Director of Staff, S2X

Summary

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Duties

The United States Space Force (USSF) at the Pentagon is searching for a Director of Staff for S2X (NH-0080-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent). Description: Are you a leader looking to protect the future of warfighting? If so, come join the S2 as it trailblazes into its newly established Integrated Security Enterprise, as its Director of Staff. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing expansion of the organization working directly for the Director. You will be responsible for building contracts, managing resources, and hiring the right security experts to build the new enterprise vision. Ideal Candidate: Should have a diverse background across security, resource management, and personnel management with demonstrated ability overseeing complex organizational transitions. Key Skills and Abilities: 1. Expert knowledge of financial management. Mastery of the Department of Defense Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycle, financial regulations, and congressional budget processes. 2. Comprehensive knowledge of federal acquisition regulations (FAR, DFARS), contract administration, and the oversight of contracted professional/technical services. Experience serving as or managing Contracting Officer's Representatives (COR) is highly desirable. 3. Mastery of management and organizational principles to lead and direct complex, multi-million dollar studies, programs, and portfolios. 4. Expert knowledge of intelligence principles, policies, and procedures, particularly as they apply to the space domain and National Security Space architecture. 5. Superior ability to communicate, negotiate, and defend program and resource requirements, both orally and in writing, to senior defense and congressional decision-makers. Ability to persuade others to accept recommendations, work toward an agreement, and negotiate mutually acceptable solutions.

Qualifications and evaluation

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here: Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

How to apply

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Required documents

Resume: You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide: Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

Additional information

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