A Communications or Public Relations Specialist coordinates internal and external communications for a company or organization. Provides information to employees on company activities, such as the launch of a new product or a community service initiative. Writes and edits public communications; develops media contacts and prepares material for press and media distribution; monitors media coverage. May assist with events planning.
Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units
MS 255 ACS
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP.
This Nional Guard position is for a
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number PDD1686000 and is part of the Mississippi Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP.
This Nional Guard position is for a
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number PDD1686000 and is part of the Mississippi Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gulfport, MS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0391 Telecommunicions Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
MS-13053453-AR-26-072
Control number 883282500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Must be a member of the MS Air Nional Guard. Duties Help As a
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SPECIALIST, GS-0391-11, you will plan and design the Informion Technology (IT) networks and telecommunicions required to support the ACS Weapon System, specializing in the interconnection and integrion of tactical radar sites and other participants of the Weapons System, and to analyze, monitor, and optimize their performance, security, and capacity during peacetime and wartime operions. Performs duties necessary to provide informion technology and telecommunicions functions and services which support programs essential to Air Nional Guard daily operions, training, and readiness missions. Incumbent is responsible for planning and coordining mission accomplishments and training requirements of functionally assigned guard member.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1) Receives informion on computer and communicion requirements needed, coordines requirements with internal and external customers involved and analyzes, plans, and designs da, video and voice networks carried over various transmission systems such as multichannel sellite, troposphere scter systems, Line-Of-Sight (LOS) RF radios, LOS laser radios as well as fiber optic and copper cable systems. Designs, configures, and optimizes router-to-router connections utilizing military and commercial protocols, switch-to-switch trunking, circuit configurions through asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) as well as military and commercial multiplexers. Develops and publishes communicion plans, which includes but is not limited to: network priorities, network designs and configurions (IP addresses and phone numbers), secure and un-secure circuits, and equipment architecture and layout for employment of computer and telecommunicions systems to support in-garrison and deployed operions. (2) Reles mission requirements to existing technology, policies and priorities, systems capabilities, available technology and services, opering practices and procedures, equipment and staffing requirements, to provide network services th support operional requirements. Identifies, directs, and/or coordines the actions required to provide needed services and support with both internal and external agencies (i.e. Army, Navy, Marines, allies, etc.). (3) Manages local opering frequency assignment and control program. Provides technical guidance and direction for different aspects of radio frequency spectrum analysis. Determines the compibility of frequency assignments for fixed stion and/or mobile radio, radar, sellite links, and other systems used by the military. Coordines frequency assignments with unit spectrum managers, local Spectrum Managers, ANG Headquarters, MAJCOM Spectrum Management personnel and other agencies such as Federal Aviion Agency. Utilizes automed software tools to manage spectrum for associed squadrons. Conducts transmission ph analysis (ph profiling) with various computerized programs. (4) Determines mission requirements and requests hardware and network configurion resources, such as: Internet Protocol addresses, voice switch and da link configurions, etc. from internal and external agencies to support contingency and/or training networks. Contacts Defense Informion Systems Agency (DISA), Major Commands (MAJCOMs), or other agencies to coordine operions between associed units and the Global Informion Infrastructure. Crees and dissemines Geway Access Request and other formal requests as required. (5) Identifies and corrects network problems and identifies transmission deficiencies in planned or currently operional networks. Utilizes an overall understanding of the opering characteristics of communicions equipment, services, and systems in order to provide guidance and direction pertaining to network systems and circuits of communicions equipment/systems. (6) Coordines and/or determines operional, technical and support requirements for the locion, installion, operion and maintenance of network equipment and systems. Coordines and conducts operional tests and evaluions of designed networks to monitor and optimize network capacity and performance capabilities. Reviews and analyzes da concerning the network's workload, makes technical judgments, and prepares decisions and recommendions concerning the quality, acceptability, and/or need for changes/improvements. Develops and implements procedures for network backup and recovery. Represents the organizion in conferences or with committees to establish standard methods and opering procedures to accommode mission requirements as required. (7) Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
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Military Grades :
E3-E7 Participion in direct deposit is mandory. For positions requiring the operion of motor vehicles, candides must have a valid ste driver's license.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT & NOTES
1. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position. 2. This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. 3. Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. 4. May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required. 5. The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dicted by legal and regulory requirements, your organizion, and its changing mission. Qualificions
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED
: This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the Nional Guard. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
MILITARY MEMBERS WITH BONUSES
Upon acceptance of a military technician position military members who are currently receiving a military Reenlistment/Extension Bonus (REB) or GI Bill-SR Kicker may lose incentive eligibility and may be subject to terminion or suspension of incentive (includes indefinite and temporary technicians on assignment for more than 180 days in any continuous 12-month period).
GENERAL EXPERIENCE
: The following ten basic qualificion competency factors are applicable to the GS-0391 career levels: Skilled in collecting and analyzing da effectively, efficiently, and accurely; Skilled in presenting formal training presentions and briefings; Skilled in the operional and performance characteristics of communicions equipment, automed control and network management systems, transmission media, and the relionships among component parts of telecommunicions systems; Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program merial; Knowledge of communicions equipment, systems, services, and transmission media; Knowledge of electronic communicions concepts, principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards, and operional requirements; Ability to clearly enuncie English without impediment of speech th would interfere or prohibit effective communicion; Ability to write English in reports and presention forms; Ability to communice clearly and effectively; and, Ability to apply specialized communicions methods and analytical techniques. All series personnel must be certified the next higher level before being eligible for th level. Experiences gained through military technical training schools (restricted to one of the identified/allowed compible military skills) are included in the one year on-the-job experience. An applicant must have a valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: An ARNG applicant must qualify for award of the position's compible military elements and there must be a vacant manpower authorized position requirement to sisfy position's military aspects: Service, Unit of Assignment, Rank, and Military Skill Set. Must meet the position's specialized experiences and competencies in developing technical specificions and planning for analog and digital telecommunicions programs and projects th involve grouping merials, coordining schedules, and the testing equipment, services, and software for performance acceptability. Must have working skills and knowledge of acquisition programs, operions, technical acceptance, installion, testing, modificion, and replacement of analog and digital telecommunicions equipment, services, and systems. Has knowledge of a wide range of technical methods in the detailed performance characteristics of specific communicions equipment, systems, services, and transmission media. Requires knowledge of public utility and customer responsibilities involving, cabling used inside and outside buildings, PBX (Prive Branch Exchange) software, and underground conduits. Must have an in-depth understanding of basic electronics theory and opering principles, the applicions of existing and planned technology to communicions requirements, equipment interloper ability and compibility, and the methods and techniques for acquiring equipment, systems, and services to accomplish informion transfer. Has extensive technical knowledge of proprietary telecommunicions switches such as, Lucent Technology's Definity family of switches, North telecom PBX, etc. in order to administer the opering systems th permit the transfer of informion through various medium which includes copper and fiber optic. Has skills and abilities to understand the technical theory of electronic communicions concepts, principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards, and operional requirements. Experiences include work of the operional and performance characteristics of communicions equipment, automed control and switched systems networks management systems. Has technical knowledge of transmission media, and the relionship among component parts of telecommunicions systems. Must have the abilities to apply specialized communicions methods and analytical techniques. Has the skill and abilities to understand, evalue, and transle the needs of communicions users into requirements. Experiences involved the abilities to rele user requirements to existing technology, policies and priorities, switched systems capabilities, available technology and services, opering practices and procedures, terms/conditions of systems and service contracts, equipment and staffing requirements, costs and funding, and other required supporting services. Experiences included using technical methods to perform assignments such as, working projects th involved specialized, compliced techniques. Has working knowledge of digital communicions switches, key systems, and IP telephony systems sufficient to configure system hardware and software th permitted the transfer of da through various copper, fiber optic, and wireless transports. If your resume does not include a narrive description of how you meet the
GENERAL, SPECIALIZED
experiences, and OTHER requirements, you may lose considerion for this position. Ensure th the Questionnaire is completed online in Applicion Manager.
NOTES TO CANDIDATES
a. Situions of inversion of military rank are not permitted, i.e., a military technician may not be militarily senior to his or her full-time supervisor. b. Candides may be screened and evalued on military tributes directly reled to the compible military position required to be assigned into, such as, but not limited to, military bearing, leadership, or ability to work with others (teamwork) in a military environment. c. Include any volunteer work experience in your resume. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). d. Final selection based upon qualificions, suitability, and available manpower resources. e. This employer will provide the Social Security Administrion (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with informion from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorizion. f. Multiple vacancies may be filled from this announcement. g. If this announcement results in a temporary promotion for the selectee, it may become permanent any time without further competition dependent on funding and manpower requirements. Educion You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Must have a high school diploma. An undergradue degree from an accredited college or university or from an equivalent professional military educion school supports a well-qualified result. Additional informion 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 Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain
SALARIES, HOURS WORKED PER WEEK, AND THE DATES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EACH JOB.
Example:
$55,000 per year; 40 hours per week, January 2001-July 2009 or January 2001-present. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion marked as incomplete and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13053453 ~ A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion
STEPHEN JOHNSTON
Phone 601 stephen.johnston.11@us.af.mil Address MS 255th ACS 312 - 47th Street Gulfport, MS 39507-4313 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain
SALARIES, HOURS WORKED PER WEEK, AND THE DATES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EACH JOB.
Example:
$55,000 per year; 40 hours per week, January 2001-July 2009 or January 2001-present. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion marked as incomplete and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13053453 ~ A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion
STEPHEN JOHNSTON
Phone 601 stephen.johnston.11@us.af.mil Address MS 255th ACS 312 - 47th Street Gulfport, MS 39507-4313 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gulfport, MS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
