DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & TRAINING
What you'd do
You will serve as a DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & TRAINING in the OPERATIONS AND TRAINING DIRECTORATE (N02) of TACTRAGRULANT.
Major duties
You will coordinate, develop and maintain long- and short-term staff schedules and department specific schedules. You will directly support the Director of Operations and Training (DOT) (N02), a senior O-6, in directing day to-day functions of the directorate. You will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the command’s training curriculum and advising the DOT and Commanding Officer / Executive Officer (post-major command O-6) on course content, improvements and assessments. You will assign, supervise and mentors an instructor cadre of seven Government Service personnel (GS-13/14), approximately 30 senior and mid-grade officers (O-6, O-5 and O-4), senior enlisted (E-7 and E-8), and contract instructors. You will primarily be responsible for managing and supervising a wide range of classroom instruction with reinforcement through seminars and computer-assisted war games. You will be responsible for providing expert advice on the development and execution of training curriculum, determining the adequacy of course content and the validity to the approach, design and instruction of all training courses at TACTRAGRULANT. You will represent TACTRAGRULANT as Deputy Director of Training during all conferences, meetings, teleconferences and video teleconferences. You will serve as the command’s contract Technical Assistant (TA) to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) at USFF. You will serve as the command’s senior Government Service (GS) official. You will maintenance and prepare training statics reports, oversight of operating and travel budgets, oversight of classroom and training module upgrades and maintenance, and preparation and delivery of Flag and executive-level command presentation.
What you need to qualify
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, to qualify for the GS-15, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Expert knowledge of and experience in Carrier Strike Group / Amphibious Ready Group organization, command & control, tactics and operations, with extensive experience in Naval, Joint, Multi-Service and Coalition doctrine and operations. Experience and mastery of planning and execution of complex synthetic wargame development, being able to create realistic and challenging scenarios that include integration of coalition/joint forces. Experience and thorough knowledge of National, Combatant Commander, Joint, and Naval Component Commander instructions, orders and organizational structures, as well as Naval, Multi-Service, Allied and Joint Publications and doctrine. Experience and mastery of current learning and instruction principles to include academic curriculum development, course objectives, effective communications, group discussion facilitation, instructional format, and be comfortable briefing large, diverse training audiences. Experience and expert knowledge of Navy POM process to include project development, budgeting and coordination with OPNAV resource sponsors). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1700/general-education-and-training-series-1701/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
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