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Plans and Operations Specialist

United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

Recent

Location

Salary

$84,439 - $109,777

per year

Closes

February 18, 2026

GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

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).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves planning and coordinating ceremonies, emergency services support plans, and military training exercises at a U.S. Army base in Alaska.

The role focuses on developing contingency plans, preparing detailed reports and studies, and acting as an expert for support requests from civilian authorities.

It's a good fit for someone with experience in operational planning, problem-solving in high-stakes environments, and a background in military or emergency services who thrives in a structured government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in contingency planning, updating plans and exercises, or developing recommendations for operational issues (equivalent to GS-09 level)
  • Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of graduate education in a relevant field, or a combination of education and experience meeting 100% of requirements
  • 52 weeks of federal service at GS-09 or equivalent within the last 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement)
  • Eligibility under specific employment authorities, such as disabled veterans, current Army civilians, military spouses, or VEOA
  • Ability to plan, coordinate, and execute garrison-level exercises and DES support plans for deployments
  • Experience preparing studies, position papers, and detailed plans for emergency and non-emergency operations

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as the Plans and Operations Specialist responsible for planning, coordinating, arbitrating and executing a variety of directorate, division, and community-oriented ceremonies.

The primary purpose of this position is to plan, develop, revise and assist in proper execution of the Fort Greely Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Support Plan for military training and emergency/non-emergency deployments.

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 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-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) 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 and/or education 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.

GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience with contingency planning such as, assisting with updating plans and exercises; and/or gathering and developing recommendations to resolve problems regarding operational plans and exercises.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement GS-11: 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-09).

Major Duties:

  • Develops DES contingency plans and participates in the planning and execution of garrison level exercises.
  • Prepares detailed studies, position papers, outlines for plan annexes, formats for graphical data presentations, detailed plans, as well as studies and papers on an as needed basis.
  • Serves as subject matter expert for Installation Support requests by Civilian Authorities for the directorate.
  • Prepares local guidelines and instructions as necessary. Reviews regulations, directives, correspondence and other documents from garrison or higher headquarters.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/12/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/12/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: IPA1-26-12884728-MP