Management and Program Analyst

This vacancy is for a Management and Program Analyst in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Management (OPEM), Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Director of Administration (OCFO/DOA), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the Department of Commerce.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Leading major projects of comprehensive studies, evaluations and analyses of complex/controversial, or precedent-setting programs (e.g., Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy, Government Accountability Office/Office of the Inspector General (GAO/IG) Audits, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Records, Awards, Telework, Remote Work, Space & Facilities Management, Safety & Health, Workers Compensation, Wellness); and Analyzing and evaluating (on a quantitative or qualitative basis) the effectiveness of program operations in meeting established goals and objectives; and Anticipating, identifying, and leading the identification, design, and implementation of automated and modernized business processes; and Developing executive briefings, reports, and decision documents addressing complex organizational and programmatic issues; and Representing executive leadership in high-level engagements, interagency coordination, and external stakeholder interactions; and Resolving unusually complex problems, e.g., recommending solutions to problems or situations for which the cause is unknown or is conceptual in nature, requiring extensive research and analysis of facts or trends indicated by morale or production problems.