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Strategic Planner

  • City, State:
    • Arlington, VA
  • Location/Base:
    • Arlington, VA
  • Level:
    • Senior Level
  • Pay Plan-Grade:
    • DR-03
  • Pay Range (without Locality):
    • DR-03: $103,145 - $145,762
  • Technology Directorate/Mission Organization:
    • OSR
  • Office Symbol:
    • AFOSR/RP
  • Job Overview:

    • This job announcement will be accepting candidate submissions until 13 March 25.

      The Air Force Office of Scientific Research Strategic Planning Branch, AFOSR/RP, seeks to hire a senior-level, DR-0801-III Senior General Engineer in Arlington, VA. The incumbent will serve as a Senior Plans and Programs Engineer responsible for organizational strategic planning, programming, and budgeting activities supporting the AFOSR's mission.

      Position duties include, but are not limited to:

      • Provides corporate interface and reviews Higher Headquarters strategic documents, organization policies, directives, and procedures to assess the impact on AFOSR investment priorities.
      • Develops AFOSR Strategic Plan and Annual Planning Guidance.
      • Advises leadership on investment strategy and resource allocation.
      • Assists the Director to ensure national and DOD space science and engineering priorities are integrated into the overall AFOSR investment plan.
      • Conducts strategic analysis and budgeting forecasting, evaluates major trends, and recommends plans and fiscal policy.
  • Eligible for a Referral Bonus?:
    • No
  • Required Qualifications:
      • United States Citizenship
      • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
      • A bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
      • Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade, DR-02/GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems.
  • Desired Qualifications:
      • Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Process experience
      • Space Force experience
      • Professional Military Education
      • Leadership experience
  • Additional Information:
      • Travel and Relocation Expenses will be Paid IAW JTR and AFMAN 36-606.

      Requisition # 25483

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