ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER:  0845 Supervisory, Transportation Operations Specialist

OPEN DATE:  April 24, 2008

CLOSING DATE:  May 15, 2008

POSITION:  Supervisory, Transportation Operations Specialist, YC-2150-02

SALARY RANGE:  $57,146.00 - $110,691.00 per annum
                                                               
LOCATION:  DoDDS Pacific/DDESS-Guam Director’s Office, Logistics Division, Transportation Branch, Duty Location:  Seoul, Korea

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is a DoD Field Activity responsible for the oversight of two school systems, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary & Secondary Schools (DDESS).  DoDEA employs more than 12,000 individuals responsible for educating approximately 90,000 students in 12 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and Puerto Rico.  The mission of DoDEA is to provide a quality education from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve for the eligible minor family members of DoD military and civilian personnel on official assignments.

WHO MAY APPLY:  You can apply for this vacancy if you are:

• U.S. citizen family member employment eligible;
• Current Department of Defense Career/Career-Conditional employees; eligible for promotion, reassignment or transfer;
• Reinstatement eligible;
• Eligible Non-appropriated Fund (NAFI Agreement) employee; 
• VRA eligible; and 
• 30% Disabled Veteran, applicant appointable on the basis of a physical or mental disability

NOTE:  Status applicants in their fourth year of an overseas assignment cannot be selected unless a waiver of the 5-year overseas service limitation requirement is approved. Candidates whose selection for this position will cause their overseas employment to exceed five-years will require an overseas tour extension approval.  Waiver requests will be processed administratively by the DoDDS-Pacific/DDESS-Guam Human Resources Office.

Payment of travel and transportation expenses is authorized.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  Serves as the Korea, District Transportation Supervisor.  Provides supervision and direction to Transportation Operations Specialists assigned to community/school level positions located throughout Korea.  Plans and directs the forecasting and budgeting of pupil and all other transportation requirements, and monitors expenditures for schools in the assigned District.  Directs and coordinates the establishment of effective and efficient bus transportation routes for daily commute, curricular and co-curricular, and special education operations within district communities.  Assists in the development of contract proposals, and the monitoring of contract operations and performance, and resolves complex problems referred for advice and resolution at the community and administrative level.  Keeps subordinates and staff fully informed of changes in regulations, or policy and establishes operating procedures as necessary.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level under the General Schedule (GS) or other pay systems. Examples of occupations that may have provided qualifying specialized experience include experience in maintaining, retailing, purchasing, or procurement of automotive, rail, air, bus, or other transportation equipment or services, or in the operation of a commercial transportation facility or terminal.  This experience must have demonstrated knowledge of fleet operations; familiarity with Federal, State, and municipal regulations governing the use of transportation vehicles; and the maintenance of inventories and cost computations.

RANKING FACTORS:
Candidates who meet minimum experience and/or education requirements will be further evaluated against established criteria which demonstrates how well they possess the specific ranking factors or knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s) determined necessary for successful job performance.

1.  Demonstrated knowledge and experience in developing, executing, managing and evaluating a mass transit (wheeled vehicle transportation) system in an economical and efficient manner; to include vehicle fleet/passenger security operations, and identification of potential program problem areas; providing recommendations for operations and systems improvements.

2.  Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the use of transportation management software programs for the purpose of mathematical modeling, map reading, estimating, statistics, traffic safety and problem analysis and reporting.

3.  Demonstrated knowledge and experience as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or Quality Assurance Evaluator (QAE).  Indicate experience and training associated with the preparation of contract performance work statements (PWS) or statements of work (SOW), related to the procurement of specific transportation services and material resources, to include formal source selection procedures and demonstrated ability to establish criteria for evaluating non-cost factors in contractor proposals.

4.  Demonstrated ability to meet and communicate both orally and in writing with personnel at all levels of the organization, including senior military and civilian leaders and supported organizations, regarding transportation programs and associated support services via face-to-face meetings, public meetings and electronic media.

5.   Ability to supervise, and translate agency vision to ensure subordinates understand and align performance expectations to organizational goals and objectives; including,  the ability to adhere to regulations, policies, equal opportunity employment (EEO), and personnel management practices.

A SEPARATE NARRATIVE STATEMENT ADDRESSING THE RANKING FACTORS LISTED ABOVE IS REQUIRED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO YOUR APPLICATION.  FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE INDIVIDUAL KSA’S WILL BE REASON TO NOT CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION.

PAY, BENEFITS AND WORK SCHEDULE:
Government/Military housing, Living Quarters Allowance, Post Allowance, and other overseas benefits may be authorized.  Eligibility will be determined at time of position offer.  Applicants who are currently employed overseas and are not receiving allowances and benefits may not be eligible for such allowances.  Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area.  Locality rates of pay in CONUS will not be used for pay setting when transferring to Okinawa, Japan.  For more information on overseas allowances and benefits, please visit https://hq-w4.dodea.edu/lqarates/lqarates.htm

Medical Care:  Applicants who have family members with special medical needs should ensure that prior to accepting a position overseas their family members' medical needs can be met.  Access to care in a military treatment facility may not be available to civilian employees except on a space available basis.  Consequently, host nation medical facilities may be the only care available.  The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location.  For additional information, please contact the POC in this announcement. 

Special Education Services:  The Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) provides education including special education to children of DoD civilians who are eligible to attend DoDDS schools.  However, most schools are not staffed for all special needs.  For additional information, please the Department of Defense Education Activity, Student Services Branch, at 703-588-3147/3148.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Selectee will be required to participate in direct deposit/electronic fund transfer in accordance with DoD Regulation 7000.14R.

Selected candidate(s) and family members are required to obtain Official Passports prior to departure to a Department of Defense position.

Pre-appointment overseas physical examination is required.

Initial overseas tour of duty for Korea is 2 years.

Applicants must meet the qualification and time after-competitive appointment requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING:
1.  Résumé, Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF-612)*
 http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of612.pdf,  or any other written format. 

2.  Declaration for Federal Employment (Optional Form 306).  http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of0306.pdf,

3.  SF 256, Self-Identification of Reportable Handicap, (SF-256).
*You can also find forms at: http://www.opm.gov/forms/index.asp

4.  Supplement on plain paper in narrative format that concisely addresses each of the ranking factors.  Make sure you reference the specific KSA listed on this announcement.  If other KSA’s are cited, the application may be considered incomplete.  Include work experience, education, and training which clearly demonstrates how well you possess each factor.

 For current or former Federal and/or Non-Appropriated Fund Employees

For military spouse preference or family member employment, applications must include:

For prior military service members must submit:

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CLOSING DATE.

APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE RETURNED; therefore, do not submit original documents.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS MAY NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION.
WHERE TO APPLY:

Please note that the Point of Contact/Human Resources Office is located in Okinawa, Japan and phone calls are overseas long distance.  The telephone number for information (dialing from the continental United States) is: 011-81-6117-44-5850 or DSN 644-5850.

All applicants will be considered without regard to political, religious, or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, creed, gender, age, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or any other non-merit factor.  Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified applicants with disabilities, except when doing so would pose an undue hardship on the employing agency.

Applications received in postage-paid Government envelopes will not receive consideration, and applicants are reminded of the legal prohibition against the use of such envelopes or other Government property for other than officially approved activities.  These prohibitions are contained in 5 USC 735.205, 39 USC, and 18 USC.

DoDEA is an equal opportunity employer.  There will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or on the basis of personal favoritism.