Management Analyst Job in Washington, DC

Vacancy No. HSJ-25-IMP-12748195 Department Government Accountability Office
Salary $99,297.00 to $157,820.00 Grade 2 to 2
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 6/23/2025 Close Date 7/7/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Washington, DC


Summary

This position is located in Government Accountability Office (GAO), Homeland Security and Justice (HSJ) Team. As the lead GAO team supporting congressional oversight of the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ), HSJ provides timely analyses, recommendations, and policy options to congressional and executive branch officials to improve federal policies and programs that deal with a wide variety of domestic and international homeland security, justice and law enforcement issues.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Internal to permanent GAO employees.

Duties

As aManagement Analyst, PT, 0343, 2, your typical work assignments may include the following:

  • Use qualitative and quantitative analytical skills to analyze, evaluate, and improve the efficiency of internal administrative, organizational, or management operations.
  • Analyze a variety of operations data to support technical operations and develop recommendations to support team initiatives and briefs those recommendations to HSJ management.
  • Develop and maintains databases and automated systems for tracking HSJ processes including staff reassignments, budget, training, and security clearances.
  • Conduct research of various alternatives and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative.
  • Develop recommendations and briefs those recommendations to management for approval.
  • Assist with customers inquiries regarding the teams' products and operations.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes. Must be a current GAO employee on a permanent appointment.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower band/grade, equivalent to the CS-I, PT-I, PE-I, AC-III level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience in qualitative and quantitative analysis to analyze, evaluate, and provide recommendations orally and in writing to improve the efficiency of team internal administrative operations, organization, and/or management. Experience must also demonstrate familiarity with using the GAO web applications and systems to 1) analyze data and systems to develop tracking spreadsheets and management reports; and 2) prepare written documents to support the staffing process. Do you have this experience?

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This is not a bargaining unit position.

Based on the staffing needs, additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement.

Travel and relocation expenses will not be paid for by the GAO.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: GAO provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request accommodation, please email ReasonableAccommodations@gao.gov.The U.S. Government Accountability Office's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

If you meet the qualification requirements stated above, you will be further rated based on your responses to the vacancy questions. Please make sure that your responses to the vacancy questions are supported in your resume. Please follow all instructions carefully. If you provide incomplete answers, fail to provide a narrative response to any vacancy question(s) that requires further explanation, or if your response to a vacancy question is "see resume", your rating may be affected or you may be determined ineligible.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

  • Information Management, Oral Communication, Program Management, and Written Communication

Required Documents

You must provide a complete application package which includes:

- Resume: must be created using the USAJOBS resume builder and show relevant work experience.
- Current GAO employees must submit their most recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent) showing tenure, type of service (competitive/excepted), as well as the highest grade/band held. The SF-50 must show that you are currently a GAO employee.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.

- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.

- Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.- You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.

To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.

If you are unable to apply online, please contact Yvette Jackson at JacksonY@gao.gov or 4046791913 by 4 p.m. on the closing date of the announcement.

For technical issue with USAJOBS: Please refer to the USAJOBS help page.

Agency contact information

Yvette Jackson
Address
Government Accountability Office
Human Capital Office
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20548
US

Next steps

After the closing date of this announcement, GAO's Human Capital Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications by reviewing your assessment questionnaire and resume to complete an analysis. Please be as complete and thorough as possible. If your application is rated "best-qualified," your name will be referred to the selecting official for consideration. At this point you may be contacted for an interview.

If you do not meet the key requirements and/or basic qualifications or you fail to submit all required application materials, your application will not be considered.


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