Department of the Navy

OPERATIONAL PLANS SPECIALIST

Camp Foster, Japan Full time

OPERATIONAL PLANS SPECIALIST

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Camp Foster, Japan

Salary Range: $76463 - $99404 Per Year

Job Summary: This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Major Duties:

  • You will prepare and execute guidance and intent for ongoing, anticipated operations, contingencies, plans, and exercises.
  • You will coordinate the review and analysis of orders and taskings to ensure technical quality, appropriate levels of coordination, consistency, logic, validity of recommendations, and compliance with established objectives.
  • You will conduct planning and analysis that requires unique or future requirements of installations.
  • You will conduct deliberate and crisis action planning in support of future-plans using the warfighting employment principles

Qualifications: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: planning and providing administrative/strategic support to installation programs (i.e., planning, validating, conducting experiments/training exercises) while following higher headquarters plans and directives. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

How to Apply: Interested Applicants must submit resumes/application packages to: Mark J. Godfrey at mark.j.godfrey@usmc.mil Facsimile applications will not be considered. All resumes/applications must be received no later than the close date of this flyer. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents, are received, legible, and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-13