Total 44 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Scott AFB, Illinois

• 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.

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

• This position supports the Range Environmental Planning Branch which is tasked with the integration of environmental considerations into the military mission planning process.
• The employee acts as the Test Wing GIS program manager and as a liaison to other AAC organizations and Air Force installations which are involved in establishment of GIS standards and policies for the Air Force and the Department of Defense.
• Act as the coordinator for data collection contracts.
• Manage resources from multiple budgets to provide a unified acquisition and maintenance program.

The primary purpose of this position is: To serve as an operational air planner for planning, scenario development, and execution of joint operational level warfare exercises for the purpose of supporting Major Command (MAJCOM) and Joint level training programs/exercises designed to train the Joint Force, Coalition Partners, Combat Air Forces, Air Mobility Forces and Contingency Response forces.

• Applies military aviation operations experience to analyze, develop, coordinate, and evaluate issues and recommends development of solutions to resolve substantive problems and issues of effectiveness and efficiency of work operations in MAJCOM programs.
• Documents planning and programming decisions in appropriate formats to meet Joint, Air Force, and MAJCOM training requirements.
• Monitors, evaluates, and actively participates in strategic planning to improve organizational direction and focus using strategic planning tools and techniques. Records training audience progress and performance.
• Maintains professional and technical expertise.

• Serves as the commanders' focal point, applying Air Force and service equivalent military rated aviator experience to oversee, organize, manage, and determine policies, directives, programs, doctrine, and procedures for the establishment and maintenance of advanced projects for the USAF, COCOM, or MAJCOM operations at the Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC).
• Responsible for providing operational guidance and direction to staff and participating personnel on exercise planning, conduct, results reporting, special methodologies, and capability assessments.
• Improves advanced programs and organizational direction and focus through using specialized planning tools and techniques to direct and manage all areas of operations.
• Incumbent serves as the AP Operations Research point of contact for high priority, large-scale unilateral Air Force and Joint Service exercises, experiments, tests, evaluations, and studies assigned.
• Oversees contractors supporting CAF DMO and 705 CTS/DMOC exercise planning to Joint and Service Level exercises.

• Develops detailed plans, goals, and objectives for implementation of assigned cyber duties major command level Information Technology (IT) projects.
• Serves as a senior security specialist and focal point for systems architecture.
• Represents MAJCOM/A6 with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
• Develops IT policy and guidelines.
• Acquires/procures IT hardware, software and/or capabilities required for assigned projects.

• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short/long-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the organization, ensuring that engineering, planning and program development work complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.
• Perform multidisciplinary professional engineering, planning and/or program development work. Apply a number of diverse practices, techniques, and processes in to perform work involving the application of engineering, planning and programming disciplines.
• Oversees the development and execution of Engineering budget and preparation of Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS) documentation in support of engineering planning and execution.

• Assure that all construction is accomplished in accordance with proper quality control, assurance procedures, and governing plans and specifications.
• Approve contractors’ construction schedules and quality control procedures.
• Confer with contractors to solicit advice in resolving design problems.
• Receive and check for contract compliance of technical submittals from contractor such as shop drawings, catalog cuts, samples, certification of compliance, and test results.
• Prepare change order documentation on field originated and engineering originated change orders.
• Modify documents to ensure compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

• Supervises work of personnel, evaluates performance, interviews candidates, recommends personnel actions, resolves complaints, etc.
• Manage personnel involved in performing IT activities.
• Utilize complex resource management and strategic and business planning projects that support the accomplishment of key Center operations for very critical and highly complex programs or projects of a business or technical function.
• Assist in planning the accomplishment of the division’s portfolio of programs and related projects and ensuring programs are consistent with organizational goals
• Assist in resolving technical and program problems and support the Division Chief in making final decisions on controversial plans and approaches.
• Communicate with high-level personnel in government, state and county governments and members of the intelligence community.
• Serve as a first or second level supervisor responsible for very critical and highly complex programs or projects of a business or technical function.
• Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Direct multiple projects across a broad functional area.

• Performs role of Functional Area Representative for HQ Air Force Reserve Command Force Generation Center, Forces Division, managing and executing peacetime, contingency and wartime force generation operations.
• Performs force planning and execution duties for AFRC personnel and equipment during joint, Air Force, MAJCOM, and Air Force Component GFM and AFPC/DPW rotational and emergent/contingency operations.
• Advises senior deployment readiness specialists in specific phases of a complex mobilization process and develops operating procedures for management and utilization of AFR mobilizations and deployments.
• Serves as the HQ AFRC Force Generation Center representative at subordinate, lateral, and higher headquarters mobilization planning meetings/workshops, Consolidated Planning Schedules (CPS) reviews, and Scheduling Integrated Process Team (SIPT) meetings/conferences to develop mobilization operations plans and programs.

This position is located in the Public Buildings Service, Real Estate Division (RED). This division manages the acquisition of leased space – and the renovation of existing leased and federal space – to support customer agency real estate needs.

This position has job functions that must be executed within specific geographic locations. The official duty station is a federal facility, leased space, or an alternative worksite (typically the employee’s home) within the specified geographic area: Chicago, IL; Springfield, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Milwaukee, WI; Detroit, MI; Battle Creek, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN and Fort Snelling, MN.  You will be expected to report to a specific GSA duty location at least one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency’s telework policy.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as an expert in project management and serves as the primary point of contact in developing and maintaining Division project management policy, practice, and training regimens. This includes developing and maintaining policy and training documents by staying abreast of Public Buildings Service (PBS), Regional, and Division project management dynamics in both leased and federal space.
• Serves as a knowledge expert/resource to all Project Management Branches and Division staff overall as required on all aspects of project management, developing and providing guidance, one-to-one guidance if requested, formal and informal training or briefings or other information sharing in this program area.
• Identifies project management innovations, precedent-setting projects or new training (within and outside of the Federal Government) in the field that would help grow project management within the Great Lakes Region.
• Engages in helping to resolve questions of project management policy and practice, attending various project or program discussions to offer project management policy and practice guidance or evaluating proposed courses of action to keep projects in line with Public Buildings Services (PBS) and Division policy and practices. 
• Responsible for liaising with, organizing, leading, and facilitating the Division senior or Expert and Supervisory Project Managers as a Project Management Council, in parity and concert with the Lease Contracting Officer (LCO) Council in order to help ensure project management and lease procurement policy, practice and training are coordinated and harmonized to the maximum extent possible across the project delivery spectrum.

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

• Manages project assignments in accordance with client requirements and ensures that all products and services are delivered on schedule and within budget.
• Works on the administration and management of the entire project, including project financial management. Provides responsive and targeted technical advice and guidance that takes into account the client needs and financial capacity.
• Develops accurate government requirements, measurable performance standards, and manages project life-cycle activities to ensure that intended outcomes are achieved.
• Collaborates with clients to define needs, research and analyze solution options, and provide other client- facing project management support as needed.

• 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.

You will:

• Serve as a technical/programmatic authority in providing expert advice and assistance to state, local and/or tribal governments and non-profits to help facilitate assigned environmental protection program development within states/municipalities/tribes.
• Serves as a primary senior staff authority and coordinator to develop and implement stakeholder/EPA partnerships for environmental protection programs; negotiate, facilitate, create, and evaluate state specific agreements.
• Manage grant, cooperative agreements and/or interagency agreement (IAGs) activities related to the initiation, administration, and/or close-out of very complex, difficult, or novel grants, cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements, including responsibility for monitoring performance.
• Manage special projects and lead ad hoc teams.

You will spend more than 50% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.