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Supervisory Program Analyst

Office of Inspector General

Department of Defense

Fresh

Location

Salary

$143,913 - $187,093

per year

Closes

January 21, 2026

GS-14 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to review and improve Department of Defense programs related to personnel and health, by planning projects, analyzing data, and recommending fixes to issues.

It's a supervisory role in a government oversight office, focusing on ensuring policies and operations run smoothly.

A good fit would be someone with experience managing audits or evaluations in a federal setting, strong leadership skills, and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to different audiences.

Key Requirements

  • 52 weeks of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent, including supervising assessments, audits, or evaluations of programs and operations
  • Experience developing and executing project plans, gathering and analyzing data, and creating recommendations or corrective actions
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to explain sensitive or controversial findings to various levels of authority
  • 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-13 or higher for federal status applicants
  • Meet OPM qualification standards for General Schedule positions
  • Ability to work with clients, stakeholders, and participants in reviews
  • Eligibility for preferences like Military Spouse, Reserve, or Retained Grade with required self-certification checklists

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG), Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Evaluations (EVAL), Personnel and Health Affairs (Personnel I) Division.

DIG EVAL conducts assessments and oversight of policies, programs, systems, and processes of the DoD.

Time in Grade: For entry at the GS-14 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-13 or equivalent or higher grade, in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience: You must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the next lower grade level of GS-13.

Specialized experience is defined as the ability to supervise or lead in performing assessments, audits, evaluations or similar reviews of programs, functions and operations.

Develop project plans, executing plans, gathering and analyzing data, developing recommendations and corrective actions, and working with clients reviewed and other project stakeholders and participants.

Communicate verbally or written to articulate sensitive or controversial findings or proposals, concepts and procedures to a wide variety of individuals at various levels of authority.

You must meet the minimum qualification requirements as stated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp.

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) is qualifying.

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

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience. Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants who have held a non-temporary General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must meet the time-in-grade restriction.

Additional Required Documents Information Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: If you are a Military Spouse Preference applicant, you must include a completed copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for Military Spouse Preference.

Click here to obtain a copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist. If determined best qualified, you will be placed at that full performance level of the position.

Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technicians PPP Eligible: MR and NG technicians PPP applicants must be selected and placed at the full performance level if determined well qualified.

You must include a completed copy of the Military Reserve and National Guard Technician PPP Self-Certification Checklist to verify your eligibility for Military Reserve and National Guard Technician preference.

Click here to obtain a copy of the Military Reserve and National Guard Technician PPP Self-Certification Checklist.

Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technicians Receiving Disability Retirement PPP Eligible: MR and NG technicians receiving disability retirement PPP applicants must be selected and placed at the full performance level if determined well qualified.

You must include a completed copy of the Military Reserve and National Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certification Checklist to verify your eligibility for Military Reserve and National Guard Technician Disability preference.

Click here to obtain a copy of the Military Reserve and National Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certification Checklist.

Retained Grade PPP Eligible: Retained Grade PPP applicants, must be selected and placed at the full performance level if determined well qualified.

You must include a completed copy of the Retained Grade PPP Self-Certification Checklist to verify your eligibility for Retained Grade preference.

Click here to obtain a copy of the Retained Grade PPP Self-Certification Checklist. Major Duties:

  • Serves as a supervisory program analyst, multi-functional subject matter expert and leader of teams or projects including, oversight of policies, programs, systems, and processes of the DoD.
  • Plans and manages comprehensive quantitative or qualitative projects of the effectiveness and efficiency of highly complex DoD-wide programs.
  • Serves as project or leader of teams to acquire relevant skills and competencies for specific projects.
  • As the project or team lead, provides instruction to the team, assigns and reviews work; monitors progress for projects and ensures accomplishment of established objectives; reports to higher management on project status.
  • Prepares and staffs draft and final reports for each project and when appropriate; drafts and finalize summary or trend report of functional areas. Reviews sections of reports prepared by staff, while retaining full responsibility for the reports.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/14/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/15/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: IG-26-12864184-EVAL-INT