Senior Program Manager, S1 Publication Job in Arlington, VA

Vacancy No. FY25-4F-NH-0301-03-SPLASH Department Office of Chief of Space Operations
Salary $101,401.00 to $156,755.00 Grade 3 to 3
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 1/15/2025 Close Date 1/23/2025
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Locations:
Arlington, VA


Summary

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Duties

The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Operations Command (SpOC) at The Pentagon is searching for a Senior Program Manager, S1 Publication (NH-0301-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).

Description:
Headquarters Space Operations Command, Human Capital Office is seeking a new Senior Program Manager, S1 Publication. The incumbent will provide policy technical expertise to the Space Force S1 team, which includes Reserve and Air National Guard, and Department of Defense Directives and Issuances, Air Force Instructions and Air Force Personnel Directives and Standards. The incumbent will lead the preparation, drafting, quality control and execution of Space Force policy documents and instructions, as well as specified mission directives that translate DoD policy into a policy governance architecture for the Space Force.

The ideal candidate will provide policy technical expertise to the Space Force S1 team, which includes Reserve and Air National Guard, and Department of Defense Directives and Issuances, Air Force Instructions and Air Force Personnel Directives and Standards. The ideal candidate will have experience with preparation, drafting, quality control and execution of Space Force policy documents and instructions.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Mastery knowledge of the concepts, principles, and methods of strategic planning as it relates to the Space Force human capital management in order to develop human resources strategy.
2. Comprehensive knowledge of USSF goals, mission, vision, and objectives.
3. Mastery of a broad scope of human resources development policies, principles, and procedures.
4. A high degree of skill in designing and conducting policy implementation plans, policy portfolio management, negotiation and arbitration, comprehensive studies, policy guidance narratives, policy issue papers, and programmatic factors to produce fully justified options that can be presented to the senior levels of the Space Force.
5. A high degree of self-initiative and ability to gather, assemble, analyze facts, draw conclusions, conduct analysis, devise recommended solutions, and package the entire process in briefings, papers, or reports suitable for senior leadership/upper management use and decision-making.
6. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, negotiate complex issues, using tact and diplomacy and maintain good working relations with numbers DoD agencies and Services.
7. The incumbent requires a thorough understanding of the Department of the Air Force security policies and practices.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • This position has limited telework eligibility.
  • PCS funding is not available.
  • Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
  • Occasional overtime, either evenings or weekends, may be required predicated by workload demands.
  • The employee may be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
  • This position is subject to Temporary Duty Station (TDY) approximately 15 days per year.
  • Position will close in 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.

Additional information

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.

Benefits

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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.

Required Documents

Resume: You must submit a resume that provides:

  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.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

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Agency contact information

US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management
Address
USSF - Office of Chief of Space Operations
1670 Space Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330
US
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Next steps

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