STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OFFICER

Summary You will serve as a Strategic Initiatives Officer with the Wargaming and Analysis Division, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), Combat Development and Integration. The duty station is Quantico, VA. Responsibilities You will serve as the Strategic Initiatives Officer with responsibility and accountability for the effective and efficient operation of current and future operations of the Wargaming and Analysis Division. You will envision and plan for the strategic goals by formulating wargaming methodology end states. You conduct oversight of internal and external operations impacting the Wargaming and Analysis Division. You will supervise and guide program/project officers and lead integrated process/product teams in order to meet organizational objectives and timelines. You will direct development of data, provision of expertise and insights. You will secure of legal opinions; prepare position papers or legislative proposals. You will execute which support development of goals and objectives related to high levels of operational planning and development. You will exercise significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials of higher rank. You will assist and guide a program or major program segment with significant resources (e.g., one at a multimillion dollar level of annual resources); supervisors, team leaders, or similar personnel, or by contractors. You will make decisions on non-routine, costly, or controversial training needs and training requests related to employees of the unit. You will assist in the coordination of Naval and Joint wargames and other innovative activities to facilitate command and control, general situational awareness, and support decision making. You will serve as principal information manager collecting all assessments and reports of activities synthesizing to update the Wargaming and Analysis Division dashboard and corresponding wargaming roadmaps. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least oone year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector supporting simulation and modeling of exercises/events for large and complex organization to project/predict the outcomes of assorted scenarios and performing the following: 1) Applying knowledge operational development processes to facilitate force development and initiatives into capability development for doctrine, organization, training, material development, and leader development. 2) Planning, arranging, coordinating, and leading working group meetings 3) Using senior-level administrative skills to include: collegiate-level writing competence, development and presentation of briefs and formulation of impactful correspondence (e.g., position/issue papers and decision briefs), including using Microsoft products to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project. 4) Organizing, tasking, supervising, and/or managing projects and programs to meet scheduled requirements or compressed timelines. 5) Communicating through a variety of medium (briefings, papers, orally), 6) Identifying budget issues, conduct research, and prepare alternatives and/or recommendations in order to meet milestones and end of year objectives. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Education There is no educational substitution for experience in this series at this grade level . Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. This position is eligible for part time, full time or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category or higher. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. Military Spouse Preference applicants will receive priority consideration at the Full Performance Level (FPL) and if determined to be Best Qualified at the FPL, and selected, must be placed at the FPL. A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.