Community Planner

Air Mobility Command; Fairchild Air Force Base (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Mobility Command seeks a community planning professional to manage human and physical aspects of community, regional, urban, and land use planning on an Air Force installation. The role requires specialized experience and knowledge of planning processes, regulations, and methods to support facility investment decisions.

Responsibilities include analyzing investment strategies for repair, maintenance, sustainment, and development of facilities, planning and budgeting projects, and

Qualifications

• Degree or combination of education and experience in community planning or related field with coursework in planning processes and socioeconomic/physical elements of planning
• Must submit transcripts
• One year specialized experience at next lower grade GS-11 or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Identify and inform investment strategies for repair, maintenance, sustainment, and development of installation facilities and infrastructure.
• Gather, assemble, and analyze facts; draw conclusions; devise solutions to complex planning problems.
• Organize and distribute work to complete large and complex planning projects and resolve planning issues.
• Plan, budget, and execute projects in support of program asset management.

Skills

Community planning concepts

Data analysis

Oral and written communication

Team leadership

Project budgeting

Policy interpretation

Education

Degree in community planning or related field with 12 semester hours in planning

Tools

SMS Builder

CPP

CADD

GIS

Job description

The primary purpose of this position is: To serve as a community planning professional at an Air Force (AF) installation responsible for managing activities related to human as well as physical aspects of community, regional, urban, comprehensive, and land use planning in support of an installation.

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions.

Basic Requirement or Individual Occupational Requirement:

Degree: community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance.

Note: Applicants with degrees in related fields, such as those listed above, who do not have the 12 semester hours of specified course work must have had at least 1 year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner.

OR Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in one of the above disciplines, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the above disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts.

Specialized Experience:

Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-11, or equivalent in other pay systems.

Examples of specialized experience includes experience of community planning concepts, principles, theories, regulations, and methods necessary to identify and inform investment strategies for the repair, maintenance, sustainment, and development of installation facilities and infrastructure. Skill to gather, assemble, and analyze facts; draw conclusions; devise solutions to complex planning problems that require interpretation or extension of policy guides and substantial modification of techniques and procedures. Ability to organize, divide, and distribute portions of work to other professional and expert personnel in order to complete large and complex planning projects and resolve complex planning issues. Ability to plan, budget, and execute required projects in support of program asset management activities based on relative priorities and available funds.

Federal Time-In-Grade (TIG) Requirement for General Schedule (GS) Positions:

Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

1. Professional knowledge of community planning concepts, principles, theories, regulations, and methods necessary to identify and inform investment strategies for the repair, maintenance, sustainment, and development of installation facilities and infrastructure.
2. Knowledge to gather, assemble, and analyze facts; draw conclusions; devise solutions to complex planning problems that require interpretation or extension of policy guides and substantial modification of techniques and procedures.
3. Knowledge of automated tools, systems, and programs such as SMS Builder, CPP, CADD, GIS, project tracking, and other software programs.
4. Skill in communicating orally and in writing with clarity, conciseness, and persuasiveness and the ability to relate the effect of community planning decisions on the mission and goals of an installation.
5. Ability to organize, divide, and distribute portions of work to other professional and expert personnel in order to complete large and complex planning projects and resolve complex planning issues.
6. Ability to plan, budget, and execute required projects in support of program asset management activities based on relative

NOTE: You must submit a copy of your resume.