Project Management Specialist

**Duties**:

- Serve as a senior project leader for the Communication and/or Information Technology (CIT) systems/devices and performs analytical duties to the program and resource management of systems/equipment acquisition/implementation efforts.
- Review program progress against plans and restructures program schedules, events, plans, and reporting requirements to better fulfill program goals.
- Lead efforts of support activities such as engineering, procurement, legal, and logistics to assure efforts are on track and to identify and resolve problems.
- Prepare or coordinate preparation of program documents such as the Acquisition Plan, Systems Engineering Management Plan, Systems Implementation Plan, Test and Evaluation Master Plan, and the New Equipment Training Plan.
- Review or consolidate budget estimates from project engineers to develop justifications for costs Identified.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- One year trial/probationary period may be required.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for Program Management practitioner certification within 60 months as of entrance on duty
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.

**Qualifications**:
**Who May Apply: US Citizens**
- To qualify based on your work 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: 1) Developing acquisition plans for communication or IT systems; (2) developing procurement strategy based on cost estimates, technical risk, and technical requirements; and (3) providing oversight of a communication or an IT acquisition program to include cost, schedule, and performance metrics. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service NH-II (GS-11).**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. There is no substitution of education for experience permitted.

**Additional information**:

- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
- If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
- If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddler is entitled to attend the DoDEA on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, then the Military Department responsible for EIS will provide the infant or toddler with the required EIS in accordance with the eligibility criteria consistent with DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
- Employees (and family members) who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only.
- Medical and dental care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical and dental facilities will vary by location.
- Pay retention may be offered to selected applicants for positions at overseas locations. Pay retention will not be offered as an incentive for employees moving between overseas positions.
- Selectees may receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, home leave, etc. Selectees will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire in accordance with Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR) and DoDI 1400.25 volume 1250.
- This is a Career Program (CP) 51 - Program Management position.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Relocation, Retention, and/or Recruitment Incentive are not authorized.
- The initial length of th