Program Analyst with Security Clearance

Duties Help * Advocate for service members, families, survivors, and the programs and policies that support them through legislation and congressional interactions. * Formulate legislative and congressional strategy to support the critical enduring needs the Total Force and their families. * Assist in the development of programs and policies for defense-wide service member and family support programs and services. * Analyze policies, procedures, budgets, and legislation to develop program goals, objectives, and performance measures in support of service members and their families. * Recommend program and budget changes and enhancements to meet the dynamic needs of service members and their families. * Respond to congressional correspondence, to include posture statements, views, reports, appeals, questions and inserts for the record, and legislative language to advance the concept of elevating service member and families' quality of life stature. * Prepare and advise personnel on congressional reporting requirements, decision briefs, action memos, and other pertinent material and data to facilitate decision making by senior executive level officials. Requirements Help Conditions of employment * Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Requirement. * Proof of U.S. Citizenship required. * Direct deposit of pay is required. * One year probationary period may be required. * Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determination, as determined by a background investigation. * This position is designated Non-Critical Sensitive (Secret) and requires a Tier 3 investigation favorably adjudicated. Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. * Current Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee

• Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes evaluating support programs reflecting the needs of service members and their families, interpreting legislation to plan new approaches and/or programs, developing policy, legislative and/or budgetary requirements for military community and family support programs, and resolving issues of potential significance or controversy. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). 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. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13). Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement. Additional information * Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. * Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. * Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. * You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference. * You may claim Military Spouse preference. * This position is not covered by a bargaining unit. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests : If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire