Program Analyst

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SWD, Ft Worth District with a duty station location listed in Edinburg, Ft. Hood, or Ft. Worth, TX.

This announcement is for current, permanent Army employees considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade.

External status candidates should apply to Announcement #CEDD-26-12889260-MP. Go to "Additional Information" below for further details.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Utilizing financial management system to input financial/budgetary data; AND 2) Analyzing programs to ensure adequacy of funding; AND 3) Analyzing financial/budgetary data to ensure costs are charged to the appropriate account.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D.

[remove LL.B or J.D., if unrelated] in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Administration, Finance, and Accounting.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

Major Duties:

• Assist in preparation of annual operating budget estimates based on analysis of budgetary history or internal requirements
• Monitor program funds expenditures in financial management system
• Ensure adequate funds are available to cover labor costs
• Utilize automated ledgers to conduct periodic analysis of funding
• Analyze trends related to program finance/budgeting