Joint Exercise Planning and Training Specialist

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About the Position: Serves as the Joint Exercise Planning and Training Specialist for USSOUTHCOM operational and/or foreign military interaction exercises utilizing the joint training system continuum to ensure USSOUTHCOM is prepared to execute its assigned missions in support of U.S.

national military strategy and the Command's Campaign Plan, located at Headquarters, United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), in Miami, Florida. This is a TERM position NTE 5 Years.

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 Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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 designing, adapting, modifying, and preparing formal reports, design surveys, and other data collection methods to ensure understanding by target audience to design and deliver of professional staff training and exercises to include the delivery of formal reports on those projects to senior leaders within the command both orally and in writing.

Experience in the joint staff operations and the joint training processes with expertise in Joint Training Policy and Guidance for the Armed Forces.

Experience in the planning and execution of the training and exercise programs for the development of the program objective memorandum (POM) justification, development of measures effectiveness (MOE), management and final reconciliation of complex funding structures used in joint training and exercise notably the Joint Training, Exercise, and Evaluation Program (JTEEP), Joint Exercise Transportation Program (JETP).

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Major Duties:

• Use judgment to interpret and adapt guidance to develop training/exercise objectives, design requirements, and workflow to each specific exercise or project.
• Train members of the staff to plan and coordinate requirements for complex scenarios including the joint staff, other combatant commands, military services, and non-government, international, multi-national and other USG agencies.
• Develop new approaches to the training and exercise program and provide recommendation to refine the guidelines provided to USSOUTHCOM by the Joint Staff.
• Conduct research and analysis using analytical methods and techniques from a variety of sources and materials in order to reach conclusions, make determinations and provide sound recommendations.
• Manage the overall planning and execution of the budget for each exercise within the portfolio, research and understand the Joint Travel Regulation and associated funding authorities related to exercise planning and training programs.