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Position Title
AIR OPERATIONS OFFICER (PILOT/NAVIGATOR) (TITLE 32)
Agency
Air National Guard Units
Announcement Number
IL-11847557-AF-23-070 Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, February 24, 2023 to Friday, February 23, 2024
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Eligibilities
1. All on-board federal employees/technicians within the state for which you are applying (Title 32 and Title 5, Permanent and Excepted Indefinite).  Are you a current on-board federal employee or technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Tenure in Block 24 (1, 2,or 3).
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2. All on-board National Guard Title 32 Excepted Technicians within the state for which you are applying (Title 32 Permanent and Excepted Indefinite).  Are you a current on-board National Guard Title 32 Excepted Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Tenure in Block 24 (1, 2, or 3).
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Preferences
1. Would you accept a temporary appointment? (limit characters)
Conditions of Employment
This position has requirements which must be met prior to employment, and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements and conditions. (limit characters)
1. I have a valid, current state driver's license or I am able and willing to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
 
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2. This position requires membership in the IL Air National Guard (IL ANG). If you are not willing or are ineligible to join the IL ANG, please do not apply to this announcement. If selected, you MUST be or become a member of the Selected IL ANG.

Do you possess an IL ANG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ANG?
 
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3. Please type your current RANK, AFSC/MOS, and UNIT in the space provided below.

If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.

Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.

Civilians should type "N/A".   
 
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Assessment 1
Respond to all questions. For each, choose the response that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application.
 
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Do you possess the experience, education, or training interpreting, explaining, and/or applying a variety of regulations and procedures; experience using computer and automation systems? (limit characters)
2. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Do you possess specialized experience for the GS-14 Level which includes at least 36 months experience, education, or training routine and non-routine preflight, in-flight, post-flight, ground or command and control (C2) duties according to specific transportation functions; receive, interpret, extract, and disseminate relevant data for mission planning or execution: experience coordinating and negotiating with organizations/personnel both orally and in writing to resolve differences/problems? (limit characters)
3. SPECIALIZED SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE: Do you possess experience which included responsibility for the supervision and management of personnel: experience in managing the function of the work to be performed: experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel? (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
4. Plan work to be accomplished by the organization which consists of about 15 or more full-time subordinates engaged in technical and administrative work. (limit characters)
5. Assign work to subordinate Units based on priorities, selective consideration of difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. (limit characters)
6. Give advice, counsel, or instruction to supervisors and subordinate employees on both general policy and administrative matters. (limit characters)
7. Oversee all unit flight and ground training of assigned/attached flying personnel. (limit characters)
8. Hear and resolve group grievances and serious employee complaints not resolved at a lower level. (limit characters)
9. Review serious disciplinary cases and disciplinary problems involving key employees and determines required action. (limit characters)
10. Act as a key advisor on the Commander's staff to coordinate unit flying operations with other ANG flying units and outside agencies, e.g. the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), civilian airport authorities, etc., and with unit maintenance resources and support areas. (limit characters)
11. Develop and direct the unit flying hour program in coordination with higher headquarters to meet approved higher headquarters flying hour allocations. (limit characters)
12. Review, accept, amend or reject work which has been reviewed by subordinate supervisors. (limit characters)
13. Oversee all unit operations activities, both in the air and on the ground, which based on unit mission and equipment, may include any of the following Air Operation6 program support functional areas: Training, Standardization and Evaluation, Tactics. Scheduling, Plans, Command Post, Intelligence, Life Support, Flying Operations and Flight Management. (limit characters)
14. Develop long-range training and deployment plans for the unit to meet training goals, higher headquarters Inspection schedules and overseas deployment requirements. (limit characters)
15. Direct the development of unit training goals and long-range advanced planning to include facility/equipment modernization, improvement or replacement develops detailed plans or accomplishment oi these training goals and advanced plans. (limit characters)
16. Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
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