Program Analyst (Data Governance) Job in Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job)

Vacancy No. AC-25-12596815-CD Department AmeriCorps
Salary $83,000.00 to $90,000.00 Grade 3 to 3
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 11/4/2024 Close Date 11/19/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job)


Summary

This position is located in the Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Office of Information Technology, Office of the Chief Data Officer. This is virtual opportunity can be performed from any duty station.

Pay will be determined based on the duty location of the position. Remote employees will receive the locality rate associated with the location of their remote worksite, typically the employee's place of residence.

See the 'Additional Information' section for more remote work details.

Duties

Data Governance and Compliance

  • Lead cross-functional projects by convening and meeting regularly with subject matter experts (SMEs) from various departments to inform and collaborate to improve data quality and usage across the organization. This includes scoping and defining actionable data governance projects to be addressed through the data governance framework.
  • Execute data governance projects by building, maintaining, and leveraging project management tools like Microsoft Planner.
  • Associated project management responsibilities include building and assigning tasks, communicating requirements and changes to responsible parties, assigning, and driving deadlines, and consulting with Subject Matter Experts across the agency, particularly in cases where in-depth programmatic understanding needs to be coupled with governance and data work.
  • Develop and implement data governance policies and procedures by establishing guidelines for data usage, quality, and privacy using industry standards such as NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals). Conduct data quality assessments by evaluating data accuracy, completeness, and reliability through systematic assessment methods like data audits and using tools available within the AmeriCorps Information Model (AIM) environment (e.g., Purview, Synapse, Profisee, etc.).
  • Implement data quality improvement processes by leveraging the Data Governance Framework to identify and address data quality issues using tools like Purview, Synapse, Profisee, etc., leading to enhancement of AmeriCorps data.
  • Manage data governance tools and practices by managing and maintaining business glossaries, data catalogs, and master data policies, processes, and data elements to enable comprehensive data governance and stewardship practices across the organization.

Communication & Cross-Office Collaboration
  • Collaborate with various stakeholder to identify data governance needs and priorities. Establish and facilitate collaborative working groups to define and govern critical data elements, controlled vocabularies, and mastered data throughout their lifecycle.
  • Act as a liaison across organization boundaries to ensure cohesive data governance practices, safeguard data, and foster data stewardship.
  • Provide training and support to data stewards on data governance practices and methods utilizing the AmeriCorps Data Governance Framework.
  • Consult with agency offices to contextualize the impacts of different data types on the results from a data governance perspective (e.g., if sensitive data are part of an analytic project, advise users that the data must have disclosure avoidance methods applied to them before they can be shared publicly).
  • Collaborate with stakeholders by using the data governance framework to execute data governance projects involving various departments and teams to establish data standards and ensure compliance with data policies.

Contracting Officer Representative
  • Function as an expert technical authority and decision maker with responsibility for planning, formulating, implementing, and evaluating effective business planning and use of contracted products and services to accomplish program mission requirements.
  • Determine and describes program contracting needs, while complying with the Contracting Officer's recommendations and statutory and regulatory provisions including, but not limited to, competitive acquisition practices, small business opportunities and reliance on commercial products and services.
  • Reassess needs for existing contracts in light of shifts in Departmental goals and plans, then determines and executes corrective action as appropriate.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Must obtain and maintain a Non-Sensitive/Moderate risk level of security investigation and clearance.
  • Must file a financial disclosure statement, SF-450 in accordance with agency requirements.
  • Must hold COR Level II certification.

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.
  • Must be telework ready. See the ADDITIONAL INFORMATION section for more details regarding the agency's current full-time telework status.
  • A financial disclosure is required for this position.
  • Dates of employment, including beginning and end dates in the following format: month/day/year, must be included on resume.
  • Must hold COR Level II certification.

Qualifications

AmeriCorps uses an experience-based process to set pay for employees. Experience is evaluated and credited using the employee's résumé. To ensure that all of your prior work experience (e.g., internships, volunteer work, details, part-time, self-employment, secondary jobs, etc.) is considered and accounted for, please ensure that your résumé covers the following:

To qualify at the mid range of the NY-3/GS-11 level or equivalent, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience at the next to lower pay band/ grade level NY-2/GS-9 or equivalent under other pay systems. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements and minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Applicants must have one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to successfully perform the duties of the position, in either federal or non-federal service performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:

1. Lead cross-functional projects across teams/departments to improve data quality and usage across the organization.
2. Act as a liaison across an organization to ensure cohesive data governance practices, safeguard data, and foster data stewardship.
3. Function as a technical authority and decision maker with responsibility for planning, formulating, implementing, and evaluating effective business planning and use of contracted products and services to accomplish program mission requirements.


Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps VISTA) 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.

Resume: You must submit a resume that clearly demonstrates you have experience that meets the requirements of this position.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience.

Must hold COR Level II certification, submit certification with application.

Additional information

Remote Status: This position is eligible for full-time remote work based on the duties of the position. If selected, employees must sign a remote work agreement prior to onboarding that details remote working conditions and expectations for the position. As agency remote work policies are finalized and/or evolve, there may be additional guidance and requirements for the position. After hire, employees must follow the requirements in the agency's change of duty station policy when changing duty stations. Some remote positions may require the employee's worksite to be within a specified geographic area to fulfill positions needs.

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.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

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:

  • Data Governance
  • Decision Making
  • Oral and Written Communication
  • Performance & Evaluation/Process Improvement

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."

Required Documents

  • Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional),
  • Verification of COR Level II certification,
  • Veterans' Preference Documentation (DD-214, VA Letter, and SF-15 if claiming 10-point preference; DD-214 if claiming 5-point preference), if applicable,
  • For Merit Promotion Eligibility: SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (must indicate tenure and position occupied), if applicable,
  • Documentation supporting eligibility for Non-Competitive appointment, e.g., Schedule A (severely disabled), eligible veterans (VRA or 30-percent or more disabled), VISTA, Peace Corps, etc., if applicable

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire, which is available to preview here https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12596815, along with submitting the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 11/19/2024.

  • To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
  • Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
  • It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
  • To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the Agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
  • To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.

Agency contact information

Candice Dow
Phone
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Email
CDow@cns.gov
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Next steps

Once the occupational questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful, however, you must also include a resume and any other documents that are applicable to you under the "Required Documents" section of this vacancy announcement. After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your status via email. Please be aware that emails could reside in your "junk," "bulk," or "spam" mail folder, depending on your filters. You will be notified of the final outcome.


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