TITLE 5 IT SPECIALIST (PLCYPLN) GS-2210-11

TITLE 5 IT SPECIALIST

(PLCYPLN)

GS-2210-11

Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units 167 AW/CS Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

The Nional Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United Stes. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our Nional Guard team and serve your nion, your stes and your community! Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

The Nional Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United Stes. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our Nional Guard team and serve your nion, your stes and your community! Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 07/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Martinsburg, WV 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447 - $111,087 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 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WV-12973962-T5-26-076

Control number 871259800 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Open to Areas 1, 2, AND 3.

DEFINITION FOR AREAS OF CONSIDERATION IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Duties Help Position Description #

T5718P01 POSITION DUTIES

This position is loced in the Command Section, Communicions unit, Mission Support Group of an Air Nional Guard Flying Wing. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a senior informion technology (IT) and communicions specialist and consultant to management in support of installion IT and communicions policy and plans to include the unit's ability to provide command, control, communicion, computer, and intelligence (C4I) programs essential to the operions, training, and readiness missions. Analyzes organizional processes and procedures through assessment of management, operional, technical and administrive practices pertinent to the organizion. Identifies process, system, and training deficiencies by applying defect prevention principles and root cause problem resolution techniques and recommends corrective action for each. Duties involve a wide range of IT and communicions management activities th extend and apply to the entire organizion. Serves as an advisor to the Commander and senior staff members regarding compliance, readiness posturing, and mission limiting issues.

MAJOR DUTIES

1. Performs studies and independently establish plans for improving the efficiency of informion technology and communicions processes. Performs studies of all aspects of the installion's informion technology and communicions programs, processes, and methods. Evalues existing systems and capabilities and inities feasibility studies to determine ways and means necessary to enhance mission performance. From those studies, derive cost benefits and /or required investment and recommends a best course of action along with proposed alternives. 2. Interprets a variety of technical requirements making independent judgments to determine organizional compliance with applicable instructions, procedures and practices. Audits IT programs, processes and projects. Continually assesses policy needs and interprets broad DoD, AF, and other higher headquarters guidance and applies it through development of policies for the area of responsibility. 3. Evalues mission effectiveness, using standardized and locally developed evaluion programs and processes. Manages the scheduling and accomplishment of managerial, personnel, technical and special evaluions. Collectively evalues management effectiveness, performance and technical proficiency of assigned personnel, equipment, and systems condition. Coordines and/or conducts management studies of organizion, staffing, work measurement, methods, or procedures. 4. Advises supervisors and managers on the evaluion of programs, policies, regulory requirements, and procedures. Recommends the establishment of quantity or quality criterion. Develops baseline for use in measuring and analyzing organizional productivity and effectiveness. Develops process, management, administrive and technical evaluion plans for implemention. Notes deficiencies, identifies necessary resources, and recommends corrective actions. 5. Coordines with HHQ elements, Program Management Offices, Specific System/Hardware Support Elements, OEM Vendors and Vendor Contracted support facilities for issue resolution. Research includes using various means and media to obtain needed informion to accomplish the task. May require the use of various stand alone (e.g., paper based, CD, DVD, etc.) or on-line (network or web based) methodologies to obtain needed informion. 6. Develops, implements and maintains work center training programs. Plans and schedules tasks and training activities for drill stus guard members. Oversees and conducts on-the-job training (OJT) for personnel. Crees and develops lesson plans. Ensures availability of facilities and training aids. Monitors the training stus of personnel and ensures th supplemental and/or remedial training is accomplished. Responsible for documention of accomplished training in a timely manner. May require the use of a directed automed training documention system. Adheres to management control plan requirements by conducting self inspection and staff assistance s. Resolves identified discrepancies. 7. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. Selectee will not be appointed until investigion is complete. Will be required to successfully complete a 2 year probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. U.S. Citizenship is required. Required to obtain and maintain a sisfactory security clearance, AND, as a minimum, a completed Nional Agency Check (NAC) prior to assignment. Must have a valid driver's license. May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required. The agency will provide additional informion regarding wh informion or documention needed and how you can request of the agency a legally required exception from this requirement. May be required to travel by car, in military and/or commercial aircraft, and by other means of transportion as approprie to perform temporary duty assignments Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. This position is designed as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparion for, or in response to, a ste emergency or disaster declarion. Head of Agency requests to exceed 14 days in a calendar year must be approved in advance by the Nional Guard, Director of Manpower and Personnel (NGB-J1). Incumbent is required to sisfactorily complete the approprie training and obtain the required certificion/recertificion for this position as outlined in DOD Publicion 8570.01-M Informion Assurance Workforce Improvement Program Personnel assigned to this position must obtain the approprie certificion within six months of being assigned. Failure to sisfactorily obtain and/or maintain upded certificions in accordance with publicion listed are grounds for terminion. Qualificions You must fully substantie in your own words th you meet the requirements listed below. When explaining minimum requirements and specialized experience you must give examples. Do not copy from the vacancy announcement or the position description. Explain it in your own words and give examples to be considered for this vacancy.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: Experience th provided a basic knowledge of da processing functions and general management principles th enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to autome a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operor or assistant, computer sales representive, program analyst, or other positions th required the use or adaption of computer programs and systems.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Experience th demonstred accomplishment of computer project assignments th required a range of knowledge of computer requirements and techniques. For example, assignments would show, on the basis of general design criteria provided, experience in developing modificions to parts of a system th required significant revisions in the logic or techniques used in the original development. Accomplishments, in addition to those noted for the GS-9 level, normally involve the following, or the equivalent: Knowledge of the customary approaches, techniques, and requirements approprie to an assigned computer applicions area or computer specialty area in an organizion; Planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordinion with others outside the organizional unit and development of project controls. Adaption of guidelines or precedents to the needs of the assignment. Technical knowledge of communicions infrastructure, including the ability to read and interpret blueprints, alongside a general understanding of acquisition and contracting processes such as Stements of Work (SOWs) and Performance Work Stements (PWS). Educion Major study--computer science, informion science, informion systems management, mhemics, stistics, operions research, or engineering, or course work th required the development or adaption of computer programs and systems and provided knowledge equivalent to a major in the computer field. Additional informion

DEFINITION FOR AREAS OF CONSIDERATION

Area 1 : Current On-board Title 5 Employees and Title 32 Technicians (

Tenure:

1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia Nional Guard the advertised locion. Area 2 : Current On-board Title 5 Employees and Title 32 Technicians (

Tenure:

1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia Nional Guard. Area 3 : WVNG Army M-Day and Air Force DSG (Drill-Stus Guardsmen,) Temporary Title 32 Technicians and Title 5 Employees, Temporary AGR (OTOT), and nional guardsmen serving on Full-time Nional Guard Duty - Operional Support Orders (ADOS). Area 4 : Federal re-employable eligible employees, Nional Guardsmen outside of the WVNG, and U.S Citizens willing to join the West Virginia Nional Guard as a condition of employment. Area 5 : Current On-board Federal Employees (

Tenure:

1-Career, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) from another Federal Agency nionwide. Area 6 : All U.S. Citizens. •Veteran's Preference Applies to this Area•

Permanent Change of Stion:

PCS funds are not available for this position.

Incentives:

Relocion and Recruitment Incentives may be authorized for this position. All WVNG positions are pending availability of resources and funds. The WVNG is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Selection of this position made without regard to race, color, religion, age, nional origin, sex, non-disqualifying disability, political affiliion, marital stus, membership or non-membership in an employee organizion or any other non-merit factor.

Veteran's Preference:

Veteran's preference must be valided by formal submissions of necessary supporting documention. You must provide acceptable documention of your preference or appointment eligibility. Failure to submit all supporting documention WILL result in the claimed veteran's preference not being adjudiced, and could possibly impact your placement on the certifice sent to the selecting official. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" AND required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference of any kind. An SF-50 is NOT sufficient to adjudice preference. For more informion on Veteran's Preference, please : http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.

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//eee.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf? 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 documents compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. Plagiarism in an applicant's resume from any position description or qualificion standard written by NGB or OPM will result in an automic disqualificion. HRO will not search for missing informion or infer about aspects of an applicant's applicion. The informion therein must be clear and unambiguous for an eligibility determinion. DSG and M-Day applicants required to include their part-time experience or current stus in the West Virginia Nional Guard in their resume to prove eligibility for Considerion in Area 3. All supporting documention required for eligibility certificion explicitly listed in the Required Documents section on USA Jobs. Applicants th fail to produce all documents listed in this section before the announcement closes disqualified. Resumes alone are not sufficient as proof of documention. If you are found eligible, you referred in numerical order of area of considerion to the hiring manager for employment considerion. If you are found eligible and were not referred to the hiring manager, then your applicion held until the hiring manager requests your respective area. 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: If you do not submit these forms, you deemed ineligible, and your name will not be referred to the hiring manager. Resume Include DSG/M-Day assignment informion or provide other supporting documention (v-MPF

RIP, NGB

23A, etc.) Cannot exceed 2 pages

SF-50 , AGR

Orders, or ADOS Orders (Only if you are a fulltime employee of the Nional Guard) Must be up-to-de and current Transcripts/Degree (If you wish to be certified based on educion) Certificion (If it is required in this announcement) Veteran's Preference Documents Deployment DD Form 214 SF-15 along with support documention Letter from the VA th reflects your percentage of disability or proof of preference Your responses to the Qualificions Questionnaire; this questionnaire is filled out via the USA Jobs Announcement through www.usajobs.gov. ALL applicions and supporting documents MUST be submitted through www.usajobs.gov electronically and must be submitted prior to midnight of the closing de. Mailed, e-mailed, hand-delivered, and faxed applicions will NOT be accepted or Missing required documents will prevent you from being found eligible for this position and will prevent you from being referred to the hiring manager.

DO NOT SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION

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 of this announcement. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12973962 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No documents accepted after 11:59 PM (EST) of the closing de of the announcement. 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 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 Jennifer Tinsman Phone 304-616-5415 jennifer.tinsman.1@us.af.mil Address WV 167th AW 222 Sabre Jet BLVD Martinsburg, WV 25405 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. In the event you receive a non-eligible notificion and you believe this decision was made in error; you have 5 working days from the day it was received in your inbox to send an appeal to the servicing Human Resources Office. The appeal sent via email to ng.wv.wvarng.list.hrostaffing@army.mil and must include the following informion: Announcement number, Announcement title, reason of non-eligibility th you received from USA Jobs, and your justificion as to why this decision was erroneous. New documention will not be accepted after the closing de of this announcement and will not be used in an appeal request. The appeal process is applicant driven. HRO will not accept appeals from hiring officials on the applicant's behalf and will not communice with the hiring official regarding the appeal processes stus. 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: If you do not submit these forms, you deemed ineligible, and your name will not be referred to the hiring manager. Resume Include DSG/M-Day assignment informion or provide other supporting documention (v-MPF

RIP, NGB

23A, etc.) Cannot exceed 2 pages

SF-50 , AGR

Orders, or ADOS Orders (Only if you are a fulltime employee of the Nional Guard) Must be up-to-de and current Transcripts/Degree (If you wish to be certified based on educion) Certificion (If it is required in this announcement) Veteran's Preference Documents Deployment DD Form 214 SF-15 along with support documention Letter from the VA th reflects your percentage of disability or proof of preference Your responses to the Qualificions Questionnaire; this questionnaire is filled out via the USA Jobs Announcement through www.usajobs.gov. ALL applicions and supporting documents MUST be submitted through www.usajobs.gov electronically and must be submitted prior to midnight of the closing de. Mailed, e-mailed, hand-delivered, and faxed applicions will NOT be accepted or Missing required documents will prevent you from being found eligible for this position and will prevent you from being referred to the hiring manager.

DO NOT SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION

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 of this announcement. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12973962 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No documents accepted after 11:59 PM (EST) of the closing de of the announcement. 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 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 Jennifer Tinsman Phone 304-616-5415 jennifer.tinsman.1@us.af.mil Address WV 167th AW 222 Sabre Jet BLVD Martinsburg, WV 25405 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. In the event you receive a non-eligible notificion and you believe this decision was made in error; you have 5 working days from the day it was received in your inbox to send an appeal to the servicing Human Resources Office. The appeal sent via email to ng.wv.wvarng.list.hrostaffing@army.mil and must include the following informion: Announcement number, Announcement title, reason of non-eligibility th you received from USA Jobs, and your justificion as to why this decision was erroneous. New documention will not be accepted after the closing de of this announcement and will not be used in an appeal request. The appeal process is applicant driven. HRO will not accept appeals from hiring officials on the applicant's behalf and will not communice with the hiring official regarding the appeal processes stus. 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 Posted today • Apply by 07/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Martinsburg, WV 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447 - $111,087 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 Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WV-12973962-T5-26-076

Control number 871259800