SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Summary

Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is: to serve as Chief of the Manpower Validation Section, Force Structure Branch, Directorate of Resources, Requirements and Strategic Assessment, J8, United States Special Operations Command responsible for developing, coordinating, and synchronizing Special Operations Forces (SOF) manpower requirements and manpower validation.

Duties

• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the USSOCOM J8-Manpower Validation Section, ensuring that manpower requirements. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Keeps employees informed of management goals and objectives, as well as of changes in regulations, policies, and procedures governing the work. Represents the Manpower Validation Section, J8 AMV Branch Chief, and J8 Director, in USSOCOM with a variety of high-level government committees, national forums, and DoD meetings/conferences, focusing on activities to meet the Command's manpower validation and requirements responsibilities and vision. As senior analyst, plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Manpower Validation Sections, ensuring that the Section complies with legal and regulatory requirements in the conduct of manpower studies, process improvement efforts, and resource management. Serves as senior analyst and point-of-contact for assigned current and projected workload and manages manpower or resource management studies and surveys by responding to functional requests, planning projects, monitoring engineering team performance and products, and presenting briefings. Incumbent is responsible to ensure the core classified national information protection security disciplines of information are fully covered from a policy and programmatic view point to ensure overall information protection requirements meet mission requirements.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes knowledge of manpower, manpower validation, manpower requirements and resource policies, guidelines, concepts and processes to conduct manpower studies, surveys, process improvements, manpower validation efforts and manpower management processes; and of USSOCOM, Services, Components, and TSOCs organizational structure to define study results, surveys, and interpret data from manpower organization to ensure satisfaction of USSOCOM manpower goals on objectives. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in­-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. 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 manpower, manpower validation, manpower requirements and resource policies, guidelines, concepts and processes to conduct manpower studies, surveys, process improvements, manpower validation efforts and manpower management processes; and of USSOCOM, Services, Components, and TSOCs organizational structure to define study results, surveys, and interpret data from manpower organization to ensure satisfaction of USSOCOM manpower goals on objectives. 2. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, techniques, and procedures. 3. Skill and ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy. 4. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and supervise, mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of an organization; adjusting work operations of one or more organizational segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources. 5. Ability to interpret agencies' directives, instructions, and guidance and make local decisions and recommendations based on analysis. 6. Ability to analyze, plan, and adjust work operations of subordinates to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources. 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. Conditions of Employment Continued: Work performed on a daily basis requires access to classified local and wide area networks. Prior to appointment to this position, the selectee must possess a Top Secret clearance with access to SCI clearance. This position has a recurring requirement for TS-SCI access. Incumbent ensures that procedures for handling classified materials are accurately followed and all security requirements are met. Employee must obtain and maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) based upon a Single Scope Background Investigation. Requires a special-sensitive SCI clearance. Position has recurring access to classified/sensitive information. This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program. As a mandatory requirement for employment, the incumbent is to refrain from the use of illegal drugs and if requested, submit to urinalysis testing. Appointee must sign a statement acknowledging the position occupied as a Testing Designated Position.

How to apply

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/11/2026 To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13048718 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent will be reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the latest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and private sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Additional information on how to complete or update your resume may be located here. For qualification determination your resume must contain hours worked per week and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Application Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional information may be located here. PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.