Management and Program Analyst

About this role

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service or its non-federal equivalency.

Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Analyzing administrative program operations, policies, and procedures to identify problems and recommend improvements; AND 2) Planning, coordinating, and monitoring program activities and tasks to ensure requirements and deadlines are met; AND 3) Researching and analyzing information from multiple sources and preparing reports, briefings, and recommendations for management; AND 4) Providing program management support by evaluating administrative, operational, or acquisition activities and recommending solutions.

.-OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION Applicants may qualify with 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree, OR a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. MUST PROVIDE A COPY TRANSCRIPTS- -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEA 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 qualify at the GS-12 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service or its non-federal equivalency.