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Operational Contract Support Planner

DLA Careers
Fort Belvoir, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/26/2025
Summary

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Duties

  • Serve as a Combatant Commander, Joint Operational Contract Support Planner, responsible for ensuring a programmatic approach to Operational Contract Support in Combatant Command Operations, Concept and Exercise Plans (OPLANS, CONPLANS, EXPLANS).
  • Conduct continual reviews, analysis, and updates on the combat, humanitarian, and disaster relief plans, annexes, and appendices which guide all phases of the Commanders’ operations to support contingency and non-contingency periods.
  • Ensure Operational Contract Support (OCS) is considered in planning processes for force application/support, command/control, battlespace awareness, logistics services, and other areas facing limited resources during contingency or combat operations.
  • Support Combatant Commander participation in the National Defense Strategy and offer multilateral solutions for security, stability, and partnership efforts in their geographic area.
  • Collaborate with the program office of the Synchronized Pre-Deployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) system to obtain and facilitate SPOT training across the Command.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Flexible (https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Join-Our-Team/Benefits/#Work)
  • 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): Non-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
  • Financial Disclosure: Required
  • This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Acquisition in Fort Belvoir, VA.

Qualifications

To qualify for an Operational Contract Support 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:
  • Reviewing contractor personnel management policies and procedures to ensure optimum fit and compliance with U.S. Statutes and DoD policy and directives.
  • Providing recommendations and guidance in the synchronization of contracted support to military forces in each Combatant Command Operations, Concept, and Exercise Plans.
  • Planning coordinated responses to disasters, crises, or contingencies which require the utilization and integration of complicated processes and policies for numerous organizations.

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

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: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

Information for Veterans is available at: http://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/veterans.aspx. 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:The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.

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