Education Policy Analyst, GS-301-13/14 FPL 14 (DE) Job in Washington, DC

Summary

This job is open to

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

  Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

• The public

  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As an Education Policy Analyst, GS-301-13, you will be responsible for:

•    Serving as Board staff advisor on the NAEP Authorization Act, advising Board leadership when questions arise related to the legislation, tracking Board recommendations for updates for the NAEP law and supporting communications with Congress regarding questions on the NAEP law.
•    Assisting the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director in monitoring and responding, as needed, to changes in the assessment landscape at the federal and state level that may impact NAEP and for which the Board has responsibility.
•    Assisting the Deputy Executive Director in tracking key themes, deliverables and action items from each Board meeting, including reviewing meeting transcripts to confirm accuracy, tracking Board requests for follow up from NCES or Board staff, and identifying topics that require updates or discussion at future meetings.
•    Maintaining collaborative, productive partnerships with the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Council of Great City Schools to ensure that the Board's state and TUDA policy task forces are substantively engaged and help the Board understand how critical stakeholders view and use NAEP.
•    Preparing scopes of work, as needed, for procuring contractor assistance related to the Board's work with federal, state and local policymaking

As an Education Policy Analyst, GS-301-14, you will be responsible for:
•    Serving as the Board's principal advisor on federal, state and district policy impacting NAEP and as primary Board staff liaison to Congressional staff, state education agency leaders, and school district leaders.
•    Serving as the lead staff member in building and sustaining Governing Board relationships with key congressional offices, developing proactively communications strategies including meetings and briefings about Governing Board priorities, reviewing proposed and pending federal legislation and budget recommendations.
•    Monitoring and recommend responses, as needed, to changes in the assessment landscape at the federal and state level that may impact NAEP and for which the Board has responsibility.
•    Tracking key themes, deliverables and action items from each Board meeting, including reviewing meeting transcripts to confirm accuracy, tracking Board requests for follow up from NCES or Board staff, and identifying topics that require updates or discussion at future meetings.
•    Preparing scopes of work, as needed, for procuring contractor assistance related to the Board's work with federal, state and local policymaking

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Relocation will not be paid.
• You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Must be a US Citizen.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement. To verify that you meet these requirements, we will review your responses to the core eligibility questions on the occupational questionnaire, as well as your submitted resume and required documents. To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week. 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).

Conditions of Employment

TELEWORK ELIGIBILITY:

• You may be eligible for occasional telework in which you are required to report to the office on a regular basis. Participation must be requested and approved by the supervisor and there must be a signed telework agreement. The number of telework days approved is determined by the agency policy, emergency situations, the approval of your immediate supervisor. You must have access to high speed internet and cell phone service meeting current Agency policy from the approved work location.  

How You Will Be Evaluated

Required Documents

How to Apply

Step 1: Create a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) at www.usajobs.gov.

Step 2: Create a resume using the USAJOBS resume builder. Ensure that your resume demonstrates your education, experience, training, and accomplishments as it relates to the qualifications for this position and substantiates your responses to the occupational questionnaire.

Step 3: Upload any required documents into your USAJOBS account (must be less than 3MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, or Word (DOC or DOCX)).

Step 4: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire and attach any required documents. Verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBS transfer into the agency's hiring system. You will have the opportunity to upload any additional required documents in the agency's hiring system. Click “Finish” to submit your application.

NOTE: You may update your application or required documents at any time while the announcement is open by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking on "Application Status," clicking on the position title, clicking "Update Application,” and following the prompts.

In order to receive consideration for this position, you must submit your complete application, including all required documents, by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. If the vacancy announcement has an application limit, we recommend that you submit your complete application at the time of initial application. We will not accept any required documentation after the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

If you have any questions regarding submitting your application, please contact the HR Specialist listed under the Agency Contact Information.

Next steps

As an applicant, you may check your application status through your USAJOBS account at any time.  We will also notify you via email of your application status at three key stages in the recruitment process.
1.    Once the vacancy announcement closes, we will inform you that your application has been received.
2.    After we review your submitted resume and supporting documentation, we will inform you if you are eligible and qualified, if your application was referred to a subject matter expert or panel of subject matter experts for further evaluation, and if you were amongst the most highly qualified candidates referred to the selecting official.
3.    Finally, we will inform you of your final disposition for this announcement (e.g., if/when a selection is made, if/when the announcement is cancelled).