About the Position: As the Department of Defense's lead laboratory for the development of medical countermeasures against chemical threat agents, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), a Defense Health Agency Research & Development (DHA R&D) asset, is increasingly called upon to provide expert analytical and consultative services related to medical chemical defense research and to the medical management of chemical casualties.
USAMRICD is participating in an alternative personnel system known as the Personnel Demonstration Project (PDP). The DJ-04 payband is equivalent to the GS-13 step 1 to GS-14 step 10 level. In keeping with the Demonstration pay fixing policies, employees earning a salary that falls within this payband equivalent, may not receive an immediate pay increase (promotion) if appointed to this position. Future pay increases within the payband will be accomplished through the pay for performance management system. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Experience leading an organization's logistics management functions such as procurement of materials, medical maintenance, or life cycle management of equipment; (2) Experience evaluating medical logistics requirements for an organization such as changes in program objectives, analyzing data to identify deficiencies, or recommending improvements to optimize performance and procedures; AND (3) Experience developing medical logistics processes and/or procedures for an organization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DJ-03/GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Attention to Detail Organizational Awareness Planning and Evaluating
Serve as a Logistics Management Specialist with responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating, managing, and executing the Institute’s various logistics programs.
Oversee the Property Accountability Program.
Oversee the Clinical Engineering Department and the maintenance and repair of specialized medical and laboratory equipment.
Manage the organization's Freight and Fleet Programs.
Participate in the Controlled Medical Item Management Program by serving as the Institute’s Registrant with the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Function as the Supply Chain Manager for acquisitions, serving as a Government Purchase Card Billing Official.
Perform contract management and surveillance to ensure contract requirements and performance metrics are being met, provides written and verbal feedback to contracting personnel.