Summary About the Position: This Operations Officer is located at U.S. Army Operational Test Command, G3 OPS Division with duty location of Fort Cavazos, Texas. (merit) Responsibilities Serve as an Operations Officer assigned to the Operations Division, Headquarters, Operational Test Command providing support in areas such as planning and executing operational tests. Provide integration of staff actions to facilitate effective management of subordinate elements. Initiate tasks such as communication, coordination and follow-up actions with subordinate elements, higher headquarters, other services and federal agencies, companies and professional organizations. Research business/management practices for application to agency operations. Manage the organization’s program in areas such as training and professional development. Utilize training support systems to complete tasks such as planning and processing training requests. Analyze management information requirements to develop program reporting systems including items such as systems specifications, data, analytical techniques, and systems evaluation methodology. Develop administrative program items such as policies, regulations, goals, or objectives. Receive operations orders/taskings in order to interpret the required action. Serve as an action officer that participates in areas such as special projects, studies, and management activities. Prepare data in items such as charts and graphs to report on projects. Coordinate meetings in order to present briefings. Exercise management of the execution of command activities/events. Work with data to complete items such as input, retrieval and analysis to process data requests. Prepare written reports to higher headquarters concerning the status of actions, utilizing a database to retrieve the requested data. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications 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 Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 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 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Execute projects related to program operations testing to track programmatic milestones.; AND 2) Utilize training management systems to track professional development. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11/NH-02). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Manages and Organizes Information Oral Communication Planning and Evaluating Technical Competence Education Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. This position description has been designated for a "Mission-Critical Emergency Employee" for continuity of government operations (coop); meaning that this incumbent may/can be required to report to Conus related duty during an emergency at and offsite locations. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Human Capital & Resource Management Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. Relocation Incentive may be authorized. The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command has various incentives that may be available for highly qualified candidates. These include Recruitment Incentives, Relocation Incentives, Student Loan Repayment, Credit for Leave Accrual, and Permanent Change of Station Allowance. The U.S. Army Operational Test Command, in collaboration with our Test and Evaluation partners, conducts independent operational testing to inform acquisition and fielding decisions for Army and select multi-service Warfighting systems. This position is located with the U.S. Army Operational Test Command, G3 OPS Division, Fort Cavazos, TX. Fort Cavazos is located near Killeen, Texas halfway between Austin and Waco, about 60 miles (97 km) from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. For more information, please visit the Fort Cavazos site at https://home.army.mil/cavazos/index.php The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is participating in an alternate personnel system known as the Acquisition Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). Among other features, the Demonstration Project replaced GS grade levels with occupational families and pay bands. The band NH-03 is equal to the former GS-12 Step 01 through GS-13 step 10. ATEC uses salary control points to allow for differentiation in the level of positions within the same broadband. Therefore, the salary for this position will be set no higher than $113,604.00 including locality.