SUPERVISORY INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST - Massachusetts Staffing : Job Details

This is a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Position. This National Guard position is for a Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist, Position Description Number PDD1645P01 and is part of the MA ANG 102nd IW, National Guard. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. The unit point of contact and contact phone for this position is: Lt Col Matthew Stalford at [email protected] or phone at 508-###-####.

Responsibilities include:

• Planning, organizing, and directing the activities of assigned technicians.
• Ensuring advice and assistance provided complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.
• Developing goals and objectives that integrate support functions and overall unit program objectives.
• Researching, interpreting, analyzing, and applying applicable intelligence and information technology guidelines, policies, and objectives.
• Establishing policies and procedures for accomplishment of the unit's intelligence mission.
• Planning and scheduling work to promote a smooth flow and even distribution.
• Coordinating plans and schedules with other organization managers and customers as appropriate.
• Identifying need for changes in priorities and taking action to implement such changes.
• Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting and adjusting short-term priorities, and preparing schedules.
• Assigning work to subordinate employees based on organization priorities and consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments.
• Balancing workload and providing advice, guidance, and direction on a wide range of technical and administrative issues.
• Structuring assignments to create effective and economical positions.
• Coordinating with other information technology and intelligence units and crews as appropriate.
• Reviewing organization mission, functions, and manning.
• Identifying requirements and initiating requests for additional resources including personnel, overtime, equipment, supplies, and space to ensure success in meeting goals and objectives.
• Providing advice to supervisor on significant issues and problems related to work accomplishment.
• Establishing metrics and analysis systems to ensure actions are timely and reviewed at critical points.
• Accepting, amending, or rejecting work presented by subordinates.
• Performing self-inspection and presenting a detailed and comprehensive report with any corrective action taken to supervisor.
• Following up to ensure complete and quality resolution of discrepancies.
• Assessing and revising policies and procedures as needed to improve quality, timeliness, and efficiency of work.
• Exercising supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
• Advising and providing counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.
• Selecting or recommending selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives.
• Developing, modifying, and/or interpreting performance standards.
• Explaining performance expectations to employees and providing regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
• Holding employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments.
• Appraising subordinate workers' performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques.
• Recommending awards when appropriate and approving within-grade increases.
• Hearing and resolving employee complaints and referring serious unresolved complaints to higher-level management.
• Initiating action to correct performance or conduct problems.
• Preparing documentation to support actions taken.
• Identifying employee developmental needs and providing or arranging for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance.
• Encouraging self-development.
• Approving master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time.
• Demonstrating sensitivity to ideas of subordinates.
• Promoting an environment in which employees are empowered to participate in and contribute to effective mission accomplishment.
• Discharging security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material.
• Recognizing and taking action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates.
• Applying EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensuring all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination.
• Periodically reviewing position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources.
• Explaining classification determinations to subordinate employees.
• Assisting the commander in oversight of unit operations.
• Directly assisting the commander in the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the intelligence unit.
• Overseeing mobility programs to ensure unit readiness.
• Overseeing and assisting with cost center financial and budget planning inputs and expenditures.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description. For more details, please contact the POC listed above.

Requirements include:

• Military Grades: ENL: SMSgt to CMSgt
• Compatible Military Assignments: AFSC: 1NX
• All applications will be considered regardless of Branch AFSC
• Area of Consideration: Open to current members of the Massachusetts Air National Guard (MAANG) and those eligible to transfer to the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
• National Guard Membership is Required: This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the National Guard.
• General Experience: Must have experience which demonstrates administrative, professional, investigative, or technical work requiring the ability to deal effectively with others, to collect, evaluate and organize pertinent facts.
• Specialized Experience: Must have at least 1 year equivalent to the next lower grade level of specialized experience developing and recommending policy, organizing and carrying out specific programs, evaluating and recommending changes in methods of intelligence operations.
• 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 months/years.
• 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.

Additional Information:

• If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Military Incentives - Bonuses and Student Loan Repayment Program: If you are selected for this position, you may lose your eligibility for your National Guard Enlistment/Reenlistment Bonus and Student Loan Repayment Program incentives.
• In order to avoid losing your incentive eligibility, you should check with your incentives manager prior to accepting an offer for the position.
• For M-Day/Traditional personnel who are currently receiving incentives to include Bonuses and the Student Loan Repayment Program incentive, the following termination rule applies: Incentive Termination without Recoupment: If you accept an Active Guard Reserve (AGR) position or a Military Technician (Mil Tech) Permanent or Indefinite position after 25 February 2010 where membership in the National Guard is a condition of employment, your bonus will be terminated with no recoupment.

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