• Serves as the acquisition program management expert for the Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS), planning, organizing, and directing the activities of the organization with responsibility for the development of major aspects of this key Air Force program of national significance and essential operating programs.
• Leads strategic, periodic, and comprehensive assessments and evaluations of IBS acquisition program goals, and objectives, which will provide a basis for long-range planning to enhance the organization's management capabilities.
• Represents the IBS program office with higher levels within the organization and contractor organizations.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
• Works in conjunction with the contracting officer to approve terms and conditions set forth in contract negotiations, contracting plans, budgets, and changes to the scope of work to be done by the contractor for the IBS program.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• All new DCIPS employees are required to complete a two-year DCIPS trial period.
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guide
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Position is designated special-sensitive and requires eligibility for access to Sensitive CompartmentedInformation (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP).
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program.
• The employee may be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
• This position is Acquisition Category A – Program Management Level Practitioner and incumbent must meet appropriate certification requirements IAW the (DAWIA) no later than 24 months after accepting this position.
• Employee is required to submit an initial and annual OGE-450 (Financial Disclosure) in accordance with the Joint Ethics Regulation.
• The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include shift work, overtime, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

This is a GG-14 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). The GG-14 duties for the "Professional" work category are at the "Senior" work level and are equivalent to those at the GS-14 level. The selectee's salary will be set within the grade equivalent to a GS/GG grade based on the selectee's qualifications in relation to the job.

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, Administrative and Management Positions.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must reflect the quality level of experience which demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for successful job performance required for this position. Quality level experience which demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for successful job performance required for this position. Quality experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Experience includes mastery of the concepts, principles, policies, legal requirements, and practices of DoD and Intelligence Community systems acquisition and program management. Note: Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector, or experience gained in another government agency.

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. Knowledge of the advanced concepts, principles, policies, legal requirements, and practices of DoD and Intelligence Community systems acquisition and program management to serve as the recognized technical authority for the enterprise-wide Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS).
2. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, and organizational structures of the DoD, Air Force (as Executive Agent), Joint Staff, and Five Eyes coalition partners to orchestrate global IBS operations, strategic integration, and requirements generation.
3. Knowledge of business, industrial management, and contracting procedures to evaluate highly complex contractor proposals, resolve multi-million dollar programmatic disputes, implement acquisition reform, and safeguard classified/special sensitive information architectures.
4. Skill to supervise, plan, organize, and direct a geographically dispersed workforce, orchestrating multi-disciplinary efforts (engineering, financial management, configuration, test, and manufacturing) across the entire IBS systems acquisition lifecycle.
5. Ability to communicate authoritatively, both orally and in writing, to synthesize disparate programmatic data, defend strategic resource allocations, negotiate complex agreements with defense contractors, and deliver highly persuasive briefings to senior stakeholders.

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.

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

Your responses to the questionnaire may be compared to the documents you submit. The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.