Program Analyst.

About the Role

Serves as Program Analyst in the Programs Management Branch with responsibility and authority for the formulation, justification, and execution, tracking and monitoring of the District's Civil Works Program.

Responsibilities

• Interpret new and established directives, instructions, regulations, and delegations of authorities for potential impact on major program objectives.
• Prepare draft and final justification documents that go to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress.
• Prepare narrative and statistical material, exhibits, and related background information.
• Monitor the execution (i.e., obligations and expenditures of program funds) of the approved program for optimum utilization.
• Develop the current year program and monitor and track obligations and expenditures throughout execution.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• This position requires a 1-year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

Only applicants who meet one of the following employment authority categories are eligible to apply:

• Current Civilian Employees of the Command
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

Qualifications

To qualify, you must meet the experience 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). Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes:

• Maintaining highly complex project life cycle schedules with coordination from Project Managers, Budget Analysts, and Program Managers utilizing scheduling software.
• Quality assurance of complex substantive management technical analyses involving the management of corporate data using a Scheduling system.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11 or above).

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone—no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Competencies

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Accountability
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork
• Time Management

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.

Additional Information

• This is a Limited Area of Consideration for applicants that are Current Civilian Employees of the Command, USACE, and the other employment authority categories listed above.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• This is a(n) 18 Career Field position.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit Permanent Change of Station (PCS) for more information. PCS allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Relocation (offered to current Federal employees only) / Recruitment Incentives (offered to new Federal employees only).
• Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.