PROGRAM ANALYST (MILITARY OPS EXPERIMENTATION)
United States Fleet Forces Command
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EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATION SPECIALIST
U.S. Marine Corps
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$111,119 - $144,457
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-12 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves planning and running experiments, war games, and innovative projects to improve how Marine Corps teams operate in the field, especially in the Pacific region.
You'll coordinate with different units, create plans for testing new ideas, and ensure everything supports the warfighters effectively.
It's a great fit for someone with military or project management experience who enjoys strategic thinking and collaboration in a dynamic environment.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent, focusing on planning and executing experimentation events and war games
- Ability to develop and write evaluation plans for projects
- Skills in preparing command briefings, memorandums of agreement, and coordinating logistics support
- Experience designing, developing, and conducting experiments to evaluate and integrate initiatives for warfighters
- Proficiency in planning, integrating, and synchronizing experimentation efforts across USMC units
- Extensive knowledge of USMC operational units' current and future systems, roles, and functions
- Relevant paid, unpaid, or volunteer experience building competencies in innovation and assessments
Full Job Description
You will serve as a EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATION SPECIALIST in the Experimentation, Wargaming, and Assessments Branch of MARINE FORCES PACIFIC.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: planning, preparing and executing projects for experimentation events and war games to enhance warfighter effectiveness.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
- You will develop and write evaluation plans; prepare command briefings; prepare memorandum of agreements and coordinate USMC and logistics support for experiments.
- You will design, develop, and conduct experimentation/innovation in order to evaluate and integrate current, developmental and conceptual initiatives that support the warfighter.
- You will plan, integrate, and synchronize the experimentation/innovation efforts of USMC units.
- You will apply detailed solutions coupled with an extensive knowledge of USMC operational unit's current and future systems, roles, and functions.
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