment
• Required to participate in the direct deposit program
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
• This position requires a TS/SCI (Special Sensitive) clearance.
• Travel may be required <10%.
• This is an obligated position with Overseas Return Rights. Term Appointment NTE 2 years and may be extended or terminated within the 2 years. This appointment may be made permanent.

Qualifications

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.

You may qualify at the NH-IV Broadband level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the (NH-III or GS-13) grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to develop, implement, and maintain maintenance-related plans and policies for major weapon systems (including software maintenance) and combat support equipment, and performing analyses on system availability, reliability, and continuous process improvement. Developing criteria and conducting technical analyses for process excellence across the end-to-end military materiel value chain, spanning acquisition, maintenance production, and critical supply chain operations. Leading and coordinating chartered working groups to prepare readiness studies for senior leadership and representing in high-level defense and private-sector logistics forums.

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.

All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Your resume may not exceed two (2) pages. For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the duration of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.

Read more about what should I include in my federal resume at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, as part of their application package, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, indicating the service member is otherwise eligible and will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of submission.. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. This "certification" must include your rank, dates of active duty service, type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable), and date any terminal leave will begin. It must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible". Members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if they are on terminal leave.

How you will be evaluated

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

Note: You will be evaluated for this position on how well you meet the qualifications below.

Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Your application (resume and supporting documentation) will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required as listed on the announcement under qualification requirements.

Veterans' Preference eligibility under 5 U.S.C. 2108 and 2108a applies and is treated as a positive factor when making a selection from external sources. When making final selections, any candidate with Veterans' Preference should be granted preference in selection over nonpreference eligible candidates with substantially equal qualifications as described in the Best Meets Mission Requirements definition below. If you are a veteran claiming Veterans' Preference, as defined by section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

Best Meets Mission Requirements definition: Applicant has the knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or competencies to substantially exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. This equates to the best qualified assessment criteria established for the vacancy and based on overall demonstrated experience, education, training, appraisals/evaluations, job-related awards, certifications, honors and relevant outside activities.

Candidates should demonstrate knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics relevant to successful performance in this position. The competencies identified for this position may be used to assess qualifications and determine which candidates best meet the mission requirements.