Logistics Management Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position serves as a Logistics Management Specialist for the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command.

The Army's Face to the World, the one-stop focal point for Army FMS, and the international partner of choice in U.S. Security Assistance.

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.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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; 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 reviewing letters of offer and acceptance for pricing, logistics and services in support of country procurement plans; identifying security assistance issues to assist with providing corrective action; monitoring operating procedures and systems to ensure compliance with established policy and regulations; and preparing briefings on the execution of assigned programs.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

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-11).

Major Duties:

• Work in conjunction with the primary point of contact for assigned countries, programs, and organizations for the purchase, transfer and/or lease of defense articles, training, and services.
• Manage the foreign military sales (FMS) program for assigned country from case implementation through case closure.
• Work in conjunction with the primary point of contact and command representative with complete responsibility for developing, coordinating, and managing Security Assistance (SA) programs.
• Ensure timely resolution of issues surfaced by the security assistance enterprise community.
• Responsible for all logistical aspects (for example: receipt, review, documents, waivers, notification, taskings, processing, etc.) of Security Assistance program management.
• Resolve logistical, financial, and/or operational actions as related to case management.
• Maintain liaison with foreign government representatives and key personnel within the Security Assistance Enterprise.
• Prepare briefings, trip books, read-ahead, issue papers, action items, informational papers/memorandums, and other documents for leadership.
• Present briefings locally, to higher headquarters levels, and/or to foreign dignitaries on case management actions for assigned country cases.