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Summary This is a Washington National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service Technician position: IT SPEC (PLCYPLN) Location: 141st Air Refueling Wing Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011-9413 Air National Guard Units Appointment Type: Permanent, excepted service Advertised as: Title 5 Your resume must contain your own words. Resumes that are verbatim, from this announcement, will not be considered. Responsibilities A GS-2210-11, IT SPEC (PLCYPLN): Responsible for acceptance and certification of communications-electronics (C-E) systems and implementation of quality and reliability plans for assigned C-E systems. Develops sampling plans and procedures for monitoring product certification decisions. Independently evaluates the effectiveness of substantive unit programs and processes in meeting their established goals and objectives. Analyzes evaluation results on both a quantitative and qualitative basis to provide concise and objective information to identify mission strengths and weaknesses. Develops recommendations to correct deficiencies or suggest program or process improvements for the organization. Plans and designs procedures to improve product and service quality. Develops and administers a system of internal audits, evaluations, and checklists designed to ensure conformance with squadron mission. Using standardized and locally developed evaluation programs and processes, responsible for planning and accomplishment of scheduled and unscheduled managerial, personnel, technical and special evaluations. Collectively evaluates management effectiveness, performance and technical proficiency of assigned personnel, equipment, and systems condition. Coordinates and/or conducts management studies of organization, staffing, work measurement, methods, or procedures. Monitors all unit standardization/evaluation type programs ensuring adherence to all requirements defined in USAF, ANG, and other applicable directives. Responsible for ensuring military duty position standards are current and used. Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of implemented programs and their interrelationships to apply statistical analysis techniques to measure progress, efficiency, and trends impacting the effectiveness of the organization. Performs cost-benefit and task analysis to seek more efficient and effective means and methods to achieve desired results. Interprets a variety of technical requirements making independent judgments to determine organizational compliance with applicable regulations, procedures and practices. Provides organization management with factual, objective assessments of the unit's ability to perform the mission. Analyzes, validates, and identifies ways to improve the mission, function, and activities of the organization Advises employees, supervisors, and managers on the evaluation of basic program policies, regulatory requirements, and procedures. Provides the commander and supervisors with factual, objective assessments of a section's ability to perform the mission and develops recommendations for needed improvements. Develops process, management, administrative, and technical evaluation plans for implementation by managers. Reviews workload requirements to ascertain areas where procedures can be combined, distributed, or simplified to increase productivity, efficiency, or effectiveness. Recommends internal reporting and status tracking procedures to ensure adequate control in terms of deadlines, progress reports, and follow-up reports. Manages the evaluation program to ensure required actions are tracked and completed. Implements ANG policy relating to systems storage requirements. Analyzes system operations to identify inefficiencies and takes action to resolve problems and ensure optimal performance and consistency. Provides input to the ANG Continuity of Operation Plan (COOP) procedures for system disaster recovery. COOP recovery includes reestablishment of systems at multiple sites and locations. Conducts studies to ensure ground industrial safety, fire prevention and security standards are being followed. Makes recommendations, reviews responses and ensures that corrective actions are performed. Ensures all work centers are following all applicable safety practices according to applicable regulations; fire safety practices, to include fire extinguisher sign off forms and training are being kept up to date and properly documented; and that building security measures are being followed according to the applicable Force Protection condition. Routinely conducts safety studies in order to track violations and on the job injuries to maintain the safest work environment possible. Ensures all fire exits are clearly marked and obstruction free. Responsible for development of training programs for assigned drill status personnel. Plans and schedules training activities for assigned Drill Status Guard members. Oversees and conducts On the Job Training (OJT) for personnel. Ensures the availability of lesson plans, facilities, and training aids. Monitors the training status of personnel and ensures supplemental and/or remedial training is accomplished when required. Responsible for documentation of accomplished training in a timely manner. This may require the use of automated training documentation system. Other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, and/or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months of specialized experience which includes experience, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls. Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion. Or 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade. Education Education Requirements: You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position. Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: At the GS-11 level, a Ph.D. or equivalent, or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or network. Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: The WA National Guard is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor. If you are unable to upload a document online please send the document via email to our WA HRO Distro Box.