TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGER (DSCA PLANNER)

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This is a National Guard Title 32 Excepted position for a TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGER (DSCA PLANNER), Position Description Number PDD2529000 , and is part of the SC DOIM, South Carolina Army National Guard.

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION OPEN TO THE FOLLOWING AREA OF CONSIDERATION (AOC): Area of Consideration: This position is open to Area 1 Only.

Area 1: Current employees of the South Carolina Army National Guard (Tenure 1 and 2) Area 2: Current members of the South Carolina Army National Guard Area 3: Any individual eligible for membership in the South Carolina Army National Guard *Temporary and Indefinite employees do not meet permanent tenure requirements and are not eligible for Area 1.

For positions requiring a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment. GENERAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 1.

Analyze problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; 2. Plan and organize work; and 3. Communicate effectively orally and in writing.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 1-year equivalent to at least next lower grade level. Specialized experience time requirements are applicable to both one and two grade intervals.

Specialized experience includes experience, education and training that provided knowledge of communications equipment, systems, services, and transmission media; knowledge of electronic communications concepts, principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards, and operational requirements; application of specialized communications methods and analytical techniques; technical knowledge of the operational and performance characteristics of communications equipment, automated control and network management systems, transmission media, and the relationships among component parts of telecommunications systems; and competencies in the subject matter or business processes associated with the DoD, U.S.

Army, or U.S. Air Force telecommunication programs. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT & NOTES: 1. Security clearance varies. 2.

Incumbent must complete the following Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Incident Command System (ICS) classes within 6 months of employment: a.

Introduction to Incident Command System, IS-00100 b. Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, IS-00200 c. Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents, ICS-300 d.

An Introduction to the National Incident Management System, IS-00700 e. National Response Framework, An Introduction, IS-00800f. All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader (COML) Course 3.

This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968.

An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. *4.

Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day. Major Duties:

This position is located in a Joint Force Headquarters - State (JFHQ-ST), Chief Information Officer Directorate.

This is a joint use National Guard Dual Status Technician position requiring military membership. The primary purpose of this position is to support emergency communications for the National Guard.

This includes ensuring unbroken mission command between JFHQ-ST and its armories, developing interoperability between National Guard units and civil agencies, and advancing training within the force on Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) emergency communications equipment necessary to enable the first two objectives.

Work primarily concerned with the movement of information between locations.

Information moved in the form of voice communications, such as radio or telephone (including cellular), data communications involving digital transmission between computers, computer terminals, facsimile stations, or video communications such as that used in teleconferencing.

Technical work of gathering materials; coordinating schedules; developing specifications and planning telecommunications programs and projects; testing equipment; providing services and software for performance acceptability; and related work connected with the acquisition, technical acceptance, installation, testing, modification, and replacement of telecommunication equipment, services, and systems.