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Management and Program Analyst

DLA Careers
Battle Creek, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/22/2026
Summary

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Duties

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  • Serve as the primary coordinator for key administrative functions such as hiring, budget planning, timekeeping, and contract management, providing essential guidance and procedures.
  • Prepare and track all personnel changes within the organization, from processing hiring actions to employee onboarding, while maintaining official rosters and organizational charts.
  • Manage organizational tasks and evaluate all directorate correspondence for correctness and strategic focus.
  • Analyze and manage the complete organizational budget, process Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), and act as the main point of contact for all audit inquiries and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
  • Interpret Department of War and Defense Logistics Agency’s policies to develop and maintain the directorate's Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), ensuring critical business functions can be resumed swiftly after a disaster.
  • Manage the content for the directorate's internal and external websites, ensuring all information is displayed professionally and all links and contact details are accurate.
  • Act as a key advisor to the Director and Deputy on business correspondence and briefing materials, and coordinate all external visits with Directorate, Headquarters (HQ), and Local Command.

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
  • Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
  • Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
  • Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
  • Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
  • Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Management and Program Analyst, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

  • Manages core administrative and financial operations, including hiring, budgeting, contracts, audits and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) responses to ensure organizational efficiency.
  • Oversees all directorate correspondence, assignments, and web content, advising senior leadership to ensure all communications are accurate and aligned with strategic goals.
  • Performs analysis to develop and execute operating programs. Plans and conducts studies to evaluate and recommend improvements to program effectiveness and efficiency.

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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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