Summary

About the Position: The incumbent will serve as a Security Cooperation Division Chief for USSOUTHCOM-Strategy, Policy, and Plans Directorate-Security Cooperation Division in Miami, FL.

Duties

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• Provide guidance regarding broad national security policies and strategy directives to ensure integration and compliance throughout the organization.
• Coordinate changes to programs throughout the budget planning cycle with applicable executive-level resource managers.
• Build consensus among domestic and international stakeholders.
• Lead interagency working groups and strategic resource summits to synchronize efforts to secure major program funding streams.
• Direct the systemic evaluation of efficiencies of each activity and effectiveness regarding the Theater Strategic Objectives to make decisions on revised priorities in subsequent cycles of the Strategic Planning Process.
• Identify issues for current and future impacts on the organization to conduct analysis of their implications and alternatives.
• Supervise civilian, military, and contractor personnel assigned to the Security Cooperation Division.
• Evaluate performance of subordinate staff members.
• Plan and assign work to personnel to meet organizational deadlines.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is designated Tier 5, Special Sensitive, High Risk and the incumbent is required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance Level with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access as a condition of employment.
• This is a drug testing designated position (TDP) under the Department of the Army Drug-Free Federal Workplace Program IAW AR 600-85.
• Signing of a DA Form 5019 acknowledging periodic random drug testing requirements is mandatory prior to being placed into this position.
• Those individuals not currently occupying a TDP position must successfully complete a pre-appointment drug test prior to being placed into this position and periodically thereafter.
• SC2A3 - This is a Key Security Cooperation (SC) position and requires DoD SC Workforce (SCW) Certification.
• The incumbent must complete certification related training requirements in the SC Functional Area (FA) within the timeframe associated with the position's SCW certification level:
• SC Policy and Resourcing (FA)
  Expert/Advanced Level
• 1 year (Awareness/Foundational); 2 years (Practitioner, Expert/Advanced); and complete certification-related continuous learning requirements IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2017, Title 10 United States Code, Section 384.
• Incumbent(s) of this position is required to comply with all Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and Department of the Army requirements of the SCW certification program.
• This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1). Lead interagency working groups to synchronize efforts to secure major program funding streams; 2). Identify issues for current and future impacts on the organization to conduct analysis of their implications and alternatives; 3). Plan and assign work to personnel to meet organizational deadlines; and 4). Provide guidance regarding broad national security policies and strategic directives to ensure integration and compliance throughout the organization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14 or above).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Human Capital & Resource Management Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Advance-in-Hire may be authorized.
• Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive may be authorized.

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