SUPERVISORY INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist

This is a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Position. This National Guard position is for a Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist, Position Description Number PDD1646P01 and is part of the MA ANG 102nd IW, National Guard. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position.

Responsibilities :

• Supervises through subordinate work leaders or supervisors three or more sections of Intelligence Operations Specialists, each sections containing a base level of GS-11.
• Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the subordinate ISR unit crew members.
• Establishes, revises, or reviews policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the staff.
• Promotes team building, implements quality improvements, or in response to concerns with regulatory compliance and / or customer requirements.
• Plans work for accomplishment by subordinate sections, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules based on consideration of difficulty of requirements and assignments.
• Provides subordinate supervisors, work leaders and staff with direction and advice regarding policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Reviews and structures organization to optimize use of resources and maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
• Balances workload and provides overall direction and vision to the subordinate section chiefs on a wide range of intelligence, information management and administrative issues.
• Establishes metric and analysis systems for sections managed to assess efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with regulatory procedures.
• Evaluates requirements for additional resources submitted by subordinate supervisors / work leaders, and balances organization needs with overall mission requirements and resource interests.
• Identifies need for change in organization priorities and takes action to implement such changes.
• Plans and schedules work in such a manner that promotes a smooth flow and even distribution and ensures effective use of organization resources to achieve organization goals and objectives.
• Establishes review systems for the organization that make certain intelligence mission needs are met and validated, and that economy and quality of operations are maintained or improved.
• Accepts, amends, or rejects work of subordinate supervisors / work leaders.
• Reviews work and management techniques of subordinate supervisors / work leaders and is held accountable for actions taken and advice provided by staff of subordinate sections.
• Makes decisions on work problems presented by subordinate supervisors / work leaders.
• Directs self-assessment activities of subordinate supervisors / work leaders.
• Reviews training recommended by subordinate supervisors / work leaders to assure it is proper and promotes effective operation of the organization as a whole.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
• Directs, coordinates, and oversees work through subordinate supervisors / work leaders.
• Advises staff regarding policies, procedures, and directives of higher-level management or headquarters.
• Selects candidates for subordinate non-supervisory and supervisory positions taking into consideration skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives.
• Ensures reasonable equity among sections of performance standards developed, modified, and / or interpreted and rating techniques developed by subordinate supervisors / work leaders.
• Explains performance expectations to subordinate supervisors / work leaders and employees directly supervised and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
• Appraises performance of subordinate supervisors / work leaders and other employees directly supervised and serves as reviewing official on evaluation of non-supervisory employees rated by subordinate supervisors.
• Approves expenses comparable to within-grade increases, extensive overtime, and employee travel.
• Recommends awards for non-supervisory personnel and changes in position classification to higher-level managers.
• Hears and resolves group grievances and employee complaints referred by subordinate supervisors / work leaders and employees.
• Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems of employees directly supervised and reviews and / or approves serious disciplinary actions (e.g. suspensions, removals) involving non-supervisory subordinates.
• Ensures documentation prepared to support actions is proper and complete.
• Reviews developmental needs of subordinate supervisors, work leaders and non-supervisory employees and makes decisions on non-routine, costly or controversial training needs and / or requests for unit employees.
• Encourages self-development.
• Approves leave for subordinate supervisors / work leaders and ensures adequate coverage in organization through peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to ideas of subordinates.
• Performs 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 :

Education 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.

Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 : An employee of an agency may not request, in oral or written form, that an applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil service disclose criminal history record information regarding the applicant before the appointing authority extends a conditional offer to the applicant.