Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified high-potential, mid-level manager/executive, while contributing support to the mission and function of the Air Force.
It is not a continuing position and assignment duration is strictly NTE 36 months
DUTY 1 Performs Career Broadening assignments involved in Program Management, Strategic Planning, and Air Staff Action Officer Operations for the Air Force History and Museums Program Office (AF/HO). Serves as a Career Broadener responsible for independent planning, executing, and evaluating comprehensive program initiatives supporting the Air Force History and Museums Program at the Air Staff level.
Formulates and implements enterprise-wide strategies, policies, and guidance for Department of the Air Force (DAF) document collection, organization, and preservation to enhance operational readiness and historical preservation. Directs and coordinates highly complex administrative and mission-support functions, serving as the primary point of contact for AF/HO Organizational Change Requests (OCR), manpower management, and force structure issues.
Analyzes organizational efficiency and develops systemic plans, policies, and procedures to implement a robust internal self-inspection program. Acts as the principal Action Officer for Headquarters Department of the Air Force (HQ DAF) level issues, preparing executive-level briefings, correspondence, and staff packages for senior leadership. DUTY 2 Conduct Historical Research and Produce Scholarly Works Supporting DAF and DoW Strategic Objectives.
Serves as a technical authority and Career Broadener directing highly complex historical research and strategic analysis for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Employs advanced historiographic methods to independently plan, conduct, and publish classified and unclassified long-range studies, full-length monographs, and special analytical reports supporting DAF and DoW strategic objectives.
Engages senior leaders, Congressional staff, Combatant Commanders, and subject-matter experts to extract essential information, clarify operational context, and document the evolution of major policies and missions. Translates complex military operations in peace and war into actionable historical analysis used by senior Air Force officials to develop, evaluate, or modify enterprise policies.
Directs historical studies concerning the conservation and interpretation of sites holding major political, economic, and cultural significance. Formulates strategic plans to optimize internal AF/HO operations by evaluating document flow, IT capabilities, and researcher requirements, presenting organizational plans directly to the Director, AF/HO.
Manages internal quality control by verifying metrics, performing rigorous self-inspections, and presenting comprehensive reports with proposed corrective actions to Agency leadership. Represents the AF/HO as a recognized subject matter expert, serving on high-level panels, including judging the annual DAF History and Museum Program awards.
DUTY 3 Performs Career Broadening assignments involved with developing a strategic vision for the implementation of emerging technologies for Air Force History and Museums Program. Serves as the principal technology advisor and Career Broadener responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing the strategic vision for emerging technology integration across the Air Force History and Museums Program.
Formulates and executes a comprehensive, long-range digital roadmap that aligns history and museum technologies with Department of the Air Force (DAF) modernization priorities. Drafts, coordinates, and distributes enterprise-wide policy and operational guidance governing the deployment, security, and utilization of digital platforms and emerging technologies across all Air Force history offices.
Advises senior Air Force leadership and AF/HO officials on technology adoption risks, opportunities, and infrastructure investments. Leads periodic quantitative and qualitative analytical assessments of the Agency's web-base information services and digital repositories. Designs and implements robust feedback loops, metadata criteria, and statistical models to evaluate customer experience, platform usability, and information delivery effectiveness.
Synthesizes complex technical metrics into executive-level reports and briefings for the Director, AF/HO, outlining strategic recommendations to continuously improve system reach, security, and interface efficiency. DUTY 4 Carries out special projects and assignments designed specifically to meet the career broadening intent of the position.
Carries out highly complex, non-routine special projects and staff assignments designed specifically to meet the developmental and career-broadening intent of the position. Represents the strategic concerns of the Department of the Air Force and AF/HO at Department-wide decision forums, steering groups, interagency committees, and professional conferences.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Eligible applicants: Air Force Employee (Current Permanent Competitive Service Career/Career-Conditional Employee and Current Permanent AF DCIPS Employees with Reinstatement Rights to the Competitive Service) Area of Consideration is limited to current permanent internal Air Force employees currently serving in the History & Museum career field. All other candidates will be outside the area of consideration.
This assignment is temporary and limited in duration to 36 months. This vacancy announcement is for one formal career broadening opportunity in the History & Museum. The organizational location of this position is Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C.
afpc.careerbroadener.cft@us.af.mil
This position is with Air Force Civilian Career Training, Department of the Air Force.
The posted pay range is $121785 – $158322/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-10.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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