Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT OFFICER (Title 32) (Indef), Position Description Number D2169P01 and is part of the AR ANG 188 LGR SQ, National Guard. This is an indefinite position that may convert to a permanent position. NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED Responsibilities 1. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises subordinate workers' performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques. Recommends awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases. Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher-level management. Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems. Effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters. Prepares documentation to support actions taken. Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance. Encourages self-development. Approves master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time. Demonstrates sensitivity to ideas of subordinates. Promotes an environment in which employees are empowered to participate in and contribute to effective mission accomplishment. Discharges security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material. Recognizes and takes action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates. Applies EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination. Periodically reviews position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources. Explains classification determinations to subordinate employees. 2. Provides technical advice and assistance to wing leadership on business processes and performance and efficiency of logistics readiness functions of the squadron /flight as it impacts the Wing. Provides technical oversight for squadron/flight plans, goals and standards for readiness and performance capabilities of the squadron/flight on. Responsible for programs associated with squadron/flight business processes, resource management (facilities, equipment, budget, stock control and infrastructure), squadron/flight analysis, systems management, strategic planning, metrics and training. Establishes metric and analysis systems for subordinate organizations to assess efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with procedures. Provides technical guidance for the development of program goals, plans, policies, and procedures and work plans regarding of wing strategic vision; evaluation of overall logistics process effectiveness; modernizing and transforming current business operations and support systems; and modifying logistics strategic planning. Recommends methods to help the squadron/flight optimize use of resources and maximize efficiency and effectiveness. As a senior logistician, recommends to the commander ways to evenly distribute and optimize organization resources to achieve readiness goals and objectives as well as installation customer needs. Establishes review systems for the organization to ensure certain government needs are met and validated, and that economy and quality of operations are maintained or improved. Collaborates and plans with other managers and appropriate personnel to coordinate and/or integrate operations and interests of other organizations. CONTINUED UNDER EDUCATION Requirements Conditions of Employment NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement. This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership in the military grade listed below. Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Military Grades: Officer Minimum Military Grade: NLT O-1/2Lt Maximum Military Grade: NTE O-3/Capt Compatible Military Assignments: Selectee must be a member of the Arkansas Air National Guard. IMPORTANT NOTES (AS APPLICABLE): Upon selection for this position, individual must possess or initiate a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigation. A favorable determination based upon investigative results is mandatory for this position. Failure to meet these requirements will result in termination of employment. A pre-placement physical is required if not already current. Upon selection, must complete mandatory Full-Time Support (FTS) Training at the Professional Education Center (PEC) within six months of assignment (if applicable, training will be coordinated by the supervisor). Individual must meet all military requirements of the position without creating a grade inversion, as determined by the Human Resources Office (HRO). Technicians will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor or wage leader (Grade Inversion). Enlisted members currently at a higher grade than allowed by the position (see Military Grade Requirement above) may apply; however, they must administratively reduce prior to appointment and provide confirmation of the reduction to HRO. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Qualifications GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, or training involving judgment and/or analytical ability in the logistics field. Experience using computer and automation systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1-year specialized experience, education or training equivalent to at least next lower grade level. Experience, education or training equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Must have experience, education, or training which includes identifying activities involving logistical support operations. Experience integrating the actions of a variety of specialized support activities in order to develop a comprehensive logistics plan. Experience monitoring such functions as program planning, resource and fiscal management, training, manpower management, and/or automated data processing to meet the logistics plan. Experience identifying delays or problems and developing corrective actions. Education DUTIES CONTINUED: 3. Manages and performs work for providing training, resources, and systems to ensure the efficient and effective operation of installation deployment processes. Develops new approaches related to logistics workforce readiness to better support logistics services, systems and products. Ensures proper identification of AEF taskings, unit assessments of readiness capabilities (e.g. SORTS), limiting factors, common expeditionary skills training, storage and inspection of unit readiness programs. Analyzes base ready program requirements, develops get-well strategies and reports findings to squadron/flight, group and command staffs and agents. Designs and implements programs to train and prepare units to fulfill expeditionary combat support (ECS) capabilities requirements associated with organizing units to open, establish and operate forward bases to include assessing austere locations to determine requirements to sustain forces and operating locations, position, recovering and reconstituting forces. Provides deployment training (squadron-specific) for all installation personnel to carry out deployment tasks. Evaluates all manpower, resource, procedural, and capability issues impacting mobility readiness, air terminal operations, and base deployment activities. Serves as focal point for reporting limiting factors in supplies, equipment, transportation, personnel, and training to the commander to forward to higher headquarters. Prepares wartime and mobility management reports. Responsible for the Deployment Management System that insures all base personnel are ready to deploy 4. As the squadron/flight technical advisor on logistics readiness and AEF issues, performs/leads studies, and provides technical advice and assistance on development and implementation of readiness mission capabilities. The current and projected logistics readiness capabilities are associated with critical cargo and passenger movement, supply chain management, equipment and vehicles, vehicle maintenance, warehousing, deployment/reception and deliberate planning and operations, global fuels and cryogenics, and plans, programs, resource agreement, policies and procedures. The programs and studies directed and/or advice provided to key wing officials often leads to revision of critical LRS policies and procedures in the wing or squadron/flight. Responsible for smooth operations, to include working with subordinate chiefs, to ensure efficient flow of operations to meet wing and squadron/flight objectives. Researches and determines or recommends appropriate actions or interpretation of issues that impact the organization and/or command. Provides advice concerning the evaluation of new technological developments for use by the LRS community; evaluates and recommends process improvements. Ensures appropriate logistics readiness operation changes are implemented to enhance performance of command readiness operations. 5. Represents the wing regarding logistics readiness issues at meetings within the organization and at conferences with JFHQ-State, USPFO, NG, MAJCOM, HQ USAF, DoD, and other agencies. Meetings and conferences in many cases are to negotiate mutually satisfactory agreements, to identify and resolve logistics readiness matters, and ensure concerted action by involved parties. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with other wings, squadrons, or base organizations, counterparts at MAJCOM, HQ USAF, DoD, other agencies and local, state & federal government counterparts as well as commercial and private organizations. Develops and presents issues in oral and written form, e.g. briefings, requirements documents or staff studies providing program status, accomplishments, problems, requirements for support, and promotion of program objectives to senior military officers and civilians in other program offices of the command, with HQ USAF, and/or other organizations. 6. Plans, organizes, and maintains oversight of the activities of the Logistics Readiness Squadron/flight, ensuring the planning efforts and work products and services of all the squadron/flight functions comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and contingency planning objectives. Establishes, revises, or reviews policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment, promote team building, implement quality improvements, or in response to concerns with regulatory compliance and/or customer requirements. Plans and schedules work in such a manner that promotes a smooth flow and even distribution and ensures effective use of organization resources to achieve organization goals and objectives as well as installation customer needs. Sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules based on consideration of difficulty of requirements and assignments such that the experience, training, and abilities of the staff are effectively utilized to meet organization and customer needs. Provides employees direction and advice regarding policies, procedures, and guidelines. Reviews and structures organization to optimize use of resources and to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. Submits requirements for additional resources and balances organization needs with overall mission requirements and resource interests. Identifies need for change in organization priorities and takes action to implement such changes. Is held accountable for actions taken and advice provided by subordinate employees. Makes decisions on work problems presented by subordinate employees. Directs self-assessment activities. 7. Performs other duties as assigned. 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 (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)). REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation. May be required to successfully complete a probationary period. Participation in direct deposit is mandatory. Must be able to obtain/maintain appropriate security clearance