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To qualify for a Troop Support Planner, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. 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-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 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: Application and integration of logistical concepts, methods, practices and techniques; Developing detailed logistics plans for agency in support of contingencies, wartime operations and exercises for worldwide support to a combatant command area of operations; Conducting studies of logistics support, identifying goals and objectives of an operation, analysis of logistics plans to support contingency or wartime scenarios, and formulating agency's role and level of involvement to support the operation; Developing long and short-range logistical plans, definition of problem areas based on in-depth analysis of numerous types of information, and the determination of the necessary actions to resolve support problems. 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.
Providing authoritative advice and technical guidance on Class I to direct the design, development, execution and promulgation of operational and contingency plans.
Serves as the planner, advisor and consultant to the assigned commands regarding Class I logistics planning in support of DoD Executive Agent supply chain.
Evaluates theater/contingency operational plans and assesses DLA Troop Support Subsistence's supporting tasks and missions through day-to-day analysis and periodic testing during sponsored exercises.
Resolves operation plan shortfalls, limitations and other conditions that impact DLA's ability to perform its wartime logistics support mission.
Continually monitors agency planning initiatives and new initiatives in order to provide information for use by officials.
Collects and evaluates exercise and/or contingency operations After Action Reports (AARs)/lessons learned to use as a basis for improving and revising DoD and DLA doctrine, directives, instructions or support plans.