Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at the Europe East District Superintendents Office located in Stuttgart Germany. This position is not covered by a bargaining unit. Federal employees in Stuttgart, Germany are currently entitled to receive a 35% Post Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary. This rate is subject to change.

Duties

• Draft contract requirements package with contract specifications ensuring the best value for services acquired.
• Review community transportation services, possibly involving several schools, several thousand students, and annual costs that may exceed millions.
• Identify developmental and training needs of employees.
• Interpret transportation policies and implement and enforce approved policies in the development of transportation plans for each community.
• Provide recommendations to resolve problems identified from the transportation service audit.
• Ensure adequate controls are established to safeguard against over obligation of funds, fraud, waste and/or abuse.
• Perform a full range of first-level supervisory responsibilities to include planning work to be accomplished by subordinates; setting and adjusting short term priorities; and preparing schedules for completion of work.
• Perform on-site evaluations of transportation services as necessary to obtain safe, efficient and cost effective student transportation services from commercial contractors or military service transportation activities.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens 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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. One year of specialized experience which includes: implementing transportation plans to ensure policies and procedures are followed; drafting contract requirements for transportation services to be obtained; and performing supervisory responsibilities, such as; distributing work, evaluating work, or resolving employee complaints. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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. This position requires a 1-year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire 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. Employees (and family members) who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Medical and dental care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical and dental facilities will vary by location. If an…