Community Planner
U.S. Marine Corps - Marine, IL
U.S. Marine Corps - Marine, IL
| The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite! This position is located within Facilities Department, Planning Division, Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. As the Community Planner your duties and responsibilities include serving as the senior community planner supporting base development planning duties at a complex, joint, bilateral-service military installation; serving as the program manager, organizing, directing, and exercising control over subordinate employees performing community planning; developing planning methods through interpretation or extension of policy guides, application or modification of techniques, and procedures; leading planning teams of lower graded community planners and other technical staff on large, complex projects; and overseeing development of professionally prepared studies and plans for projects that are often unconventional in nature and of a broad and complex scope. TRAVEL REQUIRED
RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
KEY REQUIREMENTS
DUTIES: Back to top Provide accurate assessment of the work to meet customer, program, and regulatory requirements. Interpret Federal, state, and local laws and regulations to effect good business decisions and successful project execution. Review work by team members to ensure that Congressional, environmental, and administrative constraints on project scope and cost are not exceeded or violated. Provide liaison and coordination between customer (e.g. activities, claimants, contractors, local, state, and federal agencies) to ensure successful project execution. Apply contracting procedures (e.g. project funding authority levels and sources, contract requirements, contract documents, proposal and bidding procedures, types of contracts, and contractor selection process) for successful project execution. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Back to top In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Applicants must meet the following qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Basic Requirements: 1. Degree: community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance. Note: Applicants with degrees in related fields, such as those listed above, who do not have the 12 semester hours of specified course work must have had at least 1 year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner. OR 2. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in one of the above disciplines, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the above disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities, to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience in providing program management, organizing and directing projects, policy and regulatory guidance. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/community-planning-series-0020/ http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE : Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held, starting and end dates (Month/Year) and the total number of hours per week. EDUCATION: Are you using your education to qualify? For positions requiring positive education requirements , or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements , you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) . See OPM's General Policies ( http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp ) for information on crediting education. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying f or further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html REQUIREMENTS: Generally, current Federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. Selectee is required to participate in the Department of Defense direct deposit of pay program. Driver’s License: A valid driver’s license is required. Physical Demands: Work is generally sedentary. However, there will be some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of small and light objects. Work Environment: Work is primarily performed in an office setting, although various projects require site visits and official travel. Occasionally, there may be some exposure to the risks and hazards of work environments and conditions requiring special safety precautions. May be required to attend night meetings with municipal, county or regional planning/zoning board to observe or present Marine Corps briefings and positions. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: When the application process is complete, your application package will be reviewed to determine if you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities/competencies: 1. KNOWLEDGE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES 2. KNOWLEDGE OF FACILITIES PLANNING, SYSTEM CONCEPTS, AND PRINCIPALS 3. ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ORALLY 4. ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN WRITING BENEFITS: Back to top Department of the Navy offers a comprehensive benefits package ( http://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/Pages/CivilianEmploymentBenefitsAndRewards.aspx ) that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and a 401K-type retirement plan. A final determination for overseas benefits will be made at time of tentative selection based on both position and personal eligibility. Overseas allowances may be authorized in accordance with Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR), DoDI 1400.25, and applicable Department of the Navy policies. A service agreement may be negotiated in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR), applicable Department of the Navy policies. OTHER INFORMATION: *** Note: Other eligible candidates may apply under announcement number SW40020-12-1199296P9828618O on www.usajobs.gov . Please ensure that you read each vacancy announcement SW40020-12-1199296P9828618O and this announcement due to them having different closing dates and different areas of consideration of applicants.*** This Position is subject to Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Recruitment incentives may or may not be authorized. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Initial tour of duty is 36 months. Family members are tied to the sponsor's tour. In the overseas areas, access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Medical care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location. Movement overseas may require you to initiate a change in your health benefits plan to ensure coverage. The Department of the Navy uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify . Dual citizenship : If you are a dual citizen, please identify the countries of citizenship. The NATO Status of Forces Agreement prohibits employment in the U.S. Civilian Component in a host nation of any person who holds dual citizenship of the U.S. and that host nation. For example: A person who holds both Italian and U.S. citizenship may not be employed in the U.S. Civilian Component in Italy; however, that person is not prohibited by the NATO Status of Forces Agreement from employment in the U.S. Civilian Component in another NATO host nation of which (s)he does not hold citizenship. Important Information For Applicants With Family Members With Special Medical or Educational Needs:http://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/CivJobOpps/Documents/Fam_Members_Special_Medical_Educational_Needs.pdf Federal Annuitant Information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/CivJobOpps/Documents/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) eligibleshttp://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/CivJobOpps/Documents/vra_Eligible.pdf Overseas Military Spouse Preference (MSP): http://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/CivJobOpps/Documents/Overseas_Mil_Spouse_Appt_Eligible.pdf Overseas Family Member Preference: http://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/CivJobOpps/Documents/Overseas_Fam_Member_Pref_Eligible.pdf Veteran’s Preference Information: http://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/CivJobOpps/Documents/Vet_%20Preference_Statement.pdf |