Summary ***THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.*** This position is for a Security Officer, Position Description Number T6006000 to serve as the Deputy Chief of the Division under the direct supervision of the Chief of Wing Advanced Programs. This is a full-time, Excepted Permanent, position which DOES NOT required a Georgia Air National Guard Membership. Area of Consideration: Open to Federal Employees/Technicians within the Georgia Air National Guard. Responsibilities As a Security Officer, GS-0080-13, you will: Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Under the supervision of the Director of Wing Plans and Programs, Chief of the APO and the Wing Commander, this position directs, coordinates, and oversees work through Wings Plans and Programs and APO Integration staff and supervisors. Responsible for decisions, management, oversight and quality control of personnel matters, including assignment/promotion recommendations, performance ratings, awards and other recognition, mentoring, contractor statements of work and acquisition plans and decisions. In rare instances may act as the Contractor Officer Representative (COR) overseeing contractors working within Wing Plans and Programs and SAP facilities. Reviews developmental needs of staff supervisors and makes decisions on non-routine, costly or controversial training needs or requests for Wings Plans and Programs and APO employees. Discharges security responsibility by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for staff with access to classified or sensitive material. Recognizes and takes appropriate action to correct situations posing a threat to health or safety of subordinates. Advises staff regarding policies, procedures, and directives of higher-level management or headquarters. Approves and validates necessity of and related expenditures for official government travel. Identifies subordinate developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance. Develops, modifies and interprets performance standards and relays expectations to subordinates by providing regular feedback on job performance. Holds subordinates responsible for unsatisfactory completion of work assignments and appraises performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating technique. Hears and resolves subordinate complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher-level management. Initiates actions to correct subpar performance or conduct. Implements disciplinary measures in situations where warranted and prepares documentation to support actions taken. Demonstrates sensitivity to subordinates' ideas and promotes environment in which subordinates are empowered to participate in and contribute to effective mission accomplishment. Encourages self-development through education, mentorship and followership initiatives. Applies Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination. Approves the master leave schedule ensuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time. Periodically reviews and explains position descriptions for civilian employees to ensure accuracy and the most effective utilization of personnel resources. Recommends awards for non-supervisory personnel and changes in position classification for the organization. Serve as Deputy Director of Wing Plans and Programs and Chief of the Wing Advanced Programs Office. Responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing policies on the near-term operational and emerging classified capabilities in addition to sustainment, testing and training requirements for the Wing. Incumbent works under the direction of the Director of the Wings and Plans and Programs, Chief of Wing Advanced Programs and the Wing Commander. Position supports the commander in operational planning and analysis in order to provide optimal recommendations for the employment of Air National Guard capabilities. This position shall apply expert analytical and evaluative skills to determine the actions necessary to support a variety of major missions and operational plans; ensures planning inputs are strategically and operationally sound, logistically feasible and supportable. Provides rapid support and reach back in support of contingencies and exercises. This position will provide security-based operational perspectives and advise commanders and other senior leaders in the wing on the employment of Air National Guard capabilities for achieving necessary joint warfighter effects. Under the guidance of the Director of the Wings Plans and Programs and Wing APO Chief, manages and directs all activities of the Plans and Programs and APO, ensuring adequate oversight for information, personnel, physical and automated information systems, and functional work areas, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory guidance while meeting supported unit requirements. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organizational, wing, Air National Guard and National Objectives. Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies National, DoD, Director of Central Intelligence Division (DCID), USAF and Air National Guard policies classifying and protecting Special Access Program (SAP) and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information(SCI). Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as developing goals and objectives that integrate plans, programs, testing, and sustainment for unclassified, Top Secret, and SAP security requirements that support military, civilian, and contractors to include all assigned and/or attached units and that meet, Air Force and Air National Guard (ANG) objectives. Additionally, the Deputy Director of Plans and Programs/Deputy Chief may oversee contractors working within Wing Plans and Programs and SAP facilities and in rare instances may act as the COR. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.