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CURRENT OPERATIONS ANALYST

Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command

Department of the Air Force

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$75,788 - $118,092

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves advising on military readiness and deployment for air force units, maintaining operational tracking systems, and preparing briefings on current and future activities to ensure smooth execution of missions.

A good fit would be someone with experience in operations planning, strong analytical skills, and the ability to coordinate resources under pressure in a fast-paced military environment.

It requires attention to detail and clear communication for high-level reports.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 (for GS-11) or GS-11 (for GS-12) in federal service, focusing on operations planning, issue identification, and strategy development
  • Ph.D., equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years of graduate education (for GS-11 alternative qualification)
  • Combination of partial specialized experience and graduate education totaling at least 100% of requirements
  • Experience preparing and presenting high-level briefings and reports on operations activities
  • Knowledge of readiness, deployment, and redeployment processes for assigned forces
  • Ability to coordinate notifications, synchronize personnel and resources, and provide technical advice on policies and procedures
  • Familiarity with maintaining operational pictures, publishing mission orders, and operating notification systems

Full Job Description

This position is part of the Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command. You may qualify at the GS-11, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A.

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service: Assisting in preparing planning guidance, identifying issues affecting current operations execution, and to develop and implement sound and viable strategies to mitigate those issues.

Preparing high-level, recurring briefings and reports involving current and future operations activities. OR B. You have a Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree, OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M., if related. OR C.

You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B.

You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12.

Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages.

The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) You may qualify at the GS-12 level, if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service: Working in current operations programs in order to prepare planning guidance, identify issues affecting current operations execution, and to develop and implement sound and viable strategies to mitigate those issues.

Preparing and presenting high-level, recurring briefings and reports involving current and future operations activities.

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).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

As a CURRENT OPERATIONS ANALYST at the GS-0301-11/12 some of your typical work assignments may include: The primary purpose of this position is to serve as principle advisor specialist on all readiness and deployment activities related to assigned forces.

Maintains the JECC Common Operations Picture and force lay-down. Performs ongoing production-oriented work within the JECC, including preparing and publishing mission orders.

Prepares and presents high-level, recurring briefings and reports involving current and future operations activities. Updates and operates the Command Mass Notification and Recall system.

Coordinates deployment and redeployment notification sequence and ensures personnel and resources are synchronized to facilitate rapid deployment.

Provides technical advise to managers at JECC headquarters and its subordinate elements on policies and procedures for unit readiness reporting and tracking.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/4/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: USTC-26-12876906-MP