Program Analyst (Program Manager)
About the company
This position is located in the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Human Resources Directorate, Military Personnel Division. The Military Personnel Division provides personnel administration support for military personnel associated with OSW. This position manages the assigned National Guard and Reserve personnel. These functions directly support the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) and those Defense Agencies and Department of War (DoW) field activities that WHS supports.
Your tasks
Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following: Advising on the Joint Duty Assignment List, monitoring compliance with Title 10, managing and tracking approximately 453 Joint Duty Assignment (JDA) billets, and ensuring the validity and availability of JDA billets with military departments. Provide policy guidance on the management of National Guard & Reserve military end-strength requirements and joint assignments. Participate in and initiate special projects, evaluate reports by analyzing facts, perform research, and recommend appropriate actions for unresolved issues. Stay current with regulations, legislation, and policies that affect military personnel management; analyzing and advising on courses of action in response to new plans, assessing the impact of mission changes, and preparing staff reports and presentations for senior leadership. Ensuring the accuracy of data used for joint manpower management.
Requirements
In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below. You may qualify at the GS-13 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability in: 1) using a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to assess and improve program effectiveness, including the ability to adapt analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to measure organizational productivity and improve plans and procedures; 2) applying pertinent laws, regulations, policies, and precedents that govern program support resources, as well as understanding the sequence and timing of key operational events; 3) designing, organizing, and conducting comprehensive studies to solve broad and severe operational issues including the ability to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations that may require extensive changes to established concepts or involve substantial organizational resources.
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. All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.
Your resume may not exceed two (2) pages. For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the duration of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Read more about what should I include in my federal resume at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, as part of their application package, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, indicating the service member is otherwise eligible and will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of submission.. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. This "certification" must include your rank, dates of active duty service, type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable), and date any terminal leave will begin. It must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible". Members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if they are on terminal leave.
Current or Former Political Appointees: Agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office.
Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. For entry at the GS-13 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in the Federal Service.
Other
Education Education cannot be substituted for experience.