Duties

As a Management and Program Analyst provides strategic level planning support and direction to DOL, including DOL field units (Bases, Base Detachments, etc.) for present and future requirements for facilities, budget, work force and organizational performance programs.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Preparing, reviewing, validating, coordinating and assisting Coast Guard Directorates, DOL, Program Managers, Service and Logistics Centers, and Base representatives with resource requirements which include long-term shore and infrastructure planning, development of interim sourcing recommendations, and facility solutions.
• Serving as a stakeholder sponsor for Shore Infrastructure requirements related to mission support functions and services.
• Preparing, coordinating, and presenting issue papers, briefings, reports, memoranda, and letters, including background analysis and visual aids, to provide senior management with authoritative advice and guidance needed to make major planning decisions.
• Planning and/or conducting various studies and evaluation activities related to DOL enterprise Facilities, Manpower, Budget and Organizational Performance programs, based on operations and changing program requirements, obtaining necessary information through on-site visits, reports, review of known or suspected problem areas, contacts with field and other appropriate sources.
• Collecting, reviewing, evaluating, and interpreting data and conducts random sample inspections using statistical techniques to verify conformance. Presenting summary reports to DOL senior management outlining options and recommendations through briefings, staff reports, project papers, etc.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• A one-year probationary period may be required.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. This includes Time-In-Grade requirements for current status employees applying through merit promotion procedures. Status applicants applying for a promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-13 grade level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: planning and executing work; developing and establishing guidance for carrying out program functions and effects; direct, administer, implement, manage, analyze, and execute the assessment activity; formulation of policy and procedures governing the establishment of action plans and measures for accessing performance; standardizing and evaluating managerial policies and procedures related to programs/systems.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your résumé, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Additional information

Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment.

DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here

Recruitment incentives may be authorized.

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. Veterans , Peace Corps / VISTA volunteers , and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 917-426-3548

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