Business and Industry Specialist

Time in Grade: For entry at the GS-13 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in the Federal Service. For the GS-13, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-12 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Collects data and drafts reports and analysis for review on by senior leaders involved in issues relevant and important to defense communities, including analysis of internal metrics; personnel workload analysis; and stakeholder outreach management and identification and tracking of milestones at the federal, state, and local levels. 2) Implements policies, and procedures related to economic adjustment plans and projects for defense communities; 3) Manages cost, scope, and schedule throughout the lifecycle of project; and, 4) Understands complex stakeholder relationships, encouraging effective Federal, state, regional, metropolitan, and community cooperation and concerted involvement of public interest groups and private sector organizations in community economic adjustment strategies and activities throughout the lifecycle of the project For the GS-14, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-13 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Independently gathers data and prepares reports and analysis for senior leaders involved in issues relevant and important to defense communities, including analysis of internal metrics; personnel workload analysis; and stakeholder outreach management and identification and tracking of milestones at the federal, state, and local levels. 2) Executes regional engagement and outreach with key stakeholders at the State, local, and Senior Federal and DoD levels by representing the senior leaders in the execution of regional engagement and outreach with key stakeholders and through the identification, organization, and analysis of stakeholder initiations to develop a regional engagement strategy and plan. 3) Manages cost, scope, and schedule throughout the lifecycle of project; 4) Assesses and evaluates complex stakeholder relationships, encouraging effective Federal, state, regional, metropolitan, and community cooperation and concerted involvement of public interest groups and private sector organizations in community economic adjustment strategies and activities throughout the lifecycle of the project; and, 5) Ensures project activity conforms with 2 CFR 200, the “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicant’s background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position. Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separate statements addressing competencies are required. Competencies: Administration and Management, Organizational Awareness, Planning and Evaluating, Teamwork, and Technical Competence Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met at the closing date of this announcement.
This position is located in the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) Headquarters Office in Arlington, VA or the Western Region Office in Sacramento, CA. OLDCC is a Department of Defense (DoD) Field Activity and Component reporting to the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), through the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment)