Lead Program Analyst

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serve as Senior Program Analyst for Civil Works Management Division.

Responsibilities include providing guidance and overseeing Major Subordinate Command program development, defense and execution for the complete range of water resource projects in a specified geographic region covering all or parts of ten western states and nearly one-fifth of the land mass of the contiguous forty-eight states.

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 Department of Army Civilian Employees 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 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.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes analyzing program fund requests; planning budget development and defense activities for water resource, flood control, navigation, water supply, environmental restoration, environmental infrastructure, or multipurpose projects for flood control projects; AND providing Civil Works program execution oversight to assure coordination and execution.

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).

Major Duties:

• Develop criteria and guidance for performance-based budgeting and recommends major decisions with reference to the development of the program.
• Review and analyze study and project priorities, planning, engineering, and construction schedules, project cost estimates, justifications and supporting data submitted by Districts.
• Respond to questions from Legislative and Executive Office, providing information about justification, consequences of program changes, or policies in support of annual appropriation requests.
• Manage the distribution and utilization of appropriated funds.
• Ensure that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.