Chief of Operations

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position serves as the Operations Division Chief and has supervisory responsibilities for Current Operations Branch, Network Operations Branch, the DHA Operations Center, Future Operations Branch, Continuity of Operations Program and Emergency Management Program.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experiencerequirements 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 ensuring agency directives, policy, procedures, and initiatives are disseminated, tracked, and reviewed; coordinate and organize agency related activities, taskers, policies, and initiatives; track, disseminate, evaluate, and develop current and future operations for the agency; develop and revise short and long-range goals; maintain internal communications for all functions/directorates and the dissemination of the information.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

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. Major Duties:

• Serves as the Assistant Director for Support Operations responsible for directing the operational backbone of the Defense Health Network Atlantic (DHN-A).
• Principal advisor to the Chief of Staff.
• Directing the secure and efficient flow of operational information and strategic communications between Defense Health Agency (DHA) Headquarters, the DHN-A leadership, and the 13 subordinate Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs).
• Providing executive oversight of the enterprise-wide supply chain, medical equipment procurement, and materiel readiness to ensure clinical operations are never compromised.
• Leading the network's emergency preparedness, response, and security programs, ensuring compliance with Joint Commission standards and Department of Defense (DoD) directives for antiterrorism and force protection.
• Directing the operational readiness and deployment support functions of the network to meet the requirements of the Geographic Combatant Commanders.