Traffic Management Specialist

• Coordinate transportation support with military commands transportation battalions and detachments commercial carriers terminal personnel and other government agencies.
• Prepare operational reports briefings studies analyses and recommendations for supervisory and command-level review.
• Assist in evaluating transportation automation systems to ensure they support operational requirements accuracy interface compatibility responsiveness and in-transit visibility.
• Maintain liaison with supported commands and transportation stakeholders within the assigned area of responsibility.
• Participate in joint planning conferences operational planning events exercises and contingency operations.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time
• Employee may be required to be available for TDY within 24-hour notice as such times as directed as member of the 599th Transportation Brigade Deployment and Distribution Support Team (DDST).
• This position is designated as Emergency Essential (EE) (IAW AR 690-11). Emergency-Essential (EE) designation takes precedence over any transportation agreement or military recall status.
• The incumbent must meet applicable physical requirements necessary to perform assigned duties including deployment and travel requirements.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• People with Disabilities Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes analyzing surface transportation operations; managing deployment/redeployment exercise or contingency cargo movements; using automated transportation or in-transit visibility systems; and preparing transportation reports briefings analyses or recommendations. his definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR

Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.


Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Required Experience:

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