S&E Workforce Development Specialist, SSC/S37

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA is searching for a S&E Workforce Development Specialist to support SSC/S37 (NH-0801-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).

Description:
-The Science and Engineering (S&E) Workforce Development Specialist develops, coordinates, and implements workforce development strategies and programs supporting the Space Systems Command Science and Engineering workforce.
-The position focuses on building and sustaining a technically capable S&E workforce through competency development, acquisition professional development, training, mentoring, career development, workforce analysis, succession planning, leadership development, and functional workforce policy.
-The incumbent serves as a workforce development advisor and Science and Engineering functional subject matter expert, working with SSC leadership, supervisors, employees, geographically separated units, functional managers, training organizations, and workforce partners to identify workforce needs and develop programs and solutions that strengthen S&E capabilities across the command.

DUTIES:
The incumbent:
- Serves as a primary functional advisor for Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) requirements affecting the SSC Science and Engineering workforce.
- Reviews and adjudicates APDP requirements and works with employees, supervisors, and functional leadership to resolve certification, coding, or professional development issues.
- Supports development and maintenance of Science and Engineering Career Navigator content, career pathways, competencies, and functional workforce development resources.
- Develops and maintains S&E workforce competency, skill, and proficiency frameworks aligned with current and emerging mission requirements.
- Conducts workforce skill and training gap analyses to identify areas requiring additional education, training, experience, or workforce development initiatives.
- Identifies relevant technical, acquisition, leadership, and professional development courses and recommends training opportunities for the S&E workforce.
- Coordinates employee nominations for courses, developmental programs, and other training opportunities.
- Develops and coordinates S&E training events, workshops, speaker engagements, and educational programs in areas such as systems engineering, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, acquisition, and other mission-relevant disciplines.
- Provides S&E functional subject matter expertise during civilian hiring package reviews to help ensure position requirements, technical competencies, and workforce needs are appropriately represented.
- Reviews S&E Vectoring packages and provides functional analysis and recommendations supporting employee career development.
- Reviews S&E Civilian Development packages and provides functional workforce input regarding employee development and career progression.
- Supports S&E recruiting activities, hiring events, university engagement, career fairs, and other outreach initiatives designed to attract high-quality Science and Engineering talent.
- Develops and delivers S&E workforce orientation and onboarding overviews to help new employees understand SSC, the S&E functional community, career development opportunities, and workforce expectations.
- Reviews S&E award packages and provides functional input regarding technical contributions, workforce impact, and career-field considerations.
- Provides mentoring, vectoring, coaching, and career development support to junior Science and Engineering employees.
- Conducts workforce position and demographic analysis to identify current and projected workforce requirements, vacancies, retention trends, retirement risks, succession requirements, and other workforce indicators.
- Develops workforce metrics, dashboards, reports, and assessments that enable S&E leadership to make informed workforce planning and talent-management decisions.
- Supports succession planning and workforce continuity efforts for critical S&E positions and technical capabilities.
- Develops and coordinates leadership development opportunities designed to prepare S&E employees for increased technical, supervisory, and organizational responsibilities.
- Serves as a liaison between the SSC S&E functional community and geographically separated units (GSUs) to identify workforce requirements, communicate initiatives, and ensure functional programs support the broader command.
- Develops, reviews, and maintains S&E workforce policies, instructions, operating guidance, memoranda, and functional program documentation.
- Supports S&E governance activities and functional working groups as required.
- Manages and coordinates S&E workforce development taskers, requests for information, suspense actions, and leadership-directed initiatives.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
• Safeguards classified or sensitive and/or classified information and/or files.
• Position requires a professional engineering degree at the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution is required. Advanced degrees are preferred.
• 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.
• May be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• PCS / relocation funding is not available.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
• This position has been designated as an acquisition position and is covered by the Acquisition.

Qualifications

The 0801 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 4th section titled Professional and Scientific 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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