Logistics Management Specialist

DLA Careers; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers in Fort Belvoir, VA seeks a seasoned Logistics Management Planner to support the Joint Operations Center. The role analyzes war-time and peacetime logistics impacts, briefing leadership, and coordinating with major commands to ensure rapid DoD responses.

The position emphasizes producing actionable intelligence to optimize logistics for warfighters and updating agency doctrine through exercise evaluations. Excellent communication with senior leaders is essential.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in logistics planning or operations analysis.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and concisely.
• Experience briefing senior leadership and coordinating across commands.

Responsibilities

• Develop joint operations plans and brief leadership.
• Analyze DLA worldwide customer support in peacetime and war.
• Provide analyses to optimize logistics for warfighter readiness.
• Collaborate with Major Subordinate Commands and stakeholders to publish orders.
• Prepare briefing updates for senior leadership on critical requirements.
• Evaluate exercises to improve doctrine and contingency plans.
• Ensure future warfighter needs are channeled to appropriate commands.

Skills

Joint operations planning

Analytical thinking

Briefing senior leaders

Stakeholder coordination

Operational planning

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

• Serves as a Joint Operations Planner in the Agency Synchronization Operations Center (ASOC).
• Conducts analysis of DLA worldwide customer support in peacetime and war environments, as well as impacts of agency operations and policies on that support.
• Provides DLA leadership with analyses and actionable intelligence optimizing logistical support to the warfighter and ensuring DLA’s rapid response to DoD requirements.
• Works closely with Major Subordinate and Regional Commands, and various internal and external stakeholders to brief and publish orders to the agency, to provide DLA Leadership with critical, detailed information
• Prepares and provides briefing updates to DLA senior leadership as a conduit of information on critical warfighter requirements
• Collects and evaluates exercise and contingency operations examples to use as a basis for improving and revising agency doctrine, directives, instructions, or Support Plans.
• Ensures future warfighter requirements are channeled to the correct DLA Major Subordinate and Regional Commands for integration into future sustainment operations.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Special Sensitive/SCI
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Logistics Operations in Fort Belvoir, VA.
• This is a Mission Essential (ME) position. The incumbent may be required to report to work in the event of a natural disaster, inclement weather, or crisis.
• You will be a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure the continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, telework site, or an alternate location/facility.
• May be converted to permanent (See Additional Information Section).
• This is an obligated position and occupancy is subject to the return of former incumbent. If former incumbent fails to return to the position, occupancy may become permanent.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Logistics Management Specialist, 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-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 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:

• Using qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of methods used to gather, analyze, and evaluate information concerning management practices and principles.
• Understanding the relationship between Agency, Military Services, and Combatant Commands to take appropriate action for current operations.
• Communicating high level concepts related to the analysis of logistical operations in a clear, concise, and well-organized manner.

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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants

This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans

Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone.

ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.

Current permanent DLA employees eligible as a Promotion, this position will be filled as a Temporary Promotion NTE 2 years and may be extended up to a total of five years or converted to a permanent promotion without further competition. Current permanent DLA employees eligible as a Reassignment/Change-to-Lower Grade, this position will be filled as a Reassignment/Change-to-Lower Grade with the intent to be limited to the time period specified in the announcement and may be reassigned at management's discretion or made permanent at any time. Upon termination/expiration of the temporary assignment, placement will be to the gaining or previous organization in accordance with DLA policy (DLAI 1442.04) regarding placement rights after a time-limited assignment. For all others, if selected, this would be a Term/Time-Limited Appointment NTE 2 years, and not more than six years. The selected applicant will be required to sign a written agreement acknowledging the conditions of this temporary assignment/appointment and that they may be released from this position upon management discretion.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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