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 managing partnerships with internal and external stakeholders on military spouse employment and/or education initiatives, promoting military spouse employment programs to reduce the military spouse unemployment rate, identifying potential problem areas to propose solutions, preparing correspondence, presentations and/or briefings on initiatives regarding service members and their families, and recommending initiatives and/or enhancements to meet the needs of service members and their families.

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:

• The incumbent serves as a program analyst for MCFP within the Office of Spouse Employment (OSE) focused on spouse education and career policies for the military spouse community.
• Identify and execute virtual and in person engagement opportunities to promote OSE programs and resources with the overarching goal of reducing the military spouse unemployment rate.
• Conduct special assignments on complex high-priority issues.
• Investigate potential problem areas to propose solutions.
• Facilitate senior leader engagements on spouse employment topics and visits to include itinerary development, logistics support, read ahead and talking points/remarks development.
• Deliver presentations and provide training to military and civilian audiences on programs and services available for service members and their families.