Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified high-potential, mid-level manager/executive; it is not a continuing position, assignment duration is limited to 36 months. Responsibilities DUTY 1: Performs Career Broadening assignments/duties. Provides policy guidance on Air Force Enterprise-wide cyberspace services and solutions, integration management, and cyberspace services strategy issues. Plans and develops policy and strategy for Air Force IT activities. Continually assesses policy needs and interprets broad DoD, DAF, and other higher headquarters guidance and applies it through development of policies for the area of responsibility. Consults and coordinates with project staff from other organizations and agencies in developing, revising, interpreting, and modifying policies to ensure Department of the Air Force policy meets higher headquarters' guidance. Interprets and integrates national, DoD, and Department of the Air Force objectives, guidance, and policy. Develops and issues guidance to Air Staff, MAJCOMs, FOAs, and DRUs relating to the implementation of Air Force and other DoD policy and plans in support of the Air Force's information management process. Provides expert advice concerning cyberspace operations policy development and planning for major cyberspace operations programs. Participates in DAF and DoD forums addressing technical standards, decision criteria and programmatic in support of major DAF and DOD cyberspace activities. Develops plans and schedules for policy and strategy development to include schedules, resource requirements schedules, milestones and deliverable, monitoring of activities and reporting. DUTY 2: In a Career Broadening capacity serves as interoperability policy and planning manager. Provides guidance to teams creating or using the Joint Information Environment (JIE); works with Major Commands (MAJCOMs), Field Operating Agencies (FOAs), Direct Reporting Units (DRUs), and program managers to ensure interoperability across the enterprise. Evaluates and analyzes alternatives to develop and implement interoperability standards. Participates in U.S. Cyber Command, DoD Chief Information Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), HQ USAF, USSF, MAJCOM, and other forums addressing interoperability issues. Develops analyses, evaluations, strategies and recommendations concerning interoperability for the DAF. DUTY 3: Develops cyberspace operational planning and policy documents for acquisition, analytics, cyberspace capabilities and integration issues--especially as these disciplines apply to defensive cyberspace technologies and techniques. Determines consistency with DoD, Joint Staff, DAF, MAJCOM, Field Operating Agencies (FOAs), and non-DoD strategies, policies, architectures, concepts, and process improvement guidelines. Conducts policy reviews with HAF and field agencies to ensure guidance meets applicable technical requirements, architectural standards, and tactical needs. Reviews plans, documents, etc. to ensure consistency with overarching DAF and DoD guidance. Formulates and provides recommendations regarding methodologies for process improvement--both within and outside the agency. DUTY 4: Maintains a continuous liaison with DoD, MAJCOMs, AF Chief Technology Officer, PEOs, DISA, Joint staff, HAF staff, and other organizations. Provides results of studies, analyses, and evaluations to counterpart agencies to share experiences and thereby improve overall defense level planning in areas of cyberspace operational architecture. Promotes interchange of information on requirements, capabilities, deficiencies, and technology applications in the area of specialization. Performs staff work while maintaining liaison with other offices. Acquires background information and prepares/presents written and oral reports, responses, background papers, decision briefs, etc. in response to Air Staff, OSD, and/or Congressional taskings or inquiries. Using prescribed staffing processes, coordinates products with appropriate staff agencies and adjudicates inputs before completing staff packages. DUTY 5: Serves as cyberspace operations strategist, cybersecurity analyst, and advisor to agency management on technical standards, annual/multi- year and long-range planning, and/or commercial issues for key agency programs. Completes tasks on time and within applicable budget. Correlates both short-term and long-term agency plans and provides senior management concrete recommendations on fulfilling both. Performs staffing functions including the review of Task Management Tool Tasking's, managing strategic engagements and other tasking's ensuring all requirements are met for the Division. Writes and reviews staff packages for executive-level review and approval. Ensures the timeliness and quality of staff packages. Performs other related duties as directed by Branch, Division, or Directorate to support the organization. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions. EXPERIENCE: must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate GS-5 through GS-15 (or equivalent): For all positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. The employing agency is responsible for identifying the specific level of proficiency required for each competency at each grade level based on the requirements of the position being filled. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. AND Specialized Experience for GS-7 (or equivalent) and Above: Positions at GS-7 (or equivalent) and above require one year of specialized experience at the next lower GS-grade (or equivalent). Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT. The employing agency is responsible for defining the specialized experience based on the requirements of the position being filled. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the GS-13 or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Expert knowledge of a wide range of IT and Cyberspace Operations principles, concepts and methods. Knowledge of the range of Air Force doctrine, policy directives, strategies, procedures and other Air Force guidance applicable to managing cyberspace strategy. Knowledge of overall AF mission goals, AF functional area duties and responsibilities, AF mission areas supported by cyberspace systems and technology, and user cyberspace support requirements process, sufficient to develop AF cyberspace doctrine, policy, and strategies that accommodate changes in the user mission with responsive cyberspace support while remaining consistent with federal, DoD, and other AF policies. Knowledge of AF cyberspace operations and systems support and other functional organizations' missions, roles, capabilities, and resources sufficient to evaluate cyberspace systems policy effectiveness and productivity and propose alternative improvement approaches. Skill in and understanding of principles and techniques for cyberspace systems analysis, design, development, test and integration, sufficient to ensure that Air Force cyberspace systems doctrine, polices, strategies, procedures and techniques foster the consistent application of sound systems management disciplines and techniques. Ability to recognize problems and trends, gather, assemble, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, conduct analysis, devise recommended solutions, and package the entire process into briefings, papers, or reports suitable for top management use and decision-making. Skill and ability to speak and write effectively on highly-complex technical and possibly sensitive issues including preparing statements for senior military, government, and private sector management officials. Ability to give briefings, chair meetings, lead task forces, and prepare reports at the General Officer/Senior Executive Service level. Education IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Additional Information PCS restrictions: An employee selected to make a PCS to a Career Broadening assignment is restricted from making a second PCS for 12 months Defense National Relocation Program may or may not be authorized. Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here. Tax Law Impact for PCS: On 22-Dec-2017, Public Law 115-97 - the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017" suspended qualified moving expense deductions along with the exclusion for employer reimbursements and payments of moving expenses effective 01-Jan-2018 for tax years 2018 through 2025. The law made taxable certain reimbursements and other payments, including driving mileage, airfare and lodging expenses, en-route travel to the new duty station, and temporary storage of those items. The Federal Travel Regulation Bulletin (FTR) 18-05 issued by General Services Administration (GSA) has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance (WTA) and Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) to pay for "substantially all" of the increased tax liability resulting from the "2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" for certain eligible individuals. For additional information on WTA/RITA allowances and eligibilities please click here. Subsequently, FTR Bulletin 20-04 issued by GSA, provides further information regarding NDAA FY2020, Public Law 116-92, and the expansion of eligibility beyond "transferred" for WTA/RITA allowances. For additional information, please click here.