Management and Program Analyst

About the role

Incumbent serves as a management or program analyst for an organizational entity of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Incumbent provides analysis of assigned programs/management functions and identifies actual or potential problem areas, trends, accomplishments, issues and practices.

What you will do

• program planning, executive and control (ie. program/system planning and evaluation, program performance measurement); management improvement and control (ie. quality management, organizational planning and development, staffing utilization, productivity, manpower requirements, work improvement and work methods, work measurement and staffing standards development, records/information management); and business management and control.
• Develops procedures, systems, and methods on a variety of management functions and activities in one or more of the following areas - organizational planning and development, staffing utilization, productivity, work improvement and work methods, work measurement and staffing standards development, delegation of authority, goals and objectives, business management, financial tracking and/or information management.
• Plans, schedules and conducts analyses/studies of proposed program plans for accomplishing program activities.
• Determines from a programmatic perspective the viability, consistency and accuracy of plans and projections and conducts reviews to determine resource levels required to accomplish programs in a sound and efficient manner.
• Provides supporting rationale on the establishment or clarification of objectives.
• Ensures that plans are consistent with program guidance.
• Analyzes plans for programs under the organization's cognizance and recommends changes, as necessary, to ensure that comprehensive plans are kept current and reflect policies, priorities, goals and objectives of the organization.
• Conducts analyses in the review and evaluation of program activities.
• These analyses are conducted to ensure proper program integration and conformance to policy, completeness, and adequacy of operations in meeting goals and objectives.
• Prepares recommendations based on such reviews, and discusses recommended courses of action with program managers to resolve major problem areas.
• These recommendations include but are not limited to financial, programmatic interfaces, and impact of not meeting goals and objectives.
• Reviews and analyzes draft regulations, manual chapters and directives referred to the group for comment.
• Based on this analysis, refers proposed issuance to appropriate group for review; and collects and integrates the various responses.
• Establishes and maintains a tracking system to assure that all draft issuances are reviewed, consolidated, and comments submitted in a timely manner.
• Develops recommendations based on management studies and surveys, and discusses recommended courses of action with program managers to resolve problem areas.
• Reviews and analyzes new and proposed regulations to determine impact on program operations and management.
• Responsibilities may involve providing advice and support to management personnel for best utilization and reprogramming of resources, conducting cost versus benefits analyses, developing/maintaining financial tracking systems, monitoring expenditures and developing quarterly/annual/interim reports as required.
• Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow some discretion to select the most appropriate approach.
• Typically receives guidance on selecting approach from a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional.
• Refers problems and work issues to a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional when guidelines are not available or applicable.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Education Substitution: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related.

How you will be evaluated

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Documents you must provide

• You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, that verifies your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record.
• Required documents may be uploaded to your AVIATOR application, emailed to the Agency contact, or faxed on or before the closing date of the announcement.
• Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.
• If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement.
• You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application.
• If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
• If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system ***

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty.

FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. *** 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 Leadership and Management Dimension and Technical Requirement.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, 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 listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category rating, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Interviews: If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA