MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

General Experience DE-02 Level: Three years progressively responsible experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level, which includes 1) Utilizing knowledge of manpower or force management policies, and management processes. 2) Applying of fact-finding and investigative techniques to a wide variety of complex management problems. 3) Effectively communicating orally and through written materials with management and outside customers. This definition of general experience is typical of work performed at the next lower pay band level position in the federal service (DE-01 or GS-01 to GS-04).
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Education: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.
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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 36. Then divide your total number of completed undergraduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 120. Add the two percentages.

Specialized Experience at the DE-03 level: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Utilizing knowledge of federal manpower and force management policies, goals and objectives, management processes, key program events, and methods of predicting and assessing program accomplishments. 2) Implementing quantitative and qualitative methods and technique to analyze substantive mission programs. 3)Delivering effective communication and utilizing negotiation skills with management to accept and implement recommendations where the proposals may require extensive changes in established procedures and/or may conflict with the desires of the area studied. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower pay band level position in the federal service (DE-02 or GS-05 to GS-11 level).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.