Program Analyst

Summary

This position is in the Bureau of Consular Affairs Passport Services Directorate Passport Issuance Operations Office of Management Analysis and Coordination Management and Process Analysis Division(CA / PPT / I / MAC / MP). The mission of the Division is to analyze operations and help create an efficient Passport network through standardizing and streamlining processes sharing best practices and enhancing coordination.

Duties

• Responsible for directing implementing coordinating or overseeing one or more of a variety of management programs impacting the Bureau.
• Plans and conducts special studies personally or through team members provides advice to managers of headquarters functions and develops and evaluates policies in assigned areas of responsibility.
• Determines the applicability and effect of new or proposed legislation executive orders departmental directives and other agency decisions on Bureau operations managerial programs and requirements.
• Advocates Bureau views and policy positions takes note of opposing points of view and develops oral and written reports for Bureau management.
• Designing and implementing systematic communication structure to ensure that policy / guidance / direction from CA / PPT senior management is conveyed.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.

NOTE : Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements : Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions per 5CFR 300 Subpart F.

Applicants applying for the GS-11 grade level must meet one of the following requirements :

A. Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following :

OR

B. Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. from an accredited college or university.

OR

C. Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience (as described above) which is equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal Service. This experience and education together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.

Combination of Experience and Education : When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements. Generally 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study). The percentage of specialized work experience and the percentage of graduate study must total at least 100%.

Note : All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement. If you fail to provide requested information or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility you may lose consideration for this position.

Applicants applying for the GS-12 grade level must meet one of the following requirements :

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following :

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-12 position.

Applicants applying for the GS-13 grade level must meet one of the following requirements :

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following :

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.

Education

See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.

Additional information

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits.

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Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Project / Program Management,Program Management,Data Collection,Military Experience,Microsoft Powerpoint,Earned Value Management,Sharepoint,Microsoft Project,Budgeting,DoD Experience,Financial Management,Contracts

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 74678 - 159575