Protocol Specialist

Major Duties

• Write and edit formal programs for various workshops, conferences, and social events.
• Arrange proper escorts for, or personally escorts visiting dignitaries and distinguished visitors, ensuring proper parking facilities and clearance passes are available.
• Track action suspense dates and Command correspondence released by the COS.
• Maintain signature authority, determining which documents may be signed.
• Compile incoming correspondence, taskings, and correspondence for COS signature.
• Formulate sequence of events, briefs all participants at all levels of DA according to regulations and individual desires.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement high level military/civilian visits and functions that support the command.
• Determine attendees, established sequence of events, and requirements such a but not limited to , transportation, arrival and departure coordination, accommodations, scheduling facilities, support personnel, and catering needs.
• Act as official representative and/or host for the Commander and Senior Staff members at points of arrival, meetings/briefings, social events and other official activities.

Qualifications/ Specialized Experience

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 Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education 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. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by: GG 9- assisting in reviewing, analyzing, and determining which organization should receive and process certain actions; assisting in the planning of a variety of highly visible activities such as but not limited to Change of Command Ceremonies, conferences, awards and promotions; experience establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships by networking with visitors or their representatives. OR Education: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Communications, Human Resources Management or Business Administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. GG 11- Experience working out detailed agendas to avoid loss of time from one function to another and consolidating, as necessary; background in the reviewing, analyzing, and determining which organization should receive and process certain actions; involvement in the planning, developing, and executing a variety of highly visible activities such as but not limited to Change of Command Ceremonies, conferences, awards and promotions; experience establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships by networking with visitors or their representatives. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Communications, Human Resources Management or Business Administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.