Civilian Logistics Career Management Presentation to Logistics Officers Association

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Civilian Logistics Career ManagementPresentation
to Logistics Officers Association

• Ms Deb Walker, SAF/IEL
• Ms Brenda Romine, WR-ALC/CA
• Oct 08

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Overview

• OSD Logistics Human Capital Strategy
• AF Logistics Advisory Council (LAC)/Development
  Team (DT)
• Career Development Programs/Opportunities
• Career Field Management Team (AF/A4R AFPC)
• Current Topics of Interest

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The DoD Logistics Human Capital vision is a
multi-faceted logistics workforce that will
succeed in a joint operating environment.
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The goal is to develop the right mix of DoD
Logisticians
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I People Deep knowledge and narrow expertise in
a functional segment, with limited knowledge of
other segments or fields.
T People Broader knowledge across a field,
possibly with depth in some but not all logistics
segments some knowledge of business or other
fields some development assignments and training.
Enterprise Logistician Multi-faceted logistician
with expertise in many segments and knowledge of
the logistics process end-to-end knowledge of
business or other fields executive training
multi-component experience.
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Six elements will contribute to success
Education, Training, and Developmental Assignments
Logistics Career Roadmap
Logistics Competencies
Logistics Career Development Framework
Logistics Executive Steering Group (ESG)
Certificate/Certification Program
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Consistent expectations of competencies and a
common lexicon is critical
A competency is defined as a measurable pattern
of knowledge, skill, abilities, behaviors, and
other characteristics that are needed to
successfully perform work-related tasks.
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OPM has defined Fundamental and Leadership
Management Competencies across all career fields
Definition/Overview Competency
Professional Attribute Category
Definition/Overview ( of Competencies w/in
Category)
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Logistics Workforce Categories /Technical
Competencies defined by HCS combined team
Workforce Category Abbreviated Definition Competen
cy
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Certificate/Certification program for each
workforce category will support needs and
requirements
Life Cycle Logistics already has curriculum and
certification that can be used as a model
FY06 Total Logistics Workforce (1M)
1 ATL workforce
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The Logistics Career Development Framework
provides the career roadmap the Assessment
process measures achievement of competency levels
and provides guidance
Desired Position Required Competencies

• Regular assessment career progress
  tracking
• Consistent expectations and job requirements
• Well-defined roadmap for achieving career goals

Current Position Competency Levels
Notional example of the frameworks format
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Where we are today with Logistics HCS

• Phases 1 and 2 of logistics HCS complete
• Involved creating 4 workforce categories and
  common level of understanding across
  services/agencies
• Translated categories into related competencies
  further defined proficiencies needed to attain
  various levels of expertise (1-entry 5-expert)
• Phase 3 in work
• Identifying training, education and career
  development activities needed to achieve
  proficiency in each of the 4 categories
• Phase 4 will involve creating Logistics Career
  Development Framework documents to aid employees
  and managers in career planning (completion FY10)

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AF Application/where we are going

• AF contributed greatly to joint development of
  category, competency, and proficiency data
• Provided SMEs for each of the 4 categories for
  initial and ongoing activity
• AF will participate in pilot of the LCDF
• Negotiating now for volunteer group
• Once purple group has completed the overarching
  structure, all services/agencies can adapt to
  individual needs
• Will continue to include the SMEs in this process

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Logistic Advisory Council (LAC)/Development Team
(DT)

• Consists of logistics Tier 1 SESs from HAF, AFMC,
  ACC, AMC, all three ALCs, AETC, SPACECOM, and
  SAF/AQ
• Overarching Objectives
• Oversee development of all logisticians skilled
  in workforce categories
• Develop cadre of Senior Air Force logisticians
  ready to assume Senior Executive Service level
  positions

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Logistics Career Field Goals

• Develop Professional Civilian Logisticians
• Provide highly qualified people for jobs
• Identify high potential employees
• Encourage broadening experiences
• Promote the principles of Equal Employment
  Opportunity
• Ensure that all actions are based upon merit
  without discrimination

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Civilian Logistics Career Field Demographics

• Total Mx/Log Force 45,109
• WG/WL/WS - 25,485
• 56 of workforce
• 16,915 (66) at WG 02 - 10
• GS 0915 - 11,606
• 26 of workforce
• YA 01-YF 02 - 5,701
• 13 of workforce

As of 1 Mar 08
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Logistics Executive Board/ Logistics Advisory
Council
Mr Mike Aimone/Dr Steve Butler
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LAC Battle Rhythm

• SPRING (Feb)
• CDE/CB/MSG Outplacements
• CB Selections
• Training Education budget
• Upcoming Events (CLSP/CDE/DT vectoring)
• Current Issues

• SUMMER (Jul)
• DT Vectoring
• CDE Candidate Review
• SOS/EWI Review
• Log LTFT/PTIP Review
• CB Selections/Outplacements
• Upcoming Events
• Ongoing Issues

• FALL (Oct)
• DT Vectoring
• Training Education Execution
• Proposed TE Budget for new FY
• CB Selections/Outplacements
• Upcoming Events
• Ongoing Issues

• Members AF/A4R, A4M (co-chairs)
• AFMC/A4 ACC/A4 AMC/A4 SAF/AQ OO-ALC/CSW CD
  OC-ALC/CSW CD WR-ALC/CD
• Support CFMT, CFMs

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Civilian Logistician Career Pyramid
AFSLMO Executive Enhancement National Security,
SLOC, APEX,SES Seminar,Exec Business
STRATEGIC20-30 YRS
SES
STRATEGIC
Joint HQ USAF MAJCOMKey logistics positions
DSLDP
GS-15
Prof. Education LOG 499 or 432
PB 3 (GS 14-15)
SDE AWC, ICAF, Fellowships
OPERATIONAL
SAF or HQ USAF
GS-14
MAJCOM
Prof. Education LOG 299 or 399
MOBILITY
OPERATIONAL10-20 YRS
MSG/CD
PB 2/3 Overlap (GS-14)
GS-13
Career Broadening
Joint/OSDCenter
IDE ACSC, AAD (AFIT, NPS), EWI, Fellowships
FOR CIVILIANS ENTRY CAN BE AT ANY LEVEL BASED ON
PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
Broadening Assignment into another functional
area
GS-12
Prof. Education ALROC, IROC, Degree Programs
PB 2 (GS 9-14)
BDE ASBC, AAD, SOS, AFIP, EWI
TACTICAL
MAJCOM/ HQs
Leadership (Wing/Base Flt SPO/SPD)
DRU (RSS) , FOA, Center
GS-9/11
TACTICAL0-10 YRS
Prof. Education LOG 199
Develop Job Proficiency
PB 1 (GS 1-8)
Functional/Operational Tour
GS-5/7
Wing/Base operational duties
DesiredTraining
DesiredDevelopment
Desired Duties and/or Experiential Development
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Career Development Programs/Opportunities

• Tuition Assistance
• Formal Education
• Career Broadening
• Professional Military Education

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Logistics Tuition Assistance

• Eligibility Requirements
• Meet Logistics Career Field eligibility criteria
• 1 year federal service as a GS-11 in a primary or
  shared logistics series
• Exception 1 year of experience in the 21XX
  series at the GS-09 level
• Undergraduate Graduate
• Will not fund courses for a degree level already
  attained
• Courses MUST be mission related
• Always dependent on funding availability
• Require complete information to process the SF
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• MUST submit request 30 days prior to class start
  date

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Other Formal
Education

• Long-term training advertised once a year
  requires self-nomination (via AF Form 4059)
• Long-Term full-time - must complete in 12 months
• Part-Time in-place - must complete in 24 months
• Announce May - selection Jul - notification Aug
• Short-Term Training
• Attendance coordinated with supervisor
• Managerial Development Center (MDC)
• Professional Military Education (PME)
• Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)
• Announce Feb selection Sep - notification Oct

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Career Broadening Program

• Purpose To broaden the experience of
  high-potential employees
• Length 30 Months
• Number of Positions 28
• Eligibility Requirements
• Permanent grade of GS-11 / 14, NSPS PB 02 / 03
• Meet one-year time-in-grade requirement
• Possess a minimum of 2 years of qualifying
  experience in 1 or more primary or shared
  logistics series, or 2 years military logistics
  experience (Logistics AFSC / Officer, 02XXX or
  Enlisted, 2XXXX)
• Possess a minimum of 3 years continuous federal
  civilian service at any grade
• Completion of formal training programs required
  before consideration

Excellent opportunity to expand knowledge!!
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Logistics Enhancement Program (LEP)

• Purpose
• Provide a cross-flow of experience between
  operational commands and AFMC
• Enlarge the pool of mission ready civilians with
  significant experience in both operational combat
  support and wholesale business logistics
• Offer qualified candidates a unique assignment
  that allows them to share their experience while
  gaining new experiences in a different work
  environment

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Logistics Enhancement Program (LEP)

• Length Varies
• Number of Logistics Positions 7
• Eligibility Requirements
• Permanent grade of GS-12 / 14, NSPS PB 02 / 03
• Meet one year time-in-grade requirement
• Possess a minimum of 2 years of qualifying
  experience in 1 or more primary or shared
  logistics series, or 2 years military logistics
  experience (Logistics AFSC / Officer, 02XXX or
  Enlisted, 2XXXX)
• Possess a minimum of 3 years continuous federal
  civilian service at any grade
• Completion of formal training programs required
  before consideration

Excellent opportunity to expand knowledge!!
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Other Career Broadening Opportunities

• Cross Functional
• Complimentary Assignment one of 7 assessment
  anchors for vectoring PB 3 employees
• No formalized mechanism to enable
• AFPC now facilitating cross-functional
  opportunities (several career fields interested
  in swapping)
• Joint Career Broadening
• OPM now stating SESs will need joint experience
• OSD HCS efforts focused on developing joint
  logisticians
• Critical for institutionalizing total force
  perspective
• Lack of joint civilian slots creative solutions
  required

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Cross Functional CB Opportunities(Target 4
positions)

• Logistics to other CF
• SE
• Modeling/Simulation (JFCOM/AEWF War games)
• Product Center SPM
• Contracting
• AFMC A8B Partnering (FAR Research etc)
• ASC PK Staff (WS Source selection/Acq planning)
• FM
• OM/MSG/LRS Resource Mgt Activity
• Personnel
• OM/MSG/LRS Personnel FLT
• AETC A1/training curriculum
• Other MAJCOM A1 Staff

• Logistics from other CF
• SE
• ACC A4/A8 WS (Reqts)
• GLSC Analysis
• ECSS/ELMSO/LTO
• Contracting
• OM/MSG/LRS Log Reqts
• ECSS/ELMSO/LTO
• GLSC Commodities Reqts
• FM
• OM/MSG/LRS Log Reqts
• ECSS/ELMSO/LTO
• Personnel
• ECSS/ELMSO/LTO
• GLSC

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Joint CB Opportunities

• Create more opportunities
• CB, Rotations, Appointments, LEP, Swaps
• Prototype first
• NORTHCOM, DLA,JFCOM
• Test ROE, quality of assigned/assignment
• FOC might include
• TRANSCOM
• Other COCOMS
• JCS, OSD, JDMAG
• WDP to create CONOPS/ROE
• AF assets linked to AF mentors
• HR Servicing for AF assets by AF
• Take back ROE
• Reciprocation
• Appraisal ROE

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Professional Military Education (PME)

• Known as Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)
• Includes programs for journeyman and senior level
  AF employees
• Attend programs on a full-time basis may be
  required to be TDY for up to one year
• Also, civilians may attend PME (either Air
  Command Staff College or Air War College) via
  seminar or correspondence in current job/location

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AF Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)

• Programs
• Intermediate Developmental Education (IDE)
• Air Command Staff College
• Air Force Legislative Fellows Program
• DoD Executive Leadership Development Program
  (ELDP)
• Princeton University
• Masters Program
• Harvard University
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Air Force National Laboratories Technical
  Fellowship Program

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AF Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)

• Programs (Continued)
• Senior Developmental Education (SDE)
• Air War College
• Industrial College of the Armed Forces
• Industrial College of the Armed Force Senior
  Acquisition Course
• RAND Fellows
• Excellence in Government Fellows Program
• E-Government Fellows Program

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AF Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)

• Senior Developmental Education (SDE) (Continued)
• Alfred P. Sloan Fellows, MIT
• Stanford Sloan Program
• Princeton University
• Harvard University
• Masters Program
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Air Force National Laboratories Technical
  Fellowship Program

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AF Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)

• Responsibilities
• AF/A1
• Provide policy for CDE
• Functional Community
• Each functional Development Team (DT) will review
  and rank nominations to validate choice of
  schools and recommend follow-on out-placement
  assignment
• AFPC
• Manage nomination and selections for CDE
• Process the assignment of students to
  schools/programs
• Assist in follow-on placements

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AF Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)

• Responsibilities (Continued)
• Commanders and Managers
• Encourage employee participation
• Endorse highest potential
• Identify proposed post-utilization at time of
  nomination
• Employees
• Complete nomination package and verify accuracy
  of personnel records
• Agree to attend training other than preference
• Agree to accept follow-on assignment

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AF Civilian Developmental Education (CDE)

• Eligibility
• GS-12 and above or Pay Band 2/3 and equivalents
• Permanent grade
• Meet specific program eligibility criteria
• Attendance at non-PME long-term academic training
  limited to once in career (such as Sloane or MIT
  programs or LTFT)

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What can you do to help yourself?

• Apply for vectoring by the LAC/DT if you meet the
  criteria (bachelors degree, mobile)
• Next call will be late spring 09
• Great opportunity to get direct feedback from the
  leadership of your career field
• If you dont meet these criteria, request a
  vector from your organizational senior leadership
• Will help you see areas you need to work on
• Apply for programs like CDE, PME, CB
• AF is looking for people for senior positions
  who
• Have a degree (masters preferred)
• Have completed PME (either correspondence/in
  residence)
• Are MOBILE

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Your Logistics Career Field Resources

• Career Field Manager Ms Linda Sny, AF/A4RF, DSN
  225-6788
• Career Field Management Team (CFMT) Lead Tony
  Perez/AFPC/DPIAA, DSN 665-2498
• Other news AF mentoring program scheduled for
  redeployment in near future stay tuned for
  updates and participate!
• Best resource of all Your supervisor!

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Communicating with the LCFMT

• Logistics list server provides information
  regarding
• Training opportunities
• Policy changes and updates
• Sign up at
• http//ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/lists.asp
• E-Mail lccep_at_randolph.af.mil
• Logistics Career Field Management Team (LCFMT)
  website http//ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/
• At the search block enter 7385 for the
  Logistics Key Links
• Phone DSN 665-2498

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Other Current Initiatives

• Standard Position Descriptions (SPD)
• All AF personnel who are NSPS are required to use
  SPDs as soon as approved/published/posted
• AFMA website has a list of all approved logistics
  SPDs
• MANDATORY use very generic in nature
• Specifics will go in NSPS objectives
• AFMA working with CFM on spiral deployment of
  SPDs
• Logistics second biggest career field will take
  time
• AFPC will announce when all SPDs are posted
• AF/A4RF CoP has a great deal of information on
  civilian logistics force development as well
• https//afkm.wpafb.af.mil/ASPs/CoP/EntryCoP.asp?Fi
  lterOO-DP-AF-29

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Other Current Initiatives

• Civilian Deployments
• AF/A1 heading working group to quantify process
  for civilian deployments update/create policy
• Will provide comprehensive information on
  available opportunities, benefits, qualifications
• Great opportunity to career broaden
• Life Cycle Logistics Workforce Reconstitution
  AFSO-21 Event
• AFMC/A4 and AF/A4/7 co-chairing team chartered to
  revitalize the shrinking acquisition log
  workforce (mil civ)
• Sub-teams focused on Workforce, Policy/Processes,
  Organizations
• Much work already accomplished
• Plan to have products for AF AFMC approval and
  deployment in FY09

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Questions?

• Thanks for your interest attention!

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Workforce Management Panel Roles
Responsibilities
Mission Develop the requirements for the
accession, recruitment, competencies and
credentials for logistics positions. Analyze and
assess the career field demographics and make
recommendations to fill identified gaps.

• Workforce category roadmaps
• Standard Position Descriptions (SPDs)
• Senior logistician roadmaps
• Competency tool development
• Develop/updates to CFETPs

• Requirements development
• Career Field Demographics
• Analysis
• Results Assessment
• Recruiting (PAQ, SCEP, etc)

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BACK-UPS
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Workforce Development Panel Roles
Responsibilities
Mission Recommend policy and plans for
training/education, civilian development plans
(CDPs) and experiential programs for logistics
positions. Vector the Logistics civilian
workforce individuals based on CDPs and approved
CFETP Templates.

• Training/Education Policy/Plan
• Vector ROE/Action Pan
• Data Call /Timing
• EMA Comm Plan
• Local Vectoring Framework
• Experiential Program Policy
• CB Apportionment Review

• Review CDPs
• Vector Personnel
• EWI/LTFT/CB etc
• CSLP
• CB/LEP
• Placement/Outplacement Recommendations

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High Level Processes
Feedback
WfM Workforce Management WfD Workforce
Development