Summary You will serve as a FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST in the NETSAFA of NET SEC ASTFLD ACT. Responsibilities You will be responsible for developing and coordinating quantitative and qualitative foreign military training and education plans in support of the assigned program(s), training course matters and course tuition pricing strategies. You will review the administration of the program to ensure compliance with Security Cooperation Education and Training Program (SCETP) policies, procedures and regulations. You will review costing and tuition reimbursement analyst validation, distribution, execution, and performance measurement and reporting related to the various Security Cooperation Education and Training Programs (SCETPs). You will serves as technical advisor to DON major claimants, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, DoD training activities and international customers on Security Assistance/Foreign Military Sales training course matters and course pricing matters. You will determining tuition pricing strategies and activity reimbursements, activity costing dynamics, cost analysis, financial modeling, and make pricing decisions. You will review vouchers to be signed by the certifying official for completeness and compliance with applicable regulations and policies. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Conducting financial pricing and cost analysis laws, regulations, and policies, to include personnel, fiscal and security cooperation guidance and ethical compliance; 2) Developing cost analyst and allocated prices of tuition prices, training curriculum, mobile training, and mobile education teams international training course; 3) Applying financial management to provide strategic pricing framework of costing models, forecasting and billing, and anticipate market shifts POL and the agility to adjust pricing strategies accordingly; 4) Verifying financial reimbursements are submitted, processed successfully, and discrepancies corrected; and 5) Preparing a variety of correspondence, form, reports, briefs, etc. for senior leadership. NOTE: All experience must be fully demonstrated in your resume to be considered for the position. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Observing and conducting financial cost analysis for business operations; 2) Developing and managing foreign training and education programs, criteria parameters, and course pricing; 3) Verifying financial reimbursements are submitted, processed successfully, and discrepancies corrected; 4) Preparing a variety of correspondence, form, reports, briefs, etc. NOTE: All experience must be fully demonstrated in your resume to be considered for the position. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education GS-11 Applicants may substitute education for experience in the following situations: Possess a completed Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR Have successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree OR Have successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled OR Have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. GS-12 No Education Requirements Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed. If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
