CHIEF, CERTIFICATIONS MANAGEMENT BRANCH

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas is searching for a Chief, Certifications Management Branch to support The Enterprise Talent Management Office (ETM) and Talent Management System (ETM/TMS), (NH-0301-04, GS 14/15 equivalent).

Description:
Are you a strategic leader who thrives on solving complex problems and driving national security modernization? We are looking for an expert Branch Chief to lead high-impact programs that will lay the groundwork for future U.S. Space Force talent management.

In this role, you aren't just managing; you are empowering and innovating. You will spend a quarter of your time coaching a highly skilled, self-organizing team, setting strategic priorities, and championing their professional growth. Daily, you will direct cutting-edge transformation programs aligned with senior defense leaders, using agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and PMP® to deliver high-value IT and business solutions. You will navigate budgets, map long-range staffing, and master Department of the Air Force workforce programs, including SEIs, DCWF, and APDP codes, to help ensure that Guardians are ready for missions.
If you are a collaborative, accountable, and creative problem-solver who wants to make an authoritative impact on major defense programs with minimal guidance, we want you. Bring your communication skills, change-management expertise, and passion for mentorship to a role where your decisions shape the future. Apply today and lead the mission!

The ideal candidate will have an expert-level background in talent management and project management, particularly within a military context.
Background and Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years of leadership experience in a Department of War (DoW) or Department of the Air Force (DAF) environment. (desired)
• Proven track record managing direct-support acquisition programs (accounting for 51%+ of operational time).
• Experience supervising civilian/military personnel, managing budgets, and resolving organizational grievances.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
1. Project Management: Project Management Professional (PMP®), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
2. Skill in planning, organizing, and leading projects and team studies.
3. Knowledge of military classification, promotion, development and performance management programs, objectives, policies, procedures, and/or requirements in parallel business and industry organizations to oversee, develop, and administer services.
4. Master level skill in planning, developing, and directing programs to include gathering facts, evaluating program needs, and adjusting to accommodate program/service changes within existing resources without sacrificing quality/quantity.
5. Strong ability to plan and organize the efforts of a geographically dispersed, multi-person, staff by integrating efforts across various technical disciplines, coordinating with internal and external organizations, and effectively utilizing available resources to establish, execute and maintain multiple projects.
6. Mastery-level knowledge of emerging developments in individual and organizational behavior sufficient to solve novel and obscure problems; to extend and modify existing techniques; and skill in developing new approaches to be used throughout USSF and DoW in developing improved organizational outcomes.
7. Mastery level skill in developing, analyzing, interpreting, and summarizing data sufficient to advise USSF and DOW leadership on trends with respect to organizational outcomes.
8. Ability to communicate both orally and in writing and to establish and maintain effective and positive working relationships. Skill in enthusiastically and confidently expressing a vision that offers followers meaning and purpose; actively modeling the values that underlie the mission.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 35 days per year.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
• PCS is authorized. Incentive is not authorized.
• This position is eligible for teleworking. Schedule and percentage will be determined by leadership, employee and situation.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.

Qualifications

The 0301 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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