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Spaceport Planning and Strategy Specialist, SLD 45

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USSF - United States Space Force Forces

Patrick Air Force Base, FL (In Person)

$114,785 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 days ago (Updated 10 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/22/2026

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Spaceport Planning and Stregy Specialist, SLD 45 Department of the Air Force United Stes Space Force Forces United Stes Space Force / Space Systems Command / Space Launch Delta 45 Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/21/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $90,173
  • $139,398 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Prick AFB, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number
SF-FY26-6S-NH-0301-3-SPLASH
Control number 870264400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Videos Duties Help The United Stes Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Launch Delta 45 Prick Space Force Base is searching for a Planning Specialist (NH-0301-03). Join the Space Launch Delta 45 Plans and Programs Directore (XP) as a Delta Planning Specialist with potential for various assigned duties supporting the world's largest space launch mission on the stunning Space Coast of Florida! Our office works tasks directly for the Delta Commander in a variety of areas. These may include Spaceport stregic planning, the vetting of new launch customers, staffing approvals for upgraded launch vehicles, Delta external relions with NASA, ste agencies and US Congress, internional affairs, transient tests/exercises, agreements management and bedding down new base tenants. Join a remarkable group of professionals as we pave the way for a Spaceport of the Future, anticiping over 100-200+ launches per year in the coming decade! To meet these high and dynamic demands, we are seeking individuals who can work independently, are flexible to change and have excellent staffing and oral/written communicion skills.
Key Duties:
(may be assigned in one or more of these areas)
  • Provides guidance and interpretion on basing and beddown-reled mters and ensures basing and beddown regulions are enforced for both new and existing tenants.
  • Delta interface for transient customers requesting support for an exercise, test or training event on SLD 45 property.
  • SLD 45 stregic planning, working issues such as launch complex allocion, future infrastructure upgrades and Unified Spaceport planning with NASA. Crafts responses to reled congressional RFIs or HHQ questions.
  • Manages SLD 45 mission agreements and Base Plans library.
  • Responsible for Internional Affairs issues pertaining to Eastern Range assets Ascension Island.
  • Assists the Delta Planning Engineer with staffing agreements for new launch providers or nional security government payloads.
  • Space Launch Delta (SLD) 45 Legislive Liaison duties such as preparing SLD 45 senior leaders for congressional engagement and planning, executing, and overseeing legislive-reled s on behalf of the SLD 45 commander. Engage with SAF/LL, Kennedy Space Center and commercial launch providers such as United Launch Alliance, SpaceX and Blue Origin.
  • External Relions Liaison duties such as collaboring on common issues of interest with Kennedy Space Center, Florida Ste legislors, the Economic Development Commission, ste agencies, Canaveral Port Authority, and local community groups.
  • Crees and staffs briefings or background papers as tasked by SLD 45 senior leadership.
Initiives/Mission Overview:
  • Foster key relionships with commercial space customers and federal transient customers.
  • Serves as a member of the Delta Industry Engagement Team (front door) and works with customers effectively through the onboarding process.
  • Engages with key customers, explains policies and procedures, and resolves challenges.
  • Plays a role in the Delta's participion in the AF Stregic Basing process.
  • Maintains up-to-de knowledge of SLD 45 mission, stregic objectives, vision and current space and Range policy mters.
  • Actively involved in the Delta's long-range planning process for the Spaceport of the Future efforts.
  • Participes in Delta-level, NASA-KSC, and Ste of Florida forums and working groups.
Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen. PCS / Relocion is not available. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and classified informion in accordance with regulions to reduce potential compromise. May be required travel away from the normal duty stion on military or commercial aircraft. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis. Eligible for situional telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework" Subject to TDY 15 days per year. Incumbent must be able to commute between KSC and SLD 45 facilities and bases. Qualificions The 0301 series does not have an individual occupional requirement th must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here . Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrive and Management Positions. Additional informion Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . 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. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as reled to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualificions determinions assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualificions Standards found here :
Interviews:
You contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your applicion is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your applicion for the position. 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 Resume:
You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.
Your resume must provide:
Personal informion
  • your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
  • the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
  • paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
  • skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.
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 Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion 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. Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF
  • United Stes Space Force Forces 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .
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 Resume:
You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.
Your resume must provide:
Personal informion
  • your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
  • the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
  • paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
  • skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.
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 Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF
  • United Stes Space Force Forces 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .
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 Open & closing des 05/21/2026 to 05/28/2026 Salary $90,173
  • $139,398 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Prick AFB, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number
SF-FY26-6S-NH-0301-3-SPLASH
Control number 870264400

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