Foreign Military Sales Specialist

What you will be doing:

• Apply a full range of Information Assurance IA, SA, FMS, Section 1206/1203, Special Defense Acquisition Fund (SDAF), and Building Partner Capacity (BPC) acquisition program management concepts, philosophies, policies, procedures, guidance, and practices to perform a wide range of acquisition and logistics management activities in support of the existing and future Directorate FMS programs.
• Assist with acquisition strategy planning; preparation and coordination of Pricing and Availability (P&A) data; Request for Information (RFI) responses; feasibility and trade studies; Program Contracting Officer Letters (PCOLs), Comprehensive Performance Management (CPMs), and IMSs; risk assessments/ reports; Life Cycle Management Plans (LCMPs); Program Protection Plans (PPPs); and other relevant FMS-peculiar plans, documentation, reports, studies, data products, and correspondence.
• Assist with case acquisition program planning, scheduling, implementation, execution, and risk management.
• Assist in executing both the directorate-wide self-assessment program and other relevant internal/external FMS case assessment and reporting programs.
• Communicate information to relevant directorate senior staff and program offices, internal/external command and functional support agencies, and key stakeholders as required to ensure compliance with applicable FMS policies, directives, procedures, and guidance.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining FMS-peculiar Operating Instructions (OIs,), guides, and process models, including the development and maintenance of self-inspection/assessment processes, procedures, and checklists.
• Assist in developing and maintaining relevant action items, risk management, and critical path model databases, tracking and reporting systems.
• Assist in successfully preparing for and executing scheduled and no-notice Unit Compliance Inspections (UCIs) and Operational Readiness Inspections (ORIs).
• Assist with initiation and development of requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex FMS cases where little to no current processes exist.
• Consult with clients to define requirements and/or problems that are not typical of FMS.
• Conduct surveys to collect and analyze data to provide recommended solutions of highly complex FMS challenges.
• Assist in the development and implementation of systems acquisition streamlining policy.
• Advise senior SAPMs and the branch/section chief in the development and execution of various types of FMS international programs.
• Advise on application or revisions to current policies and regulatory material for use across AFMC impacting unique types of FMS initiatives.
• Identify and develop improvements to highly complex processes in the acquisition and FMS community within the context of extreme time pressures, conflicting requirements, and resource limitations for which no closely related precedents exist.
• Participate in conferences and meetings as an FMS subject matter expert advisor to the senior program team.
• Assist in managing and tracking FMS manpower within the directorates and divisions. 

What you will need:

• Be proficient in the use of FMS-specific software and Management Information System (MIS) applications, to include but not limited to Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate On Line and DSAMS/SAMRS applications, to produce databases, spreadsheets, graphics, and other specialized products to facilitate the use of standardized automated forms, materials procurement, maintenance, and disposition reports, and other periodic or ad hoc reports. 
• Secret Clearance required