Program Analyst (Chief of Staff)

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: 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 Competitive Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Civilian Employee Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 administrative and staff processes, developing and evaluating policy regarding military community and family support programs, collaborating with stakeholders to address the needs of service members and their families, and preparing testimony, reports to congress, decision briefs and/or action memos to facilitate decision making.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

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.

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-14).

Major Duties:

• Develop and sustain a process/system to monitor all projects, reports, briefings, task deliverables, etc. to enable the DASD to create metrics, assess status, and track progress of critical work being accomplished.
• Plan and advise on strategies and initiatives to achieve Military Community and Family Policy goals and objectives.
• Provide direction and oversight for specialized support functions in areas like legislative action, public affairs, social media, logistics and facility management, strategic planning, outreach, and other special interest areas.
• Govern a broad range of programs and services addressing the needs and challenges of service members and their families.
• Evaluate, integrate, and analyze policies and issues among the Military Departments and within the Department of Defense (DoD).
• Review and recommend approval of single and long-range, multi-year budget plans based on program changes.
• Direct time-sensitive research and analysis of program and financial data from a wide variety of government and non-government sources to formulate and change policy or to recommend other service member and family-related actions.
• Expert advisor to senior executive management officials in the Office of the Secretary of Defense regarding military community and family program policies.