Director of Inspections & Exercises, SBD 3/IG

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo, CA is searching for a Director of Inspections & Exercises to support the SBD 3/IG (NH-1801-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).

Description:
- Experience planning, organizing, and executing military or civilian organizational inspections, program evaluations, or compliance audits.
- Direct experience designing, coordinating, and evaluating large-scale emergency response or readiness exercises
- Experience analyzing complex data sets or audit findings to identify systemic trends, write professional technical reports, and present formal briefings to executive leadership.
- Proficiency in utilizing database management tools (such as IGEMS, MICT, or civilian equivalent compliance tracking systems).


Ideal Candidate:
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Director of Inspections and Exercises (NH-1801-03) and principal advisor to the SBD 3 Commander and the Inspector General. In this capacity, you will plan, design, organize, and execute all aspects of the Commander's Inspection Program (CCIP) and base-wide readiness exercises. By utilizing advanced inspection methodologies and management tools, you will identify undetected mission risk, evaluate compliance with federal directives, and prepare SBD 3 for external Unit Effectiveness Inspections (UEI) conducted by higher headquarters.

Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Commander's Inspection Program (CCIP) Management
- Exercise Design, Planning, and Execution
- Wing/Delta Inspection Team (WIT/DIT) Leadership
- IG Systems Administration and Data Analytics


Key Skills and Abilities:
- Comprehensive knowledge of DoD, Air Force, and Space Force inspection policies, specifically DAFI 90-302, or equivalent institutional evaluation systems.
- Skilled in modern exercise design principles, scenario development, and performance evaluation methodologies.
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to assess operational processes, evaluate potential risks, and propose practical corrective solutions.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with the ability to lead diverse teams of subject matter experts and brief senior military commanders (O-6 and above) on sensitive organizational findings.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 10 days per year.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• PCS is authorized and may be made available.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program.
• Incumbent must successfully complete the USAF on-scene commander's course, and FEMA's professional development series courses on exercise design and emergency management.
• Appropriate cold weather and safety equipment will be provided based on weather conditions.

Qualifications

The 1801 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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