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MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Defense Health Agency

Department of Defense

Fresh

Salary

$121,785 - $158,322

per year

Closes

January 26, 2026

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

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 leading efforts to manage and analyze manpower needs within the Defense Health Agency, including updating systems for military, civilian, and contractor personnel, and advising leaders on organizational changes.

It requires handling projects like staff reductions and ensuring accurate documentation in specialized tools.

A good fit would be someone with strong analytical skills, experience in government or military HR, and the ability to work in a team while paying close attention to details.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including using automated systems for manpower changes, advising on policies, and analyzing projects
  • 52 weeks of federal service at GS-11 or equivalent within the last 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement)
  • Eligibility under specific federal employment authorities, such as current DoD civilians, veterans, military spouses, or people with disabilities
  • Proficiency in analytical and evaluative methods for determining manpower and organizational needs
  • Ability to maintain and update manpower data in systems like DHA Manpower Requirements Tool and DMHRS-i
  • Strong competencies in areas like attention to detail, decision making, teamwork, and stress tolerance
  • No education substitution allowed; must qualify based on experience alone

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position supports the mission of J-1 Manpower & Organization Manpower Management and Documentation and is located in Falls Church, VA.

A relocation incentive may be authorized. 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.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A 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 Reinstatement 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 utilizing automated manpower systems to process organizational manpower changes, advising management on manpower policies, and conducting analysis on manpower project phases.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12)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.You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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-12).

Major Duties:

  • Serve as senior manpower specialist, authoritative technical expert and team lead for the Defense Health Agency Manpower and Organization (M and O) Division.
  • Lead in providing advice, guidance and assistance through analytical and evaluative methods to determine manpower and organizational requirements.
  • Responsible for accurately maintaining manpower and organizational changes to the DHA Manpower Requirements Tool, Defense Medical Human Resources System-internet (DMHRS-i), as well as local manpower documents.
  • Administer and coordinate manpower (military, civilian, and contractor) related programmatic initiatives, such as manpower reductions (as directed by higher authority) in conjunction with the DHA senior staff.
  • Prepare justification and forwards changes, corrections, and/or revisions to the manpower system through appropriate channels.
  • Responsible for developing a fully coordinated position for all manpower issues falling within assigned area by providing validated information.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/21/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/21/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: HQKF-26-12868736-MP