PROGRAM ANALYST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST located in the office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, (ACOS) Warfighting Requirements and Assessment (N8), of COMNAVSURFLANT.

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

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: *Experience in the range of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the Ordnance, Expeditionary Systems and Unmanned Systems of Surface Force Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities.

*Experience in both Joint and Navy Non-nuclear Ordnance, weapons systems, and unmanned systems including research and development, science and technology, technical details for the weapons systems, employment, effects and countermeasures, and defensive measures for survivability in order to develop and evaluate Surface Warfare Ordnance, Expeditionary Systems and Unmanned Systems requirements.

*Experience using oral and written communication skills to cultivate relationships with OPNAV, Fleet, and key stakeholders to fully understand Type Commander (TYCOM) needs and develop courses of action to minimize/mitigate impacts.

*Experience working with the DOD Acquisition Management System; DOD Requirements Generation System; and DOD and Navy PPBE System as well as a mastery knowledge of the methodologies of these three DOD systems in order to track day-to-day changes in funding across the PPBE decision cycle.

*Experience with Command Staff or higher.

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 interpret administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the Ordnance, Expeditionary Systems and Unmanned Systems of Surface Force Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities.
• You will use principles and practices of acquisition program planning and management to conduct program analyses for an organization.
• You will analyze productivity, effectiveness, or efficiency of program operations to recommend process improvements.
• You will cultivate relationships with OPNAV, Fleet, and key stakeholders to fully understand Type Commander (TYCOM) needs and develop courses of action to minimize/mitigate impacts.
• You will utilize DOD Acquisition Management System; DOD Requirements Generation System; and DOD and Navy PPBE Systems to track day-to-day changes in funding across the PPBE decision cycle.
• You will serve as COMNA VSURFOR/CNSL ACOS N8, as a principal analyst, technical advisor and subject matter expert (SME) on Surface Warfare Force Development requirements and program assessment issues.
• You will monitor, evaluate, analyze and advise on prevailing Navy policy and programming decisions affecting Surface Warfare requirements and assessment program.
• You will maintain points of contact at OPNAV, USFFC, TYCOMs, Numbered Fleet Commands, System Commands, other providers, other Federal departments and agencies, and subordinate activities then and coordinate essential information flow.
• You will participate in the development, communication, and implementation of requirements supporting Surface Force warfighting capabilities short and long-term (5+ years) budget, strategic and tactical objectives and goals.
• You will collaboration with all other COMNA VSURFOR directorates, develop and advocate warfare requirements and programs for the Surface Force.
• You will represent the COMNAVSURFOR/CNSL N8 ACOS at meetings, briefings, and other advisory/decision forums hosted by DoD/DON organizations, other federal department/agencies.
• You will be consulting on matters pertaining to Surface Warfare Ordnance, Expeditionary Systems and Unmanned Systems requirements and assessment issues.