Range Operations Officer
What you'd do
About the Position: This is for a TEMPORARY position as a Range Operations Officer. The incumbent serves as a Range Operations Officer often working independently to assist the Range Officer, in planning, coordinating, and monitoring the daily range operations of the range and training area complex. In the absence of the Range Officer, responsible for the command and control of the Range Division.
Major duties
Technical authority on all matters pertaining to the scheduling, conduct of live fire training, range utilization, range safety. Prepare documents supporting various installation range plans. Direct assigned personnel in all aspects of their job in order to clarify the direction of the contract. Evaluate performance of assigned personnel to ensure that work is being performed within the Scope of Work of the contract. Provide technical, tactical, and managerial guidance on all matters pertaining to planning, scheduling and execution of the daily range operation mission. Serve as point of contact for budget matters impacting or pertaining to the daily ranges and training facilities operations. Plan work to be accomplished, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare work schedules. Assign work based on priorities, consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments.
What you need to qualify
Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 2 years by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition. Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Range and training facility safety requirements, planning, scheduling and execution of the daily range operation mission; 2) Weapons and ammunition characteristics, providing range support to using units conducting of live-fire training, range safety, range design, maintenance and operations; and 3) Analyzing data to produce statistical comparisons of efficiencies and inefficiencies and make recommendations for modifications to existing ranges, training areas, or operating procedures. This definition of specialized experience is typical work performed at the next lower grade level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and Management Leadership Planning and Evaluating Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
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