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Posted: January 6, 2026 (9 days ago)

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MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Naval Air Systems Command

Department of the Navy

Recent

Location

Salary

$143,913 - $197,200

per year

Closes

January 12, 2026

GS-12/13 Pay Grade(Career Ladder)

Entry salary: $74,441 | Full performance (GS-13): up to $115,079

Career ladder: Start at GS-12 and advance to GS-13 with experience.

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves advising senior leaders in the Navy's aviation command on quickly acquiring services and products to support military operations, while developing policies, leading studies, and ensuring smooth implementation across teams.

A good fit would be someone with experience in government or defense project management who enjoys strategic planning, problem-solving, and working with experts to meet tight deadlines for warfighter needs.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12/13 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
  • Expertise in acquisition of services for rapid technical solutions supporting military operations
  • Ability to direct and coordinate efforts of experts in developing and implementing acquisition policies and procedures
  • Skills in advising on strategic planning, policy effectiveness, and business objectives integration
  • Experience leading command-wide studies, developing strategic plans, and authoring reports or briefings
  • Proficiency in negotiating innovative plans, resolving conflicts in schedules, funding, and resources
  • Knowledge of performing research, analyses on costs, schedules, performance, and recommending resource procedures

Full Job Description

You will serve as a MANAGEMENT ANALYST in the Rapid Acquisitions Department of NAWCAD WEBSTER OUTLYING FIELD.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12/13 grade level or pay band DA-05 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Serves as a principal advisor to NAWCAD WOLF organization senior leadership with respect to the acquisition of services as it pertains to WOLF rapid technical solutions and products provided in support of the warfighter.

2) Directs, integrates and coordinates the efforts of a variety of experts at the Division and Command level in the development and implementation of Command acquisition policies, processes and procedures.

3) Advises managers and supervisors on effectiveness of strategic planning processes and policies for acquisition.

4) Works closely with leadership to effectively implement business and strategic objectives into the day-to-day work execution policies for current and future program needs.

5) Formulates ideas for new policies and processes based on knowledge of NAWCAD acquisition requirements.

6) Leads Command-wide studies and develops strategic plans to address current and future services acquisition requirements.

7) Authors reports, provides progress reviews, and briefs WOLF leadership on study outcomes.

8) Develops plans to execute study recommendations and provides periodic reports on implementation progress to date.

9) Negotiates with WOLF leadership to accept and implement controversial or innovative strategic plans.

10) Provides a key role in integrating efforts and functions to ensure implementation consistency across the Command.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

  • You will advise management and colleagues on difficult problems, conducts special studies, proposes options and alternatives, and represents the command.
  • You will manage project/program requirements, objectives, and metrics; and resolves conflicts among schedules, funding, and resources.
  • You will develop NAVAIR/DoN program policies, resolves critical problems or issues related to policy application, and coordinates major program functions within the NAVAIR, DoN, and subordinate installations.
  • You will perform research tasks to obtain a variety of cost, schedule, and performance data.
  • You will conduct analyses to derive relationships among system parameters, schedule variations, and costs.
  • You will recommend procedures for preparing, documenting, validating, and presenting resources requirements to higher authority.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/6/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12858370-26-GHC