Operations Branch Chief, 10 SOPS NB

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Schriever SFB, Colorado Springs, CO is searching for an Operations Branch Chief to support the 10 SOPS NB (NH-0391-04, GS-14/15 equivalent).

Description:
Serves as the Supervisor for the 10 SOPS Narrowband Operations Branch with responsibility for all assigned missions and goals. Maintain, enhance, and foster a cohesive team focused on mission support and responsive to mission requirements. Create and institute professional training opportunities for all assigned employees. Incorporate and enhance the role and utility of the Operations Branch in support of the operations management community and supported Combatant Commands/Agencies/Activities/International Partners.

Ensure Narrowband SATCOM mission support is consistent with USSPACECOM directives, instructions, and orders. Maintain the highest standards of technical and operational support to all users - Combatant Commands, Services, Agencies, other activities, and International Partners. Respond to all taskings within the specified timelines.

Lead, coordinate, and conduct Narrowband SATCOM operations in support of DoD's Narrowband SATCOM portfolio with emphasis on: (a) MUOS and legacy payloads for the DoD Narrowband portfolio; (b) execute situational Awareness and reporting responsibilities; (c) conduct/support user mitigations and restorals in response to all Narrowband SATCOM anomalies, threats, communications services outages, and optimization efforts; (d) conduct payload and user analysis, assessments, and metrics.

Lead, coordinate, and conduct MUOS operations and activities in support of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) transition and use of WCDMA services; development and refinement of MUOS situational awareness and reporting policies, processes, and procedures; execution oversight of Authorized Service Interruptions.

Perform duties as the MUOS Authorized Service Interruption (ASI) Manager, primary purpose and role to serve as MUOS enterprise level coordinator and manager. Coordinate with NCTAMS PAC, 10 SOPS, SSC/SYD 88 and the community of interest as applicable to ensure ASI's are properly forecasted and performed efficiently.

Perform assigned Narrowband SATCOM oversight and management activities of Integrated Waveform and Demand Assigned Multiple Access Control systems and Narrowband SATCOM Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) tools.

Coordinate, synchronize and support USSPACECOM, OSD, JS CC/S/A, SSCs, CFSCC, and 10 SOPS counterparts in all appropriate forums to identify and resolve issues impacting Narrowband SATCOM operations and mission support requirements.

Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate will have a strong background with training and experience in Narrowband Military Satellite Communications (SATCOM), to include Legacy, Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) control systems. Be a proven leader and Subject Matter Expert who can manage a cohesive and dispersed team, while providing direction and accomplishing the mission. Be able to plan for optimal operations of NB SATCOM systems, while being able to react to unplanned and/or current events. Be able to brief operations to the NB community and senior leadership.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret /SCI security clearance.
• Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• PCS / relocation funding is not authorized.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Testing Program.
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.” Employee is required to attend annual ethics and procurement integrity training.

Qualifications

The 0391 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements 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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