STEM Program Advisor

Summary

Salary Ranges are the following unless statutory/regulatory rates prevail.

For the Schriever AFB, CO Location: $129,096,818 to $197,200 locality 20.15%

For the Redstone Arsenal, AL Location: $130,987 to $197,200.00 locality 21.91%

For the Fort Belvoir, VA and/or Dahlgren Location: $143,913.00 to $197,200.00 locality 33.94%

Duties

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The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of War (DoW) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: ACQDEMO

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

This position is being filled under AcqDemo Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) for non-acquisition positions involving 51% or more of time in direct support of acquisition positions within Business and Technical Management Professional Career path.

As a STEM Program Advisor at the NH-0301-4 broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Serves as the senior program manager with full operational responsibility for the planning, resourcing, execution, and continuous evaluation of the MDA STEM Outreach Program.
• Orchestrates and consolidates the comprehensive annual STEM Program Calendar Year (CY) Outreach Event schedule to align with strategic agency outreach objectives.
• Serves as MDA's principal authority and Education Liaison to academic institutions, primary/secondary school systems, and educational non-profits.
• Facilitates Educational Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) to establish collaborative relationships between MDA technical directorates and academia. Serves as the official MDA representative on the DoD STEM Executive Council, inter-service working groups, and Component-level action committees.
• Synthesizes agency-wide commitments and leadership participation to ensure senior leadership visibility and strategic alignment across the Department.
• Directs the formulation, justification, and execution of the STEM Program budget. Prepares and defends Program Objective Memorandum (POM)submissions, budget change proposals, and unfunded requirements (UFRs), while managing travel Lines of Accounting (LOA) and ensuring strict fiscal compliance.
• Serves as the designated Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and technical authority on major MDA STEM acquisition instruments and grant programs.
• Directs the development of procurement requirements State of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statement (PWS), Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), conducts technical evaluations of vendor proposals, monitors performance, and validates monthly invoices.
• Functions as the central clearinghouse and action officer for all STEM-related enterprise taskers, Congressional inquiries, data calls, and RFIs.
• Coordinates across directorates and external stakeholders to compile, validate, and submit high-level executive summaries, information papers, and legislative responses

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Maxi Flex
• Recruitment Incentives: Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is Situational telework eligible.
• This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.
• Employee must obtain/maintain Non-critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH -04 Broadband Level, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS13 grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 2 of the 4 specialized experience listed below to be qualified:

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams comprised of civilian, military, contractor, and academicpersonnel across geographically dispersed locations to achieve strategic mission objectives.
• Experiencemanaging budget execution and fiscal compliance, including developing POM submissions, managing Linesof Accounting (LOA), executing Other Direct Costs (ODC), and monitoring spend velocity benchmarks.
• Experience directing large-scale STEM outreach initiatives, competitions, expos, or teacher professionaldevelopment programs aligned to defense technological readiness or national workforce goals.
• Experienceleading and managing the operational planning, resourcing, execution, and evaluation of an enterprise-level STEM education, workforce development, or academic outreach program

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

Other Notes:

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf.

All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov))

This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment.

You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

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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.

Benefits

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