Program Analyst

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is assigned to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy (DASD (MC&FP), Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness (USD (P&R)).

This position may be eligible for situational telework as determined by the agency policy. Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes handling all correspondence focused on spouse education; developing procedures and guidelines concerning a variety of management programs; preparing reports through the analysis of findings based on the results of information gathered from various sources; and reviewing and/or recommending methods to improve the efficiency of work operations in new or modified program policies, regulations, goals, or objectives.

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. Major Duties:

• Evaluate administrative policies, procedures, methods, or techniques related to a variety of program functions.
• Develop procedures to improve the effectiveness of administrative work methods, procedures and/or documentation systems.
• Create databases, reporting procedures, and/or data displays for programs addressing the needs of service members and their families.
• Conduct research projects to provide advisory services on a variety of issues which impact the organization.
• Evaluate long-range projects or proposals for resolution of complex policy questions.
• Prepare position papers to recommend options, alternatives, and/or methods for achieving objectives.