SUPERVISORY COMPLAINTS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
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PROGRAM SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command
Department of the Air Force
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 role involves supporting the activation, mobilization, and management of military reservists and National Guard members from various branches to help the U.S.
Transportation Command prepare for emergencies and wartime operations. You'll handle administrative tasks, advise leaders on policies, and manage budgets to ensure these forces are ready when needed.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in military administration, strong organizational skills, and knowledge of defense policies who enjoys coordinating teams in a high-stakes environment.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including drafting orders, managing drill schedules, and maintaining personnel readiness
- Proficiency in using administrative systems for electronic records and training facilitation
- Analytical skills to collect, organize, assess information, identify risks, and recommend solutions
- Knowledge of financial management principles for developing spend plans and resource allocation
- Experience with military mobilization, activation processes, and Department of Defense policies
- Familiarity with service-specific authorities for voluntary and involuntary activation of Reservists and Guardsmen
- Ability to advise command groups on policies for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and National Guard forces
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: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service: Drafting official orders, overseeing drill schedules, maintaining personnel and medical readiness, facilitating training activities, and managing electronic records using various administrative systems.
Applying analytical skills to collect, organize, and assess information, identifying potential risks and recommending effective solutions.
Applying financial management principles to develop and execute spend plans, ensuring proper allocation and obligation of resources.
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 PROGRAM SUPPORT SPECIALIST at the GS-0301-12 some of your typical work assignments may include: Serve as the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) Reserve and Guard Forces Program Specialist responsible for conducting actions in Service-controlled systems to request activation and mobilization of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Reservists to include National Guardsmen assigned to the JECC (USTRANSCOM).
Perform all administrative tasks through Active & Reserve Headquarters and other Major Service Commands to maximize the use of its voluntary and involuntary authorities, for increasing the Gaining Force Command (GFC) capacity to perform contingency and wartime missions.
Advise the Command Group, subordinate commanders, and respective staffs on the Department of War (DoW) authorities and polices promulgated to voluntarily activate or involuntarily mobilize assigned Reservists and Guardsmen critical for achieving the full wartime missions.
Apply Marine Corps specific policies for joining, activating, mobilizing, and administration for JECC Marine Corps IMAs, as instructed by JECC Marine Corps IMA OpSponsor, with consultation through the Reserve Marine Detachment Senior Leader and JECC subordinate commands representatives.
Perform actions, in consultation with the J89 Reserve Forces Manager to forecast, budget, and task active-duty requirements through the military personnel appropriation (MPA) system as the Functional Account Manday Manager (FAMM) to maximize the use of Air Force Reservists and Guardsmen, under voluntary and involuntary authorities, to fill critical joint deployable capabilities and increase joint force capacity for JECC to perform its contingency and wartime missions.
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