PROGRAM ANALYST

About the company

You will serve as a Program Analyst in the Executive Directorate, Code 100630 of NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY.

Your tasks

• You will support EMPDO special projects and urgent executive administrative requirements by researching, analyzing, and providing current and historical information for management responses.
• You will support command position management by importing Total Force Manpower Management System data and authorized Defense Civilian Personnel Data System elements.
• You will coordinate with Human Resources Specialists to resolve position-attribute discrepancies, manage Billet Identification Numbers, and review personnel actions for compliance.
• You will coordinate workforce analytics application improvements and validate position-summary data across all levels of the NRL command structure.
• You will serve as the primary administrator for NRL’s Conference Travel Program, maintaining procedures, advising employees, coordinating with stakeholders, and managing the SharePoint site.
• You will administer NRL’s MOA/MOU Program by assigning agreement numbers, ensuring proper format and reviews, maintaining records, and supporting compliance reviews.
• You will support Post-Doctoral Program cooperative agreements through financial report reviews, cost analysis, funding actions, expenditure monitoring, accruals, spend plans, and forecasts.
• You will coordinate and support administrative responses to executive-level data calls and taskings received through ETMS2 and other internal and external sources.
• You will administer the Jerome and Isabella Karle Distinguished Scholar Fellowship Program, including applicant compliance reviews, stakeholder coordination, and SharePoint records management.
• You will administer the Annual High Grade Promotion Call, analyze allocation history, coordinate nomination packages and notifications, and maintain program standard operating procedures.

Requirements

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower Pay Band (NO-02) or GS Equivalent (GS-5/10) grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Performing command-level administrative and executive support operations, including coordinating executive-level taskings and communications across a complex organization; managing high-priority data calls through enterprise tasking systems, such as ETMS2; maintaining official records on collaborative platforms, such as SharePoint; and developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); 2) Administering command-level programs and providing financial and contractual support, including travel, interagency agreements (MOAs/MOUs), fellowships, government contracts, and cooperative agreements; ensuring compliance with applicable federal and Department of Defense/Department of the Navy regulations; monitoring budgets; developing spend plans; processing financial actions; and conducting financial or cost analyses; and 3) Supporting position management and organizational manpower programs by using automated human resources information systems, such as the Total Force Manpower Management System (TFMMS) or Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS), to manage organizational manpower and personnel data and review personnel actions for policy compliance.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.