Total 18 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Langley AFB, Virginia

• As a primary action officer, develops, implements, and provides direction within and across the SAF/IE portfolio regarding the policies, processes, and methods supporting legislative Communications and Congressional Engagement (LCCE) requirements.
• Organizes, reviews, and analyzes hearing proceedings, committee reports, transcripts, bills, amendments, report language, floor action, and appropriation acts, and provides senior Department of the Air Force leaders with summaries of SAF/IE (Energy, Installations, and Environment) related impacts.
• Represents organization at high-level at meetings, briefings within Air and Space Staff, Secretariat, DoD, and other agencies pertaining to assigned programs and/or projects
• As a primary action officer, provides support, leadership and project management ensuring the organization presents a coordinated and effective communication of SAF/IE programs as part of the annual roll-out of the President's Budget to Congress.

PRIMARY PURPOSE: To serve as Training and Exercise Planner; providing planning, analysis, design, development implementation, and evaluation of training events for both internal and external audiences. Assist with the execution of the Joint Exercise Program to sustain joint force readiness throughout the USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility. Develop, plan, and prepare to execute battle staff training and exercises for Headquarters, USCENTCOM, Service Component, and Joint Task Force Staffs to prepare for current and future missions including crisis and steady state operations.

DUTIES:

1. Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the USCENTCOM training and exercise program.
2. Represents USCENTCOM at a variety of DoD and Joint Staff senior-level meetings.
3. Provides input to leadership concerning policy guidance and the development and execution of combined military exercises and training requirements in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility.
4. Assists with the development of budgets for the Exercise Program.

As a Business Operations Coordinator, GS-0301-14 MP, you will perform the following duties:

Strategic Planning and Policy

• Reviews agency directives, action memoranda, and other relevant documentation to remain current on proposed and pending actions which may affect assigned responsibilities and impact the organization's operations policies, principles, and procedures.
• Makes recommendations to the CBO and senior leadership that outline operational changes necessary to adhere to systems, principles, and procedures; ensure proper financial action and assignment of directorate/office responsibilities; address impact of regulations or new procedures and actions required to implement them; and project cost estimates for implementing operational strategies.

• Works with the business operations managers (BOMs) and Chief Business Operations (CBO) to coordinate performance management activities for the directorate/office.
• Reviews and monitors the status of performance plans and appraisals for the directorate/office to ensure timeliness of actions and compliance with the NSF general workforce, Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA), and Senior Executive Service (SES) schedules and associated activities. This includes providing assistance and guidance to directorate or office staff on policies, procedures, and guidelines involved in the appraisal process.

• Serves as a subject matter expert on the federal travel process and associated NSF policies and procedures.
• Serves as the organizational expert on human capital and financial tools and systems, ensuring staff receive appropriate access, as needed, and supporting training needs.
• Performs ad hoc and formal analyses of directorate/office administrative systems and business practices (e.g., travel, use of AOAM funds, IPA investments).
• Applies knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods to identify inefficient or ineffective practices and establishes new practices for organization-wide use.
• Establishes working groups to study issues and initiatives, propose solutions, plan implementation, and assess feedback, as needed.

• Implements, analyzes, and monitors the progress of the organization's financial operating plan.
• Informs the CBO, Chief Budget Strategist (or equivalent), and senior managers of potential problems with the organization's commitment of funds.
• Participates in meetings to justify and/or defend the organization's operations and/or financial execution processes or strategies.
• Assists in preparing papers, talking points, and graphical presentations to support meetings with senior organizational leadership.

• Presents compelling rationale to individuals and groups at all levels of the organization.
• Follows up with individuals to understand causes of resistance to changes in administrative, operational, programmatic, and human capital processes and procedures within the directorate/office.
• Coordinates with the CBO, AD/OH, and Deputy Assistant Director (DAD)/Deputy Office Head (DOH) to support organization wide employee engagement activities.

Selected candidates may be required to perform limited supervisory duties of a few staff members.

Performs other duties as assigned.

This is a Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) position that functions as the Senior Advisor, Strategy Coordination Program Office (SCPO) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S)).

Major duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Serves as a recognized expert providing technical expertise, analysis, advance solutions, and recommendations to Collection and Special Programs leadership on future initiatives and capabilities against strategic competitors in the areas of national defense, national security, intelligence, counterintelligence, and other interagency intelligence-related matters and activities.
• Works collaboratively with the Intelligence Community and US Government Interagency partners to facilitate the rapid and effective use of intelligence to identify and mitigate threats to US interests.
• Leads the DoD efforts to provide intelligence and counterintelligence assessment, analysis, evaluation, interpretation, dissemination of information, advance solutions, and recommendations to OUSD(I&S) leadership and interagency partners.
• Oversees the Program Office in identifying, assessing, and neutralizing foreign intelligence activities and capabilities mitigating threats, as well as developing new concepts, methodologies, and risk mitigation strategies to address and better respond to these issues.
• Participates in technology innovation, research, and development to create new or to enhance existing capabilities to improve detection of threats.
• Provides expert advice on SCPO capabilities, intentions, and activities to inform and influence National Security policy, DoD policy, OUSD(I&S) policy, and Congressional legislation.

• You will analyze the space management of facilities to determine the impacts of facility changes on supported activities.
• You will conduct technical reviews of facilities planning and real property products (i.e., Basic Facilities Requirements [BFRs], Facilities Support Requirements [FSRs]) to determine if objectives are met.
• You will coordinate facilities and real property project meetings to fulfill current and future planning and data management requirements.

• Involved in planning, organizing, and executing a wide range of complex activities to assess the wing/center Commander's Inspection Program (CCIP), and the Exercise and Evaluation Program.
• Performs thorough analysis of unit capabilities versus inspection requirements to determine the most efficient exercise, inspection, and visit schedules which minimize costs and maximize unit readiness.
• Facilitates logistical and administrative support needed for the execution of MAJCOM IG Team travel.
• Implements and administers the Personnel Security Program for the Directorate.

• You will provide advice, counsel and executive assistance on matters such as continuing responsibility for development, implementation and review of strategy, policies, plans, and programs of critical interest.
• You will be responsible for general defense and foreign policy development, and for all policy coordination at the executive level with the Offices of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (OUSD(P)).
• You will be responsible for assessing Navy and Marine Corps programs, technology development and warfighting concepts and analyzing the implications for development of future naval capabilities.
• You will assess service programmatic solutions and their relationship to Departmental and Secretarial guidance within the DON Program Objective Memorandum (POM)/Budget process.
• You will advise subordinates on all administrative matters, including personnel policies and regulations.
• You will speak for and represent the DUSN (P) in interactions with private industry, think tanks, non-profit organizations and foreign partners and allies to promote DON interests in the areas of defense policy, capabilities and readiness.

• Serves as a Supervisory Program Manager / Deputy Associate Director (Business & Operations) of Research and Technical Integration (RTI) Directorate's Business and Operations and assists the Associate Director (Business & Operations) with the planning, directing.
• Managing of all aspects of the Research and Technology Integration Directorate's Business and Operations and implementing and executing processes involving resource management support, acquisition and contract support, internal/external collaboration support, information technology and networking support, facilities and equipment management support, and access control and protection support.
• Work includes creating and streamlining operational procedures and processes to reduce workload and gain efficiencies.
• Individual manages funding to ensure sufficient coverage of fiscal year operating costs.
• Serves as a leader in the promotion of customer-driven capabilities to RTI technical divisions. Assigns work to RTI Business and Operations branches providing exceptional support to all customers.
• Develops and implements business strategies to meet the Directorate's current and future requirements.
• Provides operational support for the Directorate's organizational recruiting, hiring and training of new employees.

• You will develop and conduct technical reviews of facilities planning products (i.e., Basic Facilities Requirements [BFRs], Facilities Plans) to determine if objectives are met.
• You will develop, coordinate, and review facility planning and requirement documents; FPD, PRC, FPC, PBFR, SSER, FMP for new Weapons Systems Introduction.
• You will lead other planners in providing facilities planning and engineering services to clients.
• You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams on project management directives for successful project execution within planning and design standards.
• You will advise on solutions to problems encountered during the planning and design phases of project development.
• You will develop alternative solutions to planning design and engineering issues.

• You will develop and conduct technical reviews of facilities planning products (i.e., Basic Facilities Requirements [BFRs], Facilities Plans) to determine if objectives are met.
• You will develop, coordinate, and review facility planning and requirement documents; FPD, PRC, FPC, PBFR, SSER, FMP for new Weapons Systems Introduction.
• You will lead other planners in providing facilities planning and engineering services to clients.
• You will oversee multi-disciplinary teams on project management directives for successful project execution within planning and design standards.
• You will advise on solutions to problems encountered during the planning and design phases of project development.
• You will develop alternative solutions to planning design and engineering issues.

• Serves as the Project Scheduler for assigned Construction Project(s), for the Transatlantic Middle East District.
• Assigned in implementing and maintaining project(s), including planning, design, construction and operational functions.
• The position is responsible for applying a thorough understanding of the many aspects of District operations and functions including project management, technical management, workload/manpower management, finance and accounting.
• Uses functions necessary for assessing and implementing the full and efficient application of the P2 system.

In this position, you will:

• Serves as a Project Manager, with overall responsibility for managing technical, specialized projects, i.e., IT and data for short- and long-range planning, scoping, development, and direction of important inter-agency and inter-governmental large multi-year projects.
• Obtain and maintain Level 2 Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM) program certification with IT Core-Plus Specialization.
• Lead Integrated Project Teams (IPT) of matrixed NTIS staff as needed for supporting project development and coordination.
• Work with clients and team members to develop and implement a project management plan in accordance with NTIS policies.
• Develops and maintains project planning artifacts related to planning, project scheduling, cost estimates, performance tracking, and reporting.
• Create cost and baseline schedules, update forecasts, perform monthly analysis, and manage scope change controls.

Summary:
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a Policy and Plans Specialist in the Strategy, Policy and Plans Directorate under North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). Conducts comprehensive planning to meet Secretary of Defense (SecDef) and Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) strategies and plans in support of national security objectives. Prepares and coordinates policy and analysis input to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Joint Staff on a myriad of Homeland Defense, Aerospace Defense, Civil Support, Security Cooperation, and DoD globally synchronized or supported strategies and plans.

Duties:

• Develops and coordinates strategic/operational level policy and plans, in response to SecDef and CJCS direction, through the CJCS Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS) in support of national objectives.
• Writes, develops, edits, and revises documents, formal briefings, instructional papers, meeting notes, articles and formal documents in support of the NORAD and USNORTHCOM missions and functions, and Commander directed special initiatives and projects.
• Evaluates National and DoD policy, doctrine, strategy and planning documents to ensure NORAD and USNORTHCOM integration and compliance.

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• The primary duties required are those necessary for the journeyman planning, provisioning, executing, evaluating, and reporting of testing of aircraft and their mission planning systems and capabilities.
• Incumbent is responsible for the management, maintenance, and administration of classified and unclassified information systems, devices, and computers to ensure compliance with applicable DoD and USAF requirements.
• Incumbent participates in, and assures integrated test program support for design reviews, Test Plan Working Groups (TPWG), and other test planning activities.
• The incumbent develops and applies appropriate and innovative analysis methods and techniques to the evaluation of the system under test.
• This position develops, prioritizes and reports on organization performance goals and objectives.
• Team building will be employed to provide integrated evaluation of the weapon system under test, continuous improvement in the evaluation process, and best response to the needs of the customer.
• Incumbent helps to ensure implementation of appropriate technical, safety, and security policies.
• Coordinates with discipline engineers to plan flight test missions for test execution.
• Communicates, builds relationships, and participates in teams.
• Conducts developmental test and evaluation of mission planning systems (hardware and software) integration to include test planning, investigating problems, data analysis, technical test reporting, and deficiency reporting
• Performs mission planning database files downloads and system updates to keep mission planning systems and aircraft aeronautical data current
• Provides mission planning subject matter expertise to the developmental test and evaluation team. Maintains a working knowledge and understanding of Technical Orders and aeronautical charts and data
• Maintains current knowledge of computer operating systems, networking, and DoD computer security practices
• Provides training to new engineers on mission planning requirements and software, as needed

• Supervises a staff of Market Analysts, Program Analysts, Material/Industrial Engineers, and Economists.
• Places exceptional emphasis on implementing and administering regulations governing the safeguarding of classified information, assuring that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of security regulations.
• Provides leadership and management to a staff of highly technical professionals responsible for coordinating, developing, and maintaining plans for the operation of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Strategic Materials.
• Analyzes and modifies short-and-long-range plans, programs, and objectives, recommending major changes to ensure the best possible level of support to the customer, stakeholders, and organization.
• Serves as the primary focal point on numerous issues related to the identification of strategic and critical material requirements and major application areas, and development of cost effective and responsive risk mitigation plans.
• Works closely and collaborates with high level management/personnel from DLA, Military Services, Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Staff, other Department of Defense (DoD) and federal entities, US and foreign industry and governments.
• Keeps the Administrator informed on marketing factors such as changes in supply/demand, production, consumption, imports/exports, prices and stock levels and their influence on markets for stockpile materials sales program.