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PROGRAM ANALYST

Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$143,913 - $187,093

per year

Closes

April 13, 2026

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves coordinating strategies for naval aviation programs, analyzing plans and budgets to support Navy missions, and advising senior leaders on aircraft and weapons systems.

It requires deep knowledge of military operations and strong communication skills to evaluate trends, coordinate with experts, and ensure programs align with national security goals.

A good fit would be someone with extensive experience in defense planning and analysis, particularly in aviation or naval contexts, who enjoys strategic thinking and working in a high-level government environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
  • Expert knowledge of Naval Aviation programs, platforms, and systems
  • Ability to analyze and develop mid- and long-range plans, projections, and affordability tradeoffs for aircraft and weapons
  • Skills in evaluating communications plans, assessing program alignment with higher goals, and understanding political-military strategy at national, service, and theater levels
  • Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills for advising senior Navy and DoD leadership
  • Experience reviewing plans, studies, budgets (PPBE process), and policy directives to assess warfighting impacts
  • Ability to coordinate with internal/external experts, program managers, and foreign military departments

Full Job Description

You will serve as an AVIATION CAPABILITY STRATEGY COORDINATOR in the Air Warfare Division of IMMEDIATE OFC OF CHIEF OF NVL OPS.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Applying expert-level knowledge of Naval Aviation programs and platforms; Utilizing appropriate resources to analyze and develop mid- and long-range plans/projections for Naval aircraft and weapons systems (i.e.

long-range air wing mix scenarios, strategic aircraft/weapons affordability tradeoffs); Analyzing Command strategy implicit in the application of communication resources; developing, evaluating and monitoring the effectiveness of communications plans and sub-plans and determining the need for adjustment; and assessing Navy program alignment with higher echelon goals, objectives, and messages; Understanding political-military strategy at the national security level, service, and theater level; And Advising senior Navy and DoD leadership through effective use of verbal, written, and presentation skills.

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 review, analyze, and evaluate various plans, studies, trends, reports, legislation, capabilities, planning and policy directives, operational gaps, etc. to assess and determine the warfighting impact to Navy missions.
  • You will provide key expertise through the budget development phase and the Navy PPBE review, ensuring POM products reflect the command's position.
  • You will develop, evaluate, and monitor the effectiveness of communications plans and sub-plans to determine accuracy and effectiveness.
  • You will coordinate with internal and external experts, decision-makers, program managers, and foreign military departments.
  • You will prepare both narrative and data-driven justifications and presentations to support aviation program/platforms with execution and warfighting analysis to ensure procurement programs are properly forecasted, justified, and executable.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/8/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/8/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12929303-26-MAJ