Logistics Management Specialist

DLA Careers; South Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers is seeking a Logistics Management Specialist to support USCENTCOM and regional contingencies, coordinating DLA logistics and intelligence for wartime and emergency operations.

The role involves planning with AFCENT/ARCENT, disseminating critical support issues, and ensuring DLA resources align with mission needs. Must understand DoD logistics and regulatory requirements, with readiness for mission-essential duties.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in military planning and wartime/emergency logistics.
• Expert knowledge of DoD logistics systems and military command structures.
• Knowledge of logistics management concepts and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Supports USCENTCOM and its Service Components as part of the DLA Liaison Officer and Contingency Planner teams.
• Advises AFCENT and ARCENT on DLA support capabilities and provides timely intelligence to leadership.
• Represents DLA with senior offices and federal agencies in planning and executing worldwide exercises for contingencies and mobilization.
• Acts as Planning Officer to AFCENT/ARCENT, coordinating and tracking USCENTCOM support issues to DLA.
• Evaluates and resolves shortfalls affecting DLA wartime logistics support and uses lessons learned to revise directives and plans.
• Coordinates support planning with DLA CENTCOM and regional commands to ensure integrated, on-time support.

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• Serves on the DLA Liaison Officer and Contingency Planner teams supporting Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) and its Service Components.
• Advises AFCENT and ARCENT on DLA support capabilities to ensure DLA is fully leveraged in pursuit of their objectives, providing timely and actionable intelligence to DLA CENTCOM and SOCOM leadership for support requirements.
• Represents DLA with the Office of Secretary of War, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, USCENTCOM, Service Components, and Federal Agencies in planning and executing worldwide and regional exercises for contingencies, mobilization and emergency operations.
• Serves as the Planning Officer to AFCENT and ARCENT, supporting USCENTCOM J4 and Components, and a primary focal point for disseminating, coordinating, and tracking USCENTCOM support issues and concerns to and from DLA.
• Resolves shortfalls, limitations, and conditions impacting DLA’s ability to perform wartime logistics support. Collects and evaluates exercise/contingency operations to use for improving/revising Agency directives, instruction, or Support Plans.
• Coordinates support planning and execution with DLA CENTCOM Support Branch, regional DLA major subordinate commands, and deployed activities to ensure DLA support is integrated, on-time, and accurate.
• Responsible for evaluating the Agency’s support requirements to ensure After Action Reports (AARs) and lessons learned accurately articulate the Agency’s commitment to support the warfighter.

Requirements

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• 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/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.
• Pre-Employment Physical: Required
• Expeditionary Civilian: Emergency Essential
• 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 continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility.
• This is an obligated position and occupancy is subject to the return of former incumbent.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Central in Shaw AFB, Sumter, SC.

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:
• Extensive work within military planning, policies and concepts; wartime and emergency logistics doctrines; organization and planning systems; DoD, JCS, and Military Services worldwide logistics support policies, procedures, and practices; and the DoD logistics systems structure which develops/ evaluates comprehensive contingency, emergency and wartime logistics support plans.
• Expert knowledge of and work within the military command structure, missions, programs, and organizational relationships, to include the function and organizational structure of supply chain logistics.
• Expert knowledge of logistics management concepts, policies, methods, and regulatory requirements within logistical support planning.

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.

This is an Expeditionary Civilian (EC) position, and the incumbent will be designated as Emergency Essential (EE).

This position is being filled as Term appointment not-to-exceed (NTE) 3 years. Current permanent DLA employees eligible as a Promotion, this position will be filled as a Temporary Promotion NTE 3 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. Upon termination/expiration of the temporary assignment, placement will be either 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 3 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.

Education

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

Additional information

As required by 5 C.F.R.

• 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.
• 1194).

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go here.

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found here.

Information for Veterans

is available here. 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 Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use before appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.

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