Management and Program Analyst

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Accountability, Resource and Planning Integration Division, located in Washington, DC.

Qualifications:

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

• Supporting planning, programming, budgeting, and accountability activities by monitoring and reporting progress toward organizational goals.
• Assisting in updating planning, programming, budgeting, and accountability policies and providing resource management advice to leadership.
• Delivering briefings and presentations to management on program resource requests.
• Helping integrate evidence-based management techniques into planning, programming, budgeting, and accountability processes per the Evidence Act.
• Conducting analytical studies to assess and recommend improvements to planning, programming, budgeting, and accountability and related policies.
  

NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements.

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.

You must:

• Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and
• Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 05/26/2026.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution of controlled substances. For additional information on the preemployment process, review the following link: Applicant Resources | CBP Careers

Residency: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years. If you do not meet the residency requirement and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two of the last five years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency waiver by meeting one or more of the following conditions:

• Working for the U.S. Government as a federal civilian or as a member of the military
• A dependent who was authorized to accompany a federal civilian or member of the military who was working for the U.S. government
• Participation in a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. affiliated college or university
• Working as a contractor, intern, consultant or volunteer supporting the U.S. government

Probationary Period: All employees new to the federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his/her initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment. Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period.

Responsibilities:

Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to utilize your expertise in providing expert knowledge, substantiative expertise in methods, practices, laws, regulations, and policies affecting the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Accountability (PPBA) framework for CBP. This position starts at a salary of $121,785.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $158,322.00 (GS-13, Step 10). Apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen the Department's ability to perform homeland security functions by serving on a team of integrators with responsibilities for facilitating a wide variety of PPBA efforts utilizing advanced management and data analytics techniques.

In this Management and Program Analyst position you will become a key team member of Homeland Security professionals involved in assisting policy makers in developing, evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting policies to resolve complex resources and evidence building problems of agency wide significance and impact; analyzing major administrative aspects of substantive, mission-orientated programs; generating and applying new hypotheses and concepts to improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations; and resolving complex policy questions.

Typical Work assignments include:

• Facilitating and integrating CBP Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Accountability (PPBA) phase activities and resource management across the agency.
• Developing methods to monitor, assess, forecast, and report progress toward achieving organizational PPBA goals and objectives.
• Supporting the advancement of research, evaluation, and answering questions of strategic importance to CBP and DHS leadership; and planning, advising on, and/or implementing program evaluations conducted under the Evidence Act.
• Supporting the advancement of evidence and evaluation capacity building in CBP, including integrating evidence-based management techniques in accordance with the Evidence-Based Policy Making Act.

Salary : $121,785