SUPERVISORY IT SPECIALIST (POLICY AND PLANNING)
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OPERATIONS PLANNING SPECIALIST
Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command
Department of the Air Force
Location
Salary
$90,838 - $118,092
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 coordinating military operations, creating detailed orders for missions, and ensuring strategies align with overall goals in a transportation command setting.
You'll work on future plans, emergency preparedness, and problem-solving to support decision-makers.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in team leadership, strategic analysis, and building partnerships, especially in government or military environments.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, including leading planning teams and analyzing missions
- Ability to evaluate strategies, provide recommendations, and ensure alignment with agency policies
- Experience preparing and presenting high-level briefings, reports, and justifications
- Skills in building and maintaining partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
- Proficiency in developing, coordinating, and implementing operations plans, policies, and strategies
- Knowledge of preparing mission orders such as warning orders, operations orders, and deployment orders
- Expertise in Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans and emergency management
Full Job Description
This position is part of the Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command. You may qualify at the GS-12, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A.
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service: Lead planning teams to analyze missions, customize force packages, and support decision-making processes.
Ensure priorities align with agency policies by evaluating strategies and providing recommendations. Prepare and present high-level briefings, reports, and justifications.
Build and maintain partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
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 OPERATIONS PLANNING SPECIALIST at the GS-0301-12 some of your typical work assignments may include: Develop, coordinate and implement matters related to future operations, plans, policy and strategy as they relate to the agency.
Prepares mission orders such as warning orders, operations orders, fragmentary orders, deployment orders, or letters of instruction.
Develop, maintain and revise Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans, and provide input to agency COOP/Emergency Management planning.
Research and analyze problems, issues, or program requirements and propose viable solutions.
Offer technical expertise on planning systems like JPP (Joint Planning Process) and JOPES (Joint Operation Planning and Execution System) to enhance operational efficiency.
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