MANAGEMENT & PROGRAM ANALYST

Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from current employees of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on a permanent or competitive term appointment only.

The successful candidate will perform analytical and evaluative work related to Region I programs, management systems and processes impacting various technical and administrative areas of the Region. Provides support functions in a variety of program areas including budget formulation, facility management, procurement, purchasing contract administration, and general administrative services.

Such duties include, but are not limited to:

1. Participate in the Region I budget formulation process. May serve as the alternate Funds Certifying Official. Develop and maintain budgeted staffing resource tables, including programmatic and organizational crosswalks.
2. May serve as a buyer, backup and/or procure a wide variety of supplies, services, materials, and equipment, ranging from moderately complex open market procurement of services. Prepares purchase orders, bank card purchase documents, reconciliations and delivery orders. May serve as the Level I Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and/or develop and analyze procurement requests, statements of work and cost estimates, review and approve invoices on assigned procurements.
3. Analyze data to capture lessons learned and provide improved methods and best practices and technical and administrative activities in the Region, and reports findings to senior analysts, supervisor and/or senior management.
4. Performs assessments of regional procedures, processes and activities to access compliance with program requirements, identifies areas for performance improvement, develops and recommends solutions for areas requiring improved internal controls.
5. May support the regional representative for the building leave by performing periodic office space inspections. Supports major organizational moves, changes, additions, or upgrades.

Conditions of employment

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

All information in your resume must be true and accurate.

Conditions of Employment:

• This is a Drug Testing position
• Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

GG-12, one year of specialized experience at the GG-11 level in the Federal service or equivalent in the private or public sector.
GG-11, one year of specialized experience at the GG-09 level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
GG-09, one year of specialized experience at the GG-07 level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
GG-07, one year of specialized experience at the GG-05 level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience is defined as experience that has provided the candidate with the knowledge of a wide range of management and/or program analysis tools, techniques and skills to perform complex management and program analysis work; knowledge of analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to measure program effectiveness; and experience organizing data and preparing variety of reports. In addition, experience that has provided knowledge of the federal budget and procurement processes sufficient to understand their relationship to financial plans.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Knowledge of federal procurements statues and regulations, governing procurement to purchase in procure and/or contract for a wide variety of good and services for use by the regional staff.
2. Knowledge of the principles, practices and processes of budget formulation and/or budget execution.
3. Ability to analyze, evaluate, and resolve programmatic issues or problems.
4. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the job requirements. Your application will be evaluated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to any vacancy questions to determine your level of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the job requirements. You must respond to all required application questions.

If you are among the top candidates for this position, your application will be referred to the hiring manager for possible interview and selection based upon the number of available vacancies to be filled in each office.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a concise resume that directly relates to this position.

The following documents are required for your application package to be complete. If you fail to provide any required documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

• Resume that includes: 1) personal information such as name, address, contact information; 2) education; 3) detailed work experience including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); and 4) other qualifications. Please limit your resume to 2 pages. See below for Additional Resume Information.
• Transcripts: If using education to substitute specialized experience, you must submit an official or unofficial copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application, if the position has a positive education requirement. Diplomas do not provide the information needed for determining qualifications and will not be accepted in lieu of transcripts.
• SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action): You must submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) to verify competitive status or reinstatement eligibility. This SF-50 should not be an award SF-50.

• Job title
• Name of employer
• Beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year) format
• Hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. We will pro-rate part-time employment in crediting experience.
• Concise, results-focused language for job duties, accomplishments, related skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable).
• Series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).

Next steps

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