Summary This position is located in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support (DASD (PS)) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment (ASD(S)). The DASD PS is responsible for providing the DoD with policy, processes and guidance that foster effective product support planning and execution to ensure effective and affordable life cycle product support solutions for our weapon systems, subsystems, and components. Responsibilities Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following: The incumbent will be responsible for implementing policies for the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition logistics activities, and processes from front end concept exploration through delivery and support to the Defense Components, Combatant Commanders, and other federal agencies worldwide. The duties of the incumbent will be to provide DoD leadership with comprehensive, timely and actionable program assessments for product support; and engage with program offices to ensure product support initiatives and policies are addressed up front in the design and planning phase to shape sustainment costs over the program/system/subsystem life cycle. Duties will align with DoDI 5000.91, Product Support Management for the Adaptive Acquisition Framework to permeate product support initiatives. The incumbent will collaborate with the Program Manager and Product Support Manager to provide guidance on planning and implementing a life cycle management perspective which is key for designing for sustainment and enabling reliability, maintainability, supportability, and affordability. The duties include emphasizing readiness, affordability, cost consciousness, and innovation through engagements to promote and institutionalize the product support elements with a heightened emphasis on sustainment and a streamlined, tailored approach to effective use of performance-based PS solutions promises to improve sustainment performance and cost control (Product Support Manager Guidebook, 24 May 2022). Incumbent duties include drawing on direct experience of acquisition logistics practices and an extensive knowledge of commercial best business and quality driven practices, such as LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies; the incumbent will serve as an expert in the merging of acquisition planning for logistics support and implementation of sustainment and supportability strategies to fulfill product support requirements, characterized by new or innovative technologies. As a senior staff specialist, incumbent will define policy and process issues as well as performance criteria for acquisition logistics within the DoD. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/ You may qualify at the NH-04 (GS-14/15) level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03 (GS-13) grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to: Managing the direct work of an organization to include communicating, both orally and in writing, recommendations and initiatives, explanations of analyses, advising on new methods, policies, guidelines, and operating procedures. Formulates, gathers, analyzes, plans, and organizes work and present data to supporting analyses on recommended courses of action through the use of various quantitative analysis and statistical techniques. Utilizing federal/DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process to include Program Objective Memorandum (POM) cycle, and the development of Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM's), Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), Procurement, and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) funds. 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. All qualifications, education, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. Education Education cannot be substituted for experience. This position requires a Life Cycle Logistics, Advanced Level 3 acquisition certification. You will have 48 months to achieve this certification. This is a Critical Acquisition Position. Incumbent will be required to sign a written tenure agreement to remain, for a minimum of three years, in the Federal Service in the Critical Acquisition Position. Additional Information Other priority consideration programs will continue under their current operating procedures. 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. Washington Headquarters Services uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternative application. Please view the following link for information on how to obtain an alternative application https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?%20title=Alternate_Application_Information Appointment Authorities: For more information on appointment authority eligibility requirements: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/veterans/ https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/military-spouses/ Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ Current or Former Political Appointees: Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: Military Spouse Preference applicants, must be selected and placed at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified up to and including the full performance level. You must include a completed copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for Military Spouse Preference. Click here to obtain a copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist. Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technicians PPP Eligible: MR and NG technicians PPP applicants must be selected and placed at the full performance level if determined well qualified. You must include a completed copy of the Military Reserve and National Guard Technician PPP Self-Certification Checklist to verify your eligibility for Military Reserve and National Guard Technician preference. Click here to obtain a copy of the Military Reserve and National Guard Technician PPP Self-Certification Checklist.6. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.