Supervisory Casualty Affairs Coordinator

Summary

About the Position: Imcumbent works under the supervision of the Chief, Military Personnel Division who provides general administrative guidance and relies on incumbent to independently plan, design and carry out casualty assistance support; manage casualty operations; mortuary operations; military funeral honors; Casualty Assistance Center (CAC) fatal accident brief support; mass casualty support; open allotment; training; and line of duty programs.

Duties

• Plan, coordinate, and direct the mission of the garrison Casualty Assistance Center (CAC).
• Manage and provide Quality Assurance for the Army’s Casualty program in an Area of Responsibility (AOR).
• Provide casualty subject matter expertise by issuing guidance, responding to request for information, and advising the Garrison Commander on Casualty Operations.
• Partner with Family Morale Welfare and Relief Command’s long term Survivor Outreach Services.
• Coordinate Investigations, providing status reports, and updating the Defense Information Casualty Processing Systems (DCIPS).
• Supervise three or more employees in all aspects of their daily operations.
• Review work completed by subordinates, accepting, amending, or rejecting work as appropriate.
• Evaluate effectiveness of operations supervised in terms of mission accomplishment, quality and quantity of standards met, procedural, policy, and regulatory compliance and technical competence.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Coordinating casualty assistance operations and next of kin support to ensure entitled benefits and services are processed in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies AND 2) Analyzing casualty and survivor support programs to identify operational problems and recommend policy or procedural changes that improve program effectiveness and regulatory compliance AND 3) Providing technical guidance and training on topics such as casualty assistance, funeral honors, or survivor support procedures to ensure services provided to next of kin comply with governing policies and established standards. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11 or above]). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.