Salary
💰 $116,280 - $160,000 per year
About the role
- Support USAFRICOM by tracking and analyzing daily activities of the deployed contract team including operations, maintenance, sustainment, and all life support.
- Collect, report, and display operational data, performance metrics, and cost information.
- Identify and deploy tools and services to provide the Government access to operational data, performance metrics, cost information, and tools for analyzing, processing, displaying, and exporting data and information.
- Develop and provide operations reporting services in accordance with the Task Order and PRESS Operations Management Plan.
- Document, track, and report operational metrics, including flight time logs, exercise data, operational availability, summary of patient encounters including number of patients treated, number of surgical and non-surgical visits, and a roll-up of interventions by category.
- Monitor the operational aspects of PRESS and serve as liaison between program management and deployed operations.
- Review status of program, manage schedules, and prepares status reports.
- Assess program issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
- Develop mechanisms for monitoring program progress and for intervention and problem solving with the PRESS program manager, deputy program managers, operations integrators, and other stakeholders.
- Develop advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.
- Develop new applications based on professional principles and theories.
- Prepare monthly status reports and monthly performance reports per the PRESS Task Order.
- Manage relationships and expectations of the USAFRICOM client, other industry mission partners, and supporting contractor personnel.
- Evaluate the progression of project milestones and any necessary TO modifications to ensure mission success, service quality, and schedule/budget compliance.
- Regularly engage with key government stakeholders on operations data and performance metrics.
- Responsible for TO deliverables from developing mission reports to monthly status reports.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 15+ years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 13+ years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19+ years relevant experience.
- 3 years of recent experience with U.S. Air Forces Africa and operations in Africa in strategic leadership positions.
- 5 years of experience managing operations, maintenance, and logistics of deployed aircraft for aviation special operations forces.
- 10 years of experience supporting rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft.
- Possess current or previous qualifications for weapons.
- Ability to obtain a permit to carry a firearm.
- Must meet medical and dental readiness requirements.
- Must have an active SECRET clearance with the ability to possess and maintain an active TS clearance with SCI eligibility based on a Single Source Background Investigation (SSBI).
- Preferred: 3+ years of experience working knowledge of Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA) requirements, DOCPER regulations, and processes within EUCOM / AFRICOM AORs.
- Preferred: 5 years of experience managing PR/CASEVAC services for SOF within the last eight years.
- Preferred: A current Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III Program Management certification.
- Preferred: A thorough understanding of civilian aviation, particularly 14 CFR Part 135 operations.
- Strong leadership, diplomatic, and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across, and down multiple business and technology organizations.
- Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
- Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives.
- Self-motivated, decisive, and able to adapt to change and competing demands.
- Demonstrated communication skills; both written and spoken with technical and non-technical staff, at all levels of management.
- Flexible with proven ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Proven ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.