STRATEGIC POLICY ANALYST

About this role

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administration and Management Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience include: (1) Working with social services delivery systems and concepts, principles and theories relating specifically to prevention of and response to suicide, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other areas of interpersonal violence and trauma; (2) Working with Congressional committee structures, legislative processes, and Air Force legislative liaison operations to evaluate the impact of proposed legislation, synthesize enterprise inputs via ETMS2, and author authoritative posture statements, senior executive briefings, and official DAF responses to Congressional inquiries; and (3) Working with a substantial body of administrative laws, federal statutes, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) mandates, Presidential Executive Orders, and Department of War (DoW) and Air Force regulations, policies, and precedents governing suicide prevention, sexual assault prevention and response, domestic violence, and trauma.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Knowledge of social services delivery systems and concepts, principles and theories relating specifically to prevention of and response to suicide, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other areas of interpersonal violence and trauma. Knowledge of research and analysis techniques, problem resolution, and development of concrete action plans to solve problems.