Summary You are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of your application package. We encourage you to read the entire announcement before starting the application process. Qualifications and requirements must be met by the announcement closing date. This recruitment is subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees. Additional positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes. Responsibilities Serves as the Deputy Director of Sales Marketing and Logistics Group in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) HQ location. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Deputy to the Executive Director of Sales Marketing and Logistics and serve as an expert advisor to senior leadership on matters involving the Sales Marketing and Logistics group and the various support functions required to enable professional management of the commissary system. Position responsibilities include: Exercises goal setting and oversight responsibility for significant programs that influence DeCA's overall business effectiveness. Represents the SML Group in all facets of operations and has full authority to make decisions on behalf of the Executive Director. The Deputy Director manages and is responsible to the Executive Director for a for a wide variety of policy, staff and administrative support. Ensures DeCA HQ directives and instructions are efficiently and effectively executed by subordinate staff; builds and motivates the team; conducts staff meetings; and decides what decisions will be taken to top management. Serves as the task manager for SML, ensuring efforts are prioritized with established outcomes achieved on specific dates to specified standards. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications See the OPM Qualification Standards for more information. This position is covered under Clerical and Administrative Positions. To qualify for this position your resume and supporting documents must show that you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 grade level or equivalent to at least GS-14 under other Federal service pay systems, private sector, or military. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Examples of qualifying specialized experience: Advanced management and organizational principles and practices. Broad knowledge of a wide range of qualitative and /or quantitative methods for assessing and improving program operations. Detailed knowledge of business and trade practices, characteristics and the use of commissary/ retail grocery products or services. Mastery of commissary and retail grocery business operations and associated laws, regulations and policies. You must also meet the following requirements by the announcement closing date: Current and former federal employees in either the competitive or excepted service and current federal employees applying under VEOA eligibility are subject to time-in-grade. You must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level to be eligible for promotion. See the Required Documents section to learn what documents are necessary to show you meet this requirement. The next lower grade level for this position is GS-14. Current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens." Education You may not use education to qualify. Additional Information We encourage you to review the Safer Federal Workplace information regarding COVID-19. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship. The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years of age. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible. Subject to occasional overtime. Position is exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Position is not covered by a bargaining unit. Position is not obligated. Financial Difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position. Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position. Most civilian PCS entitlements are now taxable. The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for additional Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred as a result of receiving taxable travel income. More information is available at Civilian Relocation/PCS Tax Changes. While performing assigned duties, the incumbent will have access to or control over personal, private, and sensitive information. The incumbent must be cleared to handle classified information up to and including Top Secret in accordance with DOD Regulation 5200.2-R. The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Clearance as a condition of employment. The Deputy Director of SML will work closely with DeCA's executive leadership, Functional Process Owners, Special Staff Office Chiefs, and Area Directors. Decisions made may affect the working conditions at DeCA. The incumbent has a confidential relationship with the Director of SML. Travel by military/commercial transportation including land or air will be necessary in the performance of duties. The incumbent must exercise strong interpersonal, organization, and written/oral communication skills, high degree of initiative and judgment. The position requires the ability to manage several projects simultaneously and complete assignments with strict deadlines under significant pressure. This position requires access to DeCA's business systems and is designated as IT Level II.
