F-35 Commander's Action Division Director DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

1. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Provides guidance to subordinates regarding policies procedures and directives of management.
2. Leads the Commanders Action Division F-35 Legislative Liaison (LL) Team Public Affairs Office (PAO) and GAO/Audit to support alignment of messaging across stakeholders.
3. Maintains a continuous liaison with other organizations: AFLCMC AFMC MAJCOMs HQ USAF USN USMC and other external program stakeholders.
4. Incumbent will establish develop and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of management functional staff offices and organizational counterparts at various levels in response to special project directions funding issues policy changes and the impact of these changes.

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Male must be registered for Selective Service see
• If authorized PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements may be found at: position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
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• Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position
• This position may require drug testing and the candidate may be subject to passing a drug test upon selection
• Employee may be required to work extended or other than normal duty hours to include evenings and weekends and may be subject to recall.
• Shift work and emergency overtime may be required. Incumbent may be required to report to work during exercises contingencies or emergency situations and overtime/comp time/credit hours may be required to accomplish assigned duties.
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• Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit
• This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft

Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions Administrative and Management Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-03 equivalent to the next lower grade GS-13 or equivalent in other pay systems. Specialized experience is experience in directing organizational functions supervising personnel and leading high-visibility teams such as the Commanders Action Division and Legislative Liaison office. Experience also includes applying advanced management principles budgeting processes and analytical methods to evaluate resources and resolve complex strategic issues. Experience in engaging directly with high-level stakeholders including Congress and the White House to monitor legislative progress and champion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter interests. Experience also includes maintaining continuous liaison across military command structures overseeing program protection and security and synthesizing complex data into executive briefings to influence senior management decisions.

NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Ideal Candidate
Must have extensive knowledge working with Security Contracting and contracting actions F35 Enterprise Wide internal and external operating knowledge and Communication skills to directly support the PEO.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge skills abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

• 1. Skill to plan organize and direct the functions and staff of the organization. Ability to supervise mentor motivate appraise and work with subordinate supervisors and non-supervisory employees. Develops resource (staffing and funding) guidance for subordinate activities and performs continuous appraisal of the utilization of organizational resources in accomplishing program objectives and goals.
  2. Knowledge of military command structure missions programs and organizational relationships plus a thorough knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques to develop project standards covering complex program functions or missions of the organization. Studies and analyses are of such scope that they frequently require a team effort. Projects typically involve development of new approaches to identifying meaningful workload factors and performance quality levels and determining accurate measurement techniques.
  3. Mastery of advanced management and organizational policies procedures principles concepts and theories along with a comprehensive knowledge of planning programming and budgeting regulations guidelines and process. Expert knowledge of wide range of principles practices and quantitative and qualitative evaluative methods plus a thorough understanding of how regulatory or enforcement programs are administered to select and apply appropriate program evaluation and measurement techniques in determining the extent of compliance with rules and regulations issued by the AF or in measuring and evaluating organizational accomplishments to include used in project analysis to identify evaluates resolve and present issues or problems to isolate discrepancies or identify trends that impact organizational mission objectives both operationally and strategically.
  4. Knowledge of program protection system security technology assessment and control foreign military sales information industrial and personnel security concepts principles and practices.
  5. Ability to recognize and analyze complex analytical problems conduct research gather assemble and analyze facts devise recommended solutions and summarize results of the entire process in briefings papers or reports suitable for appropriate audience use and or top management decision-making. Skill in negotiating effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations when they involve substantial resources extensive changes in established procedures or conflict with organizational desires. Preparing recommendations for senior management to change the way projects are carried out; in evaluating the content of new or modified procedures for projected impact upon programs and resources; and/or in translating basic rules of engagement into program goals actions and deliverables.
  6. Ability to direct and engage in activities with Congress Congressional Staffers Secretary of the Air Force Secretary of Defense and the White House. Skill to use manipulate and or synthesize various sources of information to evaluate data within the context of the objective to convey F-35 messaging and champion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter interests in the legislative process.
  7. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing clearly concisely and with technical accuracy and maintain good working relations with all individuals and organizations. Ability to plan organize work and direct team study work to meet deadlines.