Community Planner with Security Clearance - Vicksburg, MS, United States - Department of Defense

Description

Duties

• Serves as master planner for ERDC

Responsible for the planning and execution of Area Development Plans and Installation Development Plans for all ERDC Sites.

• Interpret, review, and evaluate engineering drawings, specifications, and technical data packages and facility design submissions

Provide constructive feedback on design discrepancies, potential issues, and positive design elements.

• Evaluate proposed construction areas for suitable infrastructure to include, utilities, communication, roads, environmental, traffic and overall facilitation of mission.
• Provide advisory services in the planning and design process, and engineering management services for design, construction, sustainment, and decommissioning projects.
• Communicate with Lab POC's and leadership to develop requirements for future research facilities to include site placement and availability to utility infrastructure.
• Coordinate Planning Charrettes to develop documentation and submittal for inclusion into DD Form 1391

Responsible for input of data into the PAX system.

• Solid understanding of project design, planning, cost estimating for both civilian and military construction and funding programs

Includes keeping up to date on current applicable laws and policies that govern the requirements.

• Advise and inform ERDC EXO and Laboratory stakeholders on all matters pertaining to the ERDC infrastructure planning as the facilitator of the Quarterly Infrastructure Board meeting

Requirements Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive R.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a two year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315

Qualifications Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job
You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected
See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• * Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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
Basic Requirement for Community Planner, 0020 Series: A

Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance

OR B

Degree and Work Experience:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a field related to community planning such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration and possess at least one-year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner

OR C

Combination of Education and Experience:
Courses equivalent to a major in one of the disciplines, as shown in A above, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the disciplines, as shown in A above, of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience which includes developing regulations, position papers, and instructions related to community planning aspects of agency programs; analyze information related to problems or projects, and in planning the presentation of findings supporting their recommendations or conclusions in narrative and graphic form; conduct studies of the physical, social, and/or economic factors which are characteristic of a small community or a project area in a community
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service DB-2 (GS-11)
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 aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Oral Communication
• Planning and Evaluating
• Project Management
• Public Planning Time in

Grade Requirement:
Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11)
This announcement MAY be used to fill like vacancies six months from the closing date
All qualification requirements, including time after competitive appointment, must be met by the closing date of this announcement
This position is covered by the Science and Technology Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration Project at the DB-XXXX-4 (equivalent to GS-12/13/14)
In accordance with the Federal Register Vol
63, No

57, dated March 25, 1998, an employee of the Laboratory Demonstration project must have a current average performance score of 2.

5 or above in order to be selected for promotion
All applicants currently employed under a Laboratory Demonstration Project must include their most recent performance appraisal score as part of their electronic resume

If you are a Lab Demo employee submitting your resume for the first time, or if you have previously submitted your resume without your most recent score, you must submit your resume now with the following statement to be included in the section on your training: Current Performance Rating 2.

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Education


FOREIGN EDUCATION:

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.

S
education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S
accredited college or university

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Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S

Citizenship.

• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a(n) Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction) Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework".

Nepotism :

Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.

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