Strategic Workforce Operations Planner (Military)

DLA Careers; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers seeks a Strategic Workforce Operations Planner (Military) to lead contingency workforce planning and workforce readiness efforts within the Defense Logistics Agency. The role requires coordinating across DoD-level plans, exercises, and crisis-action readiness to ensure personnel readiness aligns with enterprise strategies.

Ideal candidates will have specialized experience in military workforce planning, policy development, and joint staff coordination, with the ability to translate

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in strategic human capital and workforce readiness plans for military/defense contexts.
• Experience integrating HR requirements, personnel accountability, and emergency staffing into operational plans.
• Evaluating and establishing joint-level manpower policies and multi-service agreements with Combatant Commands and Joint Staff.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the Agency’s subject matter expert for contingency workforce planning and personnel readiness.
• Incorporates DoD-level human capital plans into operational readiness frameworks and workforce shaping.
• Analyzes and aligns contingency operations workforce requirements with enterprise planning.
• Develops DLA-wide HR guidance and policies in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Specialized Experience

Workforce planning

HR integration

Manpower policies

Job description

Summary

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Duties

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• Serves as the Agency’s subject matter expert for contingency workforce planning, providing authoritative expertise on personnel readiness and accountability to ensure DLA J1 ....
• CONT: equities are fully integrated and represented in joint exercises and crisis action planning.
• Integrates Department of Defense-level human capital plans into operational readiness frameworks, providing authoritative expertise on workforce shaping and global....
• posture to inform future force planning in contingent and exercise environments.
• Manages and aligns all cognizant HR resources for contingency operations and disaster response through comprehensive workforce requirements analysis, ensuring....
• CONTD: adaptability to Joint Staff, Combatant Command, and Military Service-level personnel requirements.
• Develops DLA-wide HR policies by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, translating complex HR readiness considerations into effective operational....
• CONTD: guidance for supported organizations.
• Analyzes, identifies, and communicates DLA HR considerations within the Joint Strategic Planning System to ensure human capital is a fully integrated component of enterprise-level planning.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Security Requirements: Special Sensitive / Top Secret Clearance
• 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.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Strategic Workforce Operations Planner (Military), 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:
• Developing, coordinating, and executing strategic human capital and workforce readiness plans for a military department, Joint command, or defense agency, including aligning agency personnel posture with overarching enterprise strategy and readiness directives.
• Experience integrating HR requirements, personnel accountability, and emergency staffing into operational plans, exercises, or crisis-response missions.
• Evaluating and establishing joint-level manpower policies, instructions, regulatory memorandums, and multi-service agreements in collaboration with Combatant Commands, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
• Evaluating and establishing joint-level manpower policies, instructions, regulatory memorandums, and multi-service agreements in collaboration with Combatant Commands, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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

• 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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