Traffic Management Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: You will serve a Traffic Management Specialist plans and executes military and contracted operational support airlift (OSA) in the US Africa Command area of responsibility (AOR).

Provides transportation and distribution subject matter expertise for the J33.

Serves as a civilian analyst and action officer for resolution and analysis of assigned joint transportation policy, doctrinal, automated information systems (AIS),programmatic, and force execution issues.

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 Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes analyzing transportation data to resolve carrier and customer service problems; providing technical direction with transportation and/or logistics automated systems; AND complying with governing laws and directives for cargo and unit movement.This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

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.

Time in Grade Requirement: 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-11).

Major Duties:

• Serve as the Designated Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for USAFRICOM Operational Support Airlift (OSA) contract.
• Conduct planning and coordination for the execution of military and contracted airlift in support of USAFRICOM and other U.S. Government Senior Leader transportation requirements in the USAFRICOM area of responsibility (AOR).
• Plan and executes military and contracted operational support airlift (OSA) in the US Africa Command area of responsibility.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the areas of transportation and distribution, with emphasis in air transportation planning and execution.
• Monitor transportation requirements to support current operations, exercises, and senior leader engagements.
• Serve as a civilian analyst and action officer for resolution and analysis of assigned joint transportation policy, doctrinal, automated information systems (AIS), programmatic, and force execution issues.
• Perform transportation planning to identify transportation issues and recommend corrective actions based on defense travel regulations and other authorities to enhance airlift and sealift interoperability.
• Provides division-wide support tracking, assigning and replying to tasks from the Joint Staff, AFRICOM, and other agencies as assigned utilizing the Tasker Management Tool (TMT).