Management and Program Analyst

Summary

This vacancy is for a Management and Program Analyst in the Office of the Secretary within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

• As a Management and Program Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Developing, interpreting, and implementing acquisition policies, procedures, and guidance for Department-wide application; participates in and leads Departmental and inter-agency working groups related to acquisition and program management initiatives. Conducting oversight, compliance, and audit-related activities to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, policies, and internal controls. Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to support program operations, implementation efforts, and continuous process improvement. Conducting studies and analyses of acquisition and charge card programs to identify issues, assess program effectiveness, and recommend improvements. Providing expert advice, guidance, and operational support related to acquisition and charge card program management activities. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Management and Program Analyst ZA-0343-4, FPL ZA-4, positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

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. This position is being filled using the Department of Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career path and pay band. The ZA-04 is equivalent to the GS-13/14 grade levels. To qualify at the ZA-04 level, you must meet the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-03 (GS-12 equivalent) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying Federal acquisition regulations and managing acquisition or Federal charge card programs, including operational support, audit and compliance, oversight, policy implementation, stakeholder coordination, and day-to-day program administration; AND Analyzing program operations, assessing effectiveness and compliance; AND Developing or implementing acquisition policy and guidance; AND Coordinating implementation activities with internal and external stakeholders; AND Providing technical advice on acquisition or charge card program matters. These qualifications must be clearly referenced in your resume. Failure to have all of the specialized experience will result in an ineligible rating. Highly Desirable Certifications (Quality Ranking Factors): Quality Ranking Factors are skills, knowledge, abilities, or other worker characteristics which could be expected to result in superior performance on the job. Quality ranking factors will not be used for screening but may be used as ranking criteria. Applicants with higher proficiency levels may rank above those with lower proficiency levels on a quality ranking factor. In addition to the minimum qualifications described above, the highly desirable certifications below are preferred: Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Professional (or equivalent Department of Defense DAWIA Contracting certification); AND Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM). NOTE: Failure to meet these preferred criteria will not disqualify an otherwise minimally qualified applicant.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. A probationary period may be required. Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/). If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. Bargaining Unit Position: No Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450): Yes Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) Expense: Will not be paid Drug Test Required: No License required: No Pre-employment physical required: No Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement unless eligible for special hiring authority, reinstatement eligible, non-current Federal employee applying as a VEOA eligible which do not require time-in-grade/band

Education

There's no positive education requirement. See Qualifications Above.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.The application process is as follows: To begin the application process, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. Note: To update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account (https://usajobs.gov). There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application.