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Management Analyst

Department of State - Agency Wide

Department of State

Fresh

Location

Salary

$121,785 - $158,322

per year

Closes

February 11, 2026More State jobs →

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 designing and managing pay and benefits plans for staff at U.S.

embassies and missions around the world, ensuring they comply with local laws and help attract and keep talented employees.

A good fit would be someone with experience in human resources or compensation analysis, especially in international settings, who enjoys working with data and solving problems for global teams.

It's a role that requires quick thinking and using technology to make processes smoother in a fast-changing environment.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 level in federal service
  • Experience providing programmatic support to federal HR professionals and Locally Employed (LE) staff at U.S. Missions abroad
  • Experience analyzing commercial vendor survey data to recommend compensation and benefit adjustments for LE Staff
  • Knowledge of local compensation plans (LCPs) based on local law and prevailing practices
  • Ability to identify anomalies or trends and formulate solutions at post-specific, regional, and global levels
  • Skill in adapting to shifting priorities, innovating, streamlining processes, and using technology for efficiency
  • Meeting time-in-grade requirements: 52 weeks at the next lower grade for federal applicants

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Bureau of Personnel and Training, Office of Overseas Employment, Compensation Management Division (PERT/OE/CM).

The division carries sole responsibility for the design of all major cash, non-cash, and risk benefit plans for 186 missions.

This responsibility involves compensation and benefit studies, data analysis, plan design, renewal analysis, and reviews for benefit plan soundness and compliance.

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.

NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing programmatic support to federal HR professionals and Locally Employed (LE) staff at U.S. Missions abroad.

Experience analyzing commercial vendor survey data to recommend compensation and benefit adjustments for LE Staff. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.

Major Duties:

  • Establishes and updates local compensation plans (LCPs) for all missions, which defines Locally Employed (LE) Staff pay and benefits, based on local law and prevailing practice.
  • Serves as a subject matter expert in responding to requests from mission management, post HR, Department officials, and other stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.
  • Provides support to posts to effectively recruit and retain qualified LE Staff to support Mission and Department objectives.
  • Identifies post-specific, regional, and global anomalies or trends and formulates solutions.
  • Adapts to shifting priorities, applies innovation to meet Mission and Department needs, streamline processes, and uses technology to improve efficient delivery.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: PERT-CTAP-2026-0005