Senior Liaison Officer (Civilian Manpower Integration)

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f.

Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25.

This position is located at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA. CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT.

YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

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 Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement".

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.

Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.

One year of specialized experience would be demonstrated by: 1) Reviewing policies across agencies to determine the appropriate implementation procedures; AND 2) Analyzing the gaps in workforce planning components such as hiring actions, budgets, training and development, or organizational structures; AND 3) Navigating controversial issues among various staff members to help maintain working relationships; AND 4) Providing official correspondence to internal and external offices on policy interpretation.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Leads coordination to align Cyber civilian workforce requirements, hiring actions, and talent management initiatives with USCYBERCOM objectives.
• Represents CTMO in enterprise-level civilian personnel and manpower forums.
• Ensures consistent interpretation and application of DoD civilian workforce policies, CES authorities, and hiring flexibilities.
• Formulates strategic plan, policies, and procedures for liaison program to support Cyber Talent Management Organization (CTMO) programs, plans, and initiatives with respect to target audiences.
• Provides direct and daily senior level interface with Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), joint staff, interagency, and other organizations to facilitate constant dialogue between CTMO and Washington DC.
• Incumbent is empowered to exercise considerable initiative and discretion in engaging with senior officials to address items of Cyber Command interest or to deal with sensitive issues of direct concern to Cyber Command leaders.
• Identifies gaps, risks, and bottlenecks in civilian workforce planning and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Tracks hiring progress, identifies delays, and coordinates corrective actions across Service civilian HR channels.
• Through visits, correspondence, and consideration of problems, determines adequacy of the guidelines developed and provides guidance for further refinement.
• Advises on impacts of legislative, regulatory, or organizational changes affecting the Cyber civilian workforce.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations concerning personnel, fiscal, and materiel resources necessary to accomplish the joint, interagency, and international coordination function required of CTMO.