Chief of Staff

Serves as the Chief of Staff to the Director and Deputy Director, Task Force Support Office (TFSO) located in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Responsibilities

• Provides specialized Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Mission Assurance (MA) support to specified organizations under all conditions.
• Conducts cross-cutting, coordinated organizational reviews including missions and functions, strategic planning linking organizational performance and results-oriented management initiatives, COOP.
• Performs special studies and analysis in response to tasks from the Director or Deputy Director, including intensive reviews and studies of TFSO mission areas that are of critical interest and significance.
• Coordinates with Department of War (DoW) senior officials and other senior officials on major and sensitive issues.
• Provides organizational perspective to ensure proper coordination, identify and direct necessary corrective actions for programs, and ensures that successes and lessons learned are recognized and shared with other tenant commands.
• Designated as Emergency Essential (EE); may be required to deploy via temporary reassignment or stay in place to support contingency operations, including readiness exercises and potential deployment in support of contingency operations subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
• May be required to work other than normal duty hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or overtime, and may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance with access to SCI and SAPs, including submitting to background checks as a condition of employment and/or continued access to Special Access Programs.
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities.
• This is a Mission Essential (ME) position; the incumbent may be required to report to work in the event of a natural disaster, inclement weather, or crisis.
• Subject to shift rotation and assignment to abnormal tours of duty.
• Must be able to acquire and retain Top Secret Clearance eligibility with Sensitive Compartmented Information access, based upon a Single Scoped Background Investigation.

Qualifications

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-15 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Demonstrated excellence in coordinating experience with the Continuity of Operations (COOP) to include policy formulation and implementation, domestic policy process, interaction, bureaucratic politics, and interaction between strategy and the security environment.
• Ability to brief, provide credible advice to, and interact with high-ranking civilian personnel or their senior staffs.
• Expert knowledge in and application of a wide range of planning, analytical, organizational, evaluation methods and techniques to identify, characterize, assess, and advise on TFSO opportunities, programs, issues, and initiatives.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.