Logistics Management Specialist
What you'd do
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Major duties
Lead Joint Exercise Life Cycle events and control groups; design exercises using Defense Readiness Reporting System metrics and Joint Mission Essential Task Lists. Conduct Rehearsal of Concept drills, Tabletop Exercises, and scenario simulations. Manage Defense Logistics Agency training requirements and assessments within the Joint Training Tool (JTT). Lead DLA delegation at Combatant Command (CCMD) and Joint Training and Synchronization Conferences. Prepare and brief senior Defense Logistics Agency leadership throughout all phases of exercise planning, execution, and post-exercise analysis. Develop and staff the annual Director's Joint Training Plan. Coordinate agency participation in National Level Exercises and Joint Experimentation with the Joint Staff and CCMDs. Align Defense Logistics Agency goals with Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Command, and Service Exercise Programs. Integrate high-level Department of War planning documents into tactical-to-strategic combat support operations. Represent the J35 Plans Directorate in Joint Exercise Community forums. Determine operational requirements to meet the Defense Logistics Agency Director's Strategic Vision. Use previous exercises, logistics assessments, and Joint Lessons Learned to shape design, objectives, and injects for the DLA Joint Training Campaign and Plan. Identify and manage budget requirements/execution to support the annual DLA Joint Training Plan. Request/track any CCMD reimbursable funding tied to DLA support to joint exercises. Establish ethical, efficient management procedures to monitor workflow. Manage the exercise budget and utilize the Defense Travel System (DTS) to execute participant travel. Prepared to assist logistics contingency planners in the development and evaluation of DLA Support Plans, concept of operations, concept of support/logistics and logistics supportability assessment.
What you need to qualify
To qualify for a Logistics Management Specialist for this specific role/job, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Directed joint readiness exercises, Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) drills, and complex scenario simulations; utilized standardized readiness metrics and mission essential tasks to certify the organization for critical operational deployments. Engineered and executed Joint Training Plans; synchronized organizational objectives with higher-headquarters and Combatant Command priorities and delivered decisive decision-briefings to senior leadership throughout all planning phases and post-action analyses. Represented the organization in joint and interagency forums; managed training requirements, spearheaded the execution of exercise budgets, streamlined workflow procedures, and oversaw personnel travel and administrative operations. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
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