Summary You will serve as a Deputy Director of Operations & Training in the Operations and Training Directorate (N02) of TACTRAGRULANT. Responsibilities You will coordinate, develop and maintain long- and short-term staff schedules and department specific schedules. You will directly support the Director of Operations and Training (DOT) (N02), a senior O-6, in directing day to-day functions of the directorate. You will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the command's training curriculum and advising the DOT and Commanding Officer / Executive Officer (post-major command O-6) on course content, improvements and assessments. You will assign, supervise and mentors an instructor cadre of seven Government Service personnel (GS-13/14), approximately 30 senior and mid-grade officers (O-6, O-5 and O-4), senior enlisted (E-7 and E-8), and contract instructors. You will primarily be responsible for managing and supervising a wide range of classroom instruction with reinforcement through seminars and computer-assisted war games. You will be responsible for providing expert advice on the development and execution of training curriculum, determining the adequacy of course content and the validity to the approach, design and instruction of all training courses at TACTRAGRULANT. You will represent TACTRAGRULANT as Deputy Director of Training during all conferences, meetings, teleconferences and video teleconferences. You will serve as the command's contract Technical Assistant (TA) to the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) at USFF. You will serve as the command's senior Government Service (GS) official. You will maintenance and prepare training statics reports, oversight of operating and travel budgets, oversight of classroom and training module upgrades and maintenance, and preparation and delivery of Flag and executive-level command presentation. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 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. Expert knowledge of and experience in Carrier Strike Group / Amphibious Ready Group organization, command & control, tactics and operations, with extensive experience in Naval, Joint, Multi-Service and Coalition doctrine and operations. 2. Experience and mastery of planning and execution of complex synthetic wargame development, being able to create realistic and challenging scenarios that include integration of coalition/joint forces. 3. Experience and thorough knowledge of National, Combatant Commander, Joint, and Naval Component Commander instructions, orders and organizational structures, as well as Naval, Multi-Service, Allied and Joint Publications and doctrine. 4. Experience and mastery of current learning and instruction principles to include academic curriculum development, course objectives, effective communications, group discussion facilitation, instructional format, and be comfortable briefing large, diverse training audiences. 5. Experience and expert knowledge of Navy POM process to include project development, budgeting and coordination with OPNAV resource sponsors. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1700/general-education-and-training-series-1701 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 Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess Basic Requirements: Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position. or Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above. PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY OF TRANSCRIPT Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. 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.
