OPERATIONAL PLANNER

Summary You will serve as a OPERATIONAL PLANNER in the Expeditionary Directorate (EX) of NAVAL FACILITIES ENG SYSTEMS COMMAND PAC. A Cost-of-Living-Allowance (COLA) of 8.64% will be added to the stated salary. Responsibilities You will analyze and develop long-range contingency plans by reviewing OPLANs, CONPLANs, and related strategic, operational, logistics, mobilization, or disaster-response guidance. You will identify specified and implied requirements; and developing or updating supporting plans, concepts, initiatives, or strategies. You will lead or facilitate cross-functional Operational Planning Teams to develop contingency responses, courses of action, staff estimates, planning recommendations, and decision briefs for senior military or civilian leaders. You will Integrate organizational capabilities into exercises or wargames by representing engineering, infrastructure, installation-support, logistics, or expeditionary requirements. You will develop training objectives; and validate contingency-plan assumptions. You will design, conducting, or evaluating TTXs, CPXs, or comparable contingency training events to identify resource requirements, reach back needs, command-and-control and communications gaps, and organizational readiness. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-13) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Analyzing and developing long-range contingency plans by reviewing OPLANs, CONPLANs, and related strategic, operational, logistics, mobilization, or disaster-response guidance; identifying specified and implied requirements; and developing or updating supporting plans, concepts, initiatives, or strategies; 2) Leading or facilitating cross-functional Operational Planning Teams to develop contingency responses, courses of action, staff estimates, planning recommendations, and decision briefs for senior military or civilian leaders; 3) Integrating organizational capabilities into exercises or wargames by representing engineering, infrastructure, installation-support, logistics, or expeditionary requirements; developing training objectives; and validating contingency-plan assumptions; and 4) Designing, conducting, or evaluating TTXs, CPXs, or comparable contingency training events to identify resource requirements, reach back needs, command-and-control and communications gaps, and organizational readiness. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: and 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. Education Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.