Duties

As a Logistics Management Specialist at the GS-0346-9/11 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Serves as the point of contact for Readiness Logistics, transportation, property accountability, travel laws, regulations, policies, programs, and procedures. Plans and coordinates DTRA transportation and travel. Monitors the processing and review of travel orders for compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Supports the DTRA mission with staff work and coordination. Actions DTRA requirements for transportation and provides accounting and appropriation systems to ensure travel expenses are accurately recorded to appropriate accounts.
• Provides support for the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) process as it relates to scheduling of movement and loading of airframes for DTRA deployable personnel departing for a combatant commander's area of responsibility.
• Supports efforts to inventory and control weapons, ammunition, and other sensitive items. Supports the acquisition, storage, maintenance, and accountability procedures of equipment items. Provides audit techniques to identify discrepancies and recommends modifications.
• Independently conducts research, compiles, interprets, and analyzes technical data from a wide range of sources, draws conclusions, and devises practical recommendations for action.
• Communicates both orally and in writing in order to recommend solutions to transportation-related problems, property and travel issues, and provide appropriate analysis, findings, and recommendations. When required, briefs senior officials on sensitive and controversial transportation issues.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally, overtime and compensatory time may be required to accommodate operational needs of the organization
• Tour of Duty: Flexible, based on worldwide mission needs. On-call standby duty may be required
• Recruitment Incentives: Authorized; https://www.dtra.mil/Careers-Opportunities/DTRA-Opportunities/
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible on a situational basis
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
• Must consent to, pass pre-employment drug testing, and be subject to periodic random drug testing thereafter
• Travel in the performance of temporary assignments may be required up to 10% of duty time
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a State driver's license to carryout driving duties

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-09, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service:

• Assisting with the movement of equipment, supplies, and other sensitive cargo to accompany deploying forces into a Combatant Commander's area of responsibility
• Advising staff on transportation policies, programs, and transportation related safety measures
• Assisting with the submission of information to determine the proper number of required sensitive items, and arranges for the movement of equipment, supplies, weapons, and other sensitive cargo
• Preparing itineraries and mapping the most efficient route to ensure that travelers arrive at designated locations in a timely manner.

-OR-

B. A master's or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B.; or J.D., if related;

-OR-

C. You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.)

You may qualify at the GS-11, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service:

• Arranging for the movement of equipment, supplies, and other sensitive cargo to accompany deploying forces into a Combatant Commanders area of responsibility
• Coordinating with airport authorities and processing the proper paperwork for the security of sensitive items while in transit on commercial aviation
• Advising staff on transportation policies, programs, and transportation related safety measures
• Developing and publishing instructions and directives to implement traffic management and commercial transportation regulations and policies
• Performing procurement of transportation, storage and related services
• Preparing and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) detailing the process of reconciling monthly airline bills, reporting of discrepancies, and preparation of payment documents.

-OR-

B. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

-OR-

C. You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.)

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

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: Foreign Education

Additional information

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ .

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements:
Persons with Disabilities - Schedule A
Special Hiring Authority for Veterans
Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses
Other Special Appointment Authorities - Subpart F
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/register/ )

The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
NOTE: Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview will be considered as a declination for further consideration for employment against this vacancy.

Selective Service Requirement: Please visit http://www.sss.gov for more information.

For more information, please visit
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d

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

Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level).