Strategic Planner

DLA Careers; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Defense Logistics Agency Careers in Fort Belvoir, VA seeks a Strategic Planner to support the Strategic Plans and Futures (SPF) Division. You will function as a staff advisor on future operating concepts and strategy, helping translate high-level guidance into actionable plans.

You will review and harmonize strategy documents, joint concepts, and directives, ensuring alignment with contingency operations, disaster response, and consequence management as the DLA representative.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience directly related to Joint and Service Future Concepts and Wargames.
• Experience with evaluating and executing multi-year strategies within large organizations.
• Proven ability to leverage models, simulations, and exercises to generate actionable courses of action.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Joint Planner in SPF Division.
• Advise on Future operating concepts and strategy.
• Coordinate comments on strategy documents, joint concepts, instructions, memorandums and directives.
• Integrate joint concepts into DLA long-range strategic planning and Global Posture planning.
• Bridge Department of War planning guidance with tactical to strategic combat support concepts.
• Provide subject matter expertise on DLA planning for Joint Force Requirements Process and FCB.
• Serve as authoritative source of information on Joint Force Requirements Process and Functional Capabilities Boards.

Skills

Joint Concepts & Wargames

Military logistics knowledge

Strategic planning

Analytical decision-making

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• Serves as a Joint Planner in the Strategic Plans and Futures (SPF) Division.
• Serves as staff advisor and subject matter consultant for Future operating concepts and strategy.
• Coordinates comments on strategy documents, joint concepts, instructions, memorandums, operational plans, and directives pertaining to contingency operations, disaster response, and consequence management as a DLA representative.
• Integrates joint concepts into DLA long-range strategic planning and Global Posture planning efforts in support of development, transition, and implementation.
• Integrates high level Department of War planning guidance by understanding the unique blend of tactical to strategic level combat support, combat service support operations, and how DLA impacts operations.
• Provides subject matter expertise on DLA planning for Joint and Service Future Concepts and Wargames.
• Serves as an authoritative source of information on key knowledge of Joint Force Requirements Process and Functional Capabilities Boards.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• 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 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 position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Logistics Operations in Fort Belvoir, VA.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Strategic Planner, 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-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 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:
• Directly working with military information and logistics systems, wartime and emergency logistics, DoW, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Military Services worldwide supply logistics support reflecting clear demonstrable knowledge of their policies, doctrines, and systems.
• Determining, evaluating, and executing Joint and Service Future Concepts and Wargames in accordance with advanced management systems, organizational principles, practices, and programs.
• Demonstrable work leveraging tools such as Wargames, exercises, models, and simulation to generate actionable and objectively defensible courses of action.
• Demonstrable work within organizations focused on developing, evaluating, and refining multi-year strategies

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

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 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 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 prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs 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.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

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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