Transportation Assistant

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located in the US Army Sustainment Command 407th Army Field Support Brigade, Logistics Readiness Center, Maintenance Division on Fort Hood, TX.

This position is a TERM Not to Exceed 13 months position. Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.

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 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Preparing or verifying shipping requirements for mobility or deployment of military units or freight of all kind, and 2) Managing equipment or personnel movements by all modes of transportation such as air, rail, motor, military convoy, and/or ocean transport via commercial or military modes.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

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-05).

Major Duties:

• Review deployment and/or mobilization plans, Homeland Defense Plans or exercises of supported units for regulatory conformance and required documentation.
• Participate in coordination meetings to establish deployment timelines, requirements and unit readiness.
• Validate shipping documentation for unit deployments, production of Military Shipping Labels (MSL) and Radio Frequency TAG production during mission execution.
• Originate or revise local and higher headquarters publications in correlation with policies and procedures of command and higher headquarters.