PROGRAM ANALYST

About the company

This position may be subject to organizational compensation limits as identified in the organization's CCAS business rules or separate compensation management strategy. ACC delivers contracting solutions in order to support the Army and unified land operations- anytime and anywhere. ACC enables Army readiness through global, expeditionary contracting support to warfighters.

Your tasks

• Serve as the Principal Program Analyst within the Foreign Military Sales Division (FMSD) for the Contracting Operations Directorate (CONOPS), at Headquarters Army Contracting Command (HQ ACC).
• Perform systematic analytical studies and evaluates the headquarters and subordinate organization's input to continuously improve upon the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funding performance and related initiatives.
• Ensure adequate funds control and effective execution of appropriations available to the organization by establishing and maintaining internal methods and procedures.
• Exercise leadership and project management principles to communicate information and coordinate assessment planning for long and short range strategic organizational goals, objective and metrics.
• Attend meetings and conferences representing headquarters ACC requiring extensive preparation to exchange information in budget formulation, defending the budget, preparing issue sheets and justifications to any proposed cuts.

Requirements

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees 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 All Current Federal Employees MUST attach a current SF-50 for consideration. Without a SF-50, your application will be considered incomplete. In order 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Developing internal methods, procedures, and controls for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to ensure adequate funding appropriations are available to the organization; AND 2) Executing current or long-range operating plans within assigned areas; AND 3) Providing financial/program over-site to organization leadership, peers, and subordinates; AND 4) Communicating program status, risks, and opportunities to organizational leadership. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service NH-03 (GS-13).

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 NH-03 (GS-13).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.