Duties
The Management and Program Analyst provides analytical, project management, programmatic, and administrative support to the Executive Immediate Office by coordinating executive initiatives, monitoring cross-functional projects, conducting research and analysis, and preparing executive communications and briefing materials. The incumbent coordinates information among program offices, tracks executive priorities and action items, supports strategic planning activities, and assists with congressional and intergovernmental coordination to facilitate informed executive decision-making.
As a Management and Program Analyst, you will:
- Coordinate Executive Immediate Office projects, agency-wide initiatives, special projects, and working groups by planning and monitoring assignments, developing schedules, tracking milestones and action items, coordinating meetings and stakeholder engagement, and facilitating collaboration across program offices.
- Support strategic planning and executive initiatives by conducting research, collecting and analyzing information, coordinating input from program offices, preparing reports and briefing materials, monitoring progress toward organizational objectives, and identifying issues and recommendations for management consideration.
- Support congressional and intergovernmental activities by coordinating communications and responses to inquiries; preparing correspondence, briefing materials, and background information; and supporting hearings, briefings, meetings, site visits, and other engagements with congressional offices, elected officials, and governmental stakeholders.
- Coordinate agency responses, notifications, and communications for congressional offices and other external stakeholders, including requests for technical assistance on draft legislation and other matters, and coordinate internal review, clearance, and distribution of communication materials.
- Provide executive support to the Chief of Staff and Executive Immediate Office through project coordination, research and analysis, tracking executive priorities, and preparing executive reports, plans, policies, guidance, briefing materials, memoranda, and other communications.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- You must be a United States Citizen
- A 2-year probationary period is required for new Federal employees and supervisors.
- Merit Promotion and internal applicants must submit a SF-50 to verify Status and grade
- Satisfactory completion of a background investigation.
- A financial disclosure may be required for this position.
- Dates of employment, including beginning and end dates in the following format: month/day/year, must be included on resume.
Qualifications
Applicants must have one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the NY-02 pay band, which would be at or equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience performing the following responsibilities:
- Coordinating projects, programs, or organizational initiatives involving multiple assignments, stakeholders, deadlines, or action items, including coordinating information and activities across internal offices and/or external stakeholders;
- Conducting research, gathering and analyzing information, and preparing reports, briefing materials, correspondence, or other written products to support management decision-making; and
- Providing programmatic, administrative, or analytical support to management or senior-level officials in carrying out organizational priorities or initiatives.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Such experience must be clearly documented in the applicant's resume..
Education
This job has an education qualification requirement; education may be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level.
If you are qualifying based on education alone, you must have one full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement as defined by being in the upper third of your graduating class; or possessing a 3.0 GPA or higher over four years of education; or possessing a 3.5 GPA or higher during final 2 years of education. Such education must be from an accredited institution and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work. You must submit an unofficial copy of your college transcript. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. educational standards.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Additional information
Additional Selections: Additional selections may be made from this announcement or for similar positions across AmeriCorps. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) at AmeriCorps.
Military Selective Service Act: If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
Veteran's Preference: If you are claiming 5-point or 10-point veteran's preference, you must submit documentation described below in "Required Documents."
Special Employment Consideration: Persons with disabilities, disabled veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the Armed Forces, VISTA volunteers, some Peace Corps employees and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for noncompetitive appointment. If you are eligible and would like to be considered for one of these noncompetitive appointments, applicable documentation that supports your eligibility must be submitted with your application package.
Ethics Requirement: Our Agency is committed to the highest ethical standards and, as an employee you will be covered by the criminal conflict of interest statutes (18 U.S.C. 201-209) and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (5 C.F.R. part 2635). Additionally, you may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) or Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) within 30 days of your appointment date and on an annual basis thereafter.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. The applications that meet the basic qualifications will be evaluated further against the following criteria:
- Analytical Thinking
- Communication
- Organizational Awareness
- Partnering
- Planning and Organization
- Project Management
Important Note: Your resume must support your answers to the job specific questions. High self-assessment on the Occupational Questionnaire that is not supported by the information in your resume or supporting documents can/will result in elimination from further consideration. If you do not answer all of the job specific questions you will not be considered. Incomplete applications (resume and required supporting documents) will be considered ineligible.
Qualified applicants will be placed in one of the following three categories:
1 - Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements as described in the Qualifications section of this announcement.
2 - Well Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrates proficiency based on the answers to the job specific questions.
3 - Best Qualified Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and demonstrates high level proficiency based on the answers to the job specific questions.
NOTE: Status candidates will be considered under the provisions of the agency's Human Resources system which allows for:
1) Non-competitive referral of lateral candidates; and
2) The separation of status and non-status applicants for referral purposes.
Status candidates will be referred on one selection list only, i.e., either merit promotion or non-competitive. Non-status candidates who are eligible for Noncompetitive referral, e.g. Peace Corps, VRA, etc., will be referred under Noncompetitive procedures only. For Noncompetitive categories, See "Special Employment Consideration" below under "Other Information."