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Naval Air Systems Command
Department of the Navy
Entry salary: $62,107 | Full performance (GS-12): up to $96,770
Career ladder: Start at GS-11 and advance to GS-12 with experience.
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).
This job involves helping plan and coordinate the setup of support sites and ships for the F-35 fighter jet program in the U.S.
Navy, ensuring everything from initial setup to ongoing maintenance runs smoothly.
You'll work as an analyst and team leader, managing logistics, contracts, and schedules to get the aircraft ready for use.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in military aviation projects who enjoys problem-solving and working with teams across government and industry.
You will serve as a LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST in the AIR SYSTEMS GROUP, LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT, MAINTENANCE DIVISION, and LOGISTICS INTEGRATION JSF WING BRANCH of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
The incumbent will serve as a USN Introduction to Service (ITS) Analyst and Deputy USN Site/Ship Activation Team Lead within the Lightning II Site/Ship Activation (LSA) Directorate of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO).
The duty location of this position is Arlington, VA.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11/12 grade level or pay band (DA-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Demonstrating a thorough understanding of advanced concepts, theories, principles, and practices of integrated logistics management to support aviation program goals and objectives; 2) Planning, analyzing, and executing to create and establish aviation integration supportability policies and procedures for major aviation systems that operate; 3) Reviewing plans and products to ensure that they meet program needs; 4) Managing project/program requirements, objectives and metrics, and resolving conflicts among schedules, funding, and resources; 5) Identifying opportunities to incorporate process improvements and best practices utilizing customer feedback, internal and external audits, self-assessment, and lessons learned activities; and 6) Advising management and colleagues on difficult problems, conducting special studies, proposing options and alternatives, and representing a command.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 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:
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