Chief Housing Management Branch-Direct Hire Authority

1. Plans organizes and directs the activities of the Housing Branch ensuring that government owned housing and dormitory programs complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.

2. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.

3. Represents the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Male must be registered for Selective Service see .
• The position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments.
• Relocation costs or other incentives may be available and considered by the organization.
• This position may require travel.
• This position may require drug testing and the candidate may be subject to passing a drug test upon selection.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• Selectee may be required to serve a probationary or trial period.
• This is a Centrally Managed position under the Civil Engineer Career Field.
• Registration as a professional engineer (P.E.) license issued by the state or territorial licensing board is highly desired.
• A professional engineering degree at the bachelors level from an ABET accredited institution in Electronics Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline is highly desired.
• Housing and dorm program experience is highly desired.

Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions.

BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT:
(You must provide a copy of your transcripts): A Bachelors degree (or higher degree) in Engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics such as optics heat transfer soil mechanics or electronics.
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Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education training and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering and (2) a good understanding both theoretical and practical of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. Click here to view occupational requirements for this position.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-03 equivalent to the next lower grade GS-13 or equivalent in other pay systems. Specialized experience includes planning organizing and directing housing and dormitory programs for a military installation or similar organization ensuring operations comply with applicable laws regulations policies and safety and security requirements while meeting customer needs. Experience also includes supervising and evaluating staff assigning and balancing workload providing guidance on construction operations and maintenance and administrative matters and taking action to improve quality efficiency and mission accomplishment. NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

This announcement establishes a pool of candidates to fill future positions. We accept applications continuously during the open period of this announcement. We review applications and refer candidates for selection consideration as vacancies occur within the organization. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement upon its closing for up to 120 days.

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:

1. Knowledge of a wide range of activities to multidisciplinary professional engineering concepts for housing construction operations and maintenance of housing facilities housing privatization and dormitory management.

2. Knowledge of safety and security regulations practices and procedures.

3. Ability to plan organize and direct the functions and staff of a small to medium sized organization.

4. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

5. Skill in the use of AF/DoD Planning Programming Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) processes for preparing necessary documents for housing and dormitory requirements input to the biennial Program Objective Memorandum for adjusting the Future Years Defense Program.

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 and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.