Management & Program Analyst

Summary

The position serves as a Management & Program Analyst, which performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of the Enterprise Services Deputy Director, AMK-001. Acts as a subject matter expert and contributing specialist on large work activities or as a project manager for large projects. This position performs most tasks independently.

Duties

• Applies experience and expert acquisition knowledge on policies, procedures, regulations, and issues/trends to management, Contracting Officer's Representative (CORs), task leads, and other program managers on all matters relating to the acquisition function. Contract will vary from contract support, performance based, and license/software renewal contracts. Typical assignments may include: tracking and analyzing data to ensure compliance with policies and procedures; providing guidance to less-experienced professionals in day-to-day operations; identifying, analyzing, recommending acquisition solutions for complex/difficult problems, contract management, assisting in establishing internal acquisition processes, serves as the COR for various service contracts, which includes providing oversight and direction related to contracts, and any associated acquisition automated systems. Develops new or modified work methods, internal controls, and automated work processes for the acquisition support functions. Facilitates and prepares contractual acquisition requests, while overseeing all ESC contract administration and contract awards. Works directly with the technical experts within the ESC to facilitate the acquisition process and to develop and review statements of work (SOW), independent government cost estimates (IGCE), single source justifications (SSJ), vendor quotes, contract vehicles, Technical Evaluation Plans, special contract terms and conditions, and contract specifications for compliance with regulations. Ensures all ESC acquisitions and annual renewal contracts are established and awarded in a timely manner. May perform Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) duties. Develops internal procedures for ESC business processes. Analyzes all aspects of the processes to ensure adherence to applicable policy, process efficiency, customer service impact and appropriate documentation of the work flow and consistent audit trails. Recommends changes as appropriate ensuring that applicable laws, regulations and departmental accounting policies are met and accuracy is maintained. Manages projects and work activities in accordance with milestones and goals. Plans, schedules, and conducts analyses/studies of proposed acquisition plans for accomplishing contractual activities. Conducts analyses in the review and evaluation of acquisition activities and prepares acquisition recommendations and guidance based on reviews. Researches and analyzes a variety of materials; coordinates background information; and prepares issue papers, reports, business case analysis, and/or charts to be presented to senior management. Broad policies and procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow for considerable discretion for the employee to select the most appropriate approach or develop new approaches. Work is reviewed at project completion to ensure policy compliance and alignment with project requirements. Supports executives, managers and customers in all phases of the acquisition process. Ensures that actions are appropriate and within current policy and regulations. Has broad discretion to ensure alignment organizational goals, policies, and the requirements of the project or other work activity. Contacts typically are internal (managers, technical experts, SMEs) and external (contracting officers (CO), vendors), with regular contacts among major subdivisions and LOB/SO to share/gather information, provide data and/or written analyses, explain regulations, explain status of assignments, and/or discuss customer's status. Often represents ESC as a principal point of contact to provide acquisition advice and guidance. Recommends solutions and strategies on major projects to senior management.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the FV-J (FG/GS 14/15) level, you must demonstrate in your application you possess one (1) year of Specialized Experience equivalent to FV-I (FG/GS 13) level. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized Experience includes: Gathers and presents information to management; plans, schedules, and tracks projects/task; experience in performing COR duties on contracts with significant dollar value and mission impact; experience developing and evaluating contracting packages and other acquisition-related documentation; experience in interacting with contracting officers in the management and evaluation of contract performance; identifying and recommending solutions for complex/difficult problems; and or recommending improvements to processes. ALSO Quality Ranking Factor (QRF): Well-qualified applicants will possess documented experience managing $100M+ Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Labor-Hour/Time & Materials contracts, and tracking core contract metrics to ensure on-time deliverable execution. Applicants should provide examples of Specialized Experience in their Work History. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Requirements

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

See qualifications required. KSA Information As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs and Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

How to apply

Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.