Public Utilities Specialist (Business Analyst)

Full Job Description

This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in Transmission Long-Term Commercial Planning (TPLC) organization of Transmission Long-Term Planning (TPL), Planning & Asset Management (TP), Transmission Services (T).

A successful candidate in the Public Utilities Specialist (Business Analyst) position will serve as a business analyst responsible for the leadership, innovation, governance, and management to identify, evaluate, document and track requirements across all projects.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: applying concepts, practices, laws, regulations, policies, and precedents applicable to 1) business management, including business case preparation; financial analysis and decision-making, risk assessment, internal controls, policies, and practices to integrate them into project management activities and 2) conducting organizational development and change management principles to recommend the best options for planning and implementing organizational, procedural, and cultural changes over a multi-year transitional period.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience.

Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

As a Public Utilities Specialist (Business Analyst), you will: (50%) Support Long Term Commercial Planning program within the TPL organization, specifically related to the Transmission Service Request Study and Expansion Process (TSEP) administration and Conditional Firm Service (CFS) offers.

Gather, analyze, facilitate, model and organize information from disparate sources of record in order support decision-making on complex and controversial topics including in instances of conflicting data or in which there are competing agency objectives, present findings and implications, including capturing weaknesses in data sources.

(25%) Leads or participates as a technical specialist in assigned interagency and intra-agency committees and working groups.

Assesses current versus needed operational capabilities, resources, and risk factors to determine whether proposed projects and business initiatives can be successfully structured, integrated, and managed within desired time frames.

Perform risk analysis to predict likely outcomes of proposed initiatives based on factors such as available financial programming levels, cross-functional program and project integration requirements, impact upon customers and stakeholders, and level of effort required for project or initiative completion.

(25%) Collaborates with executives, managers, and subject matter experts in the business and members of the TPL, TPLC, TPLE, TP and T organizations to ensure the requirements for the project drive successful delivery of business products.