Management and Program Analyst

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS), with one vacancy in Silver Spring, MD.

As a Management and Program Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Serve as the senior Management and Program Analyst, providing expert analytical guidance to the Office of Coast Survey (OCS). Serve as technical expert and advisor to senior leadership, whose recommendations are accepted without substantive change. Support a variety of highly complex projects and staff actions with program and administrative evaluation and analysis. Develop, recommend, and implement program and administrative policies. Research and investigate new or improved business and management practices, and develop or modify program policies, regulations, goals, and objectives. Develop expert analysis reconciliations of accounting transactions. Provide expert solutions to known and potential deficiencies relating to current business processes. Conduct program management oversight, ensuring the program is on schedule and meeting milestones and deliverables. Track bi-weekly invoices and ensure they are processed in accordance with agency and office policies. Conduct audits of Purchase Card and Contracting Officer Representative (COR) files, ensuring compliance with applicable policies, procedures, and regulations. Serve as a COR with delegated procurement authority. Oversee contract activities, solving issues and ensuring technical requirements are met. Lead staff through the entire procurement process, which includes developing Statements of Work, filing documentation, writing memorandums, utilizing a government purchase card, performing purchase card reconciliation, processing invoices, and conducting cradle-to-grave contract administration and closeouts according to established guidelines. Manage the procurement of supplies and services, simultaneously developing knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations Simplified Acquisitions Procedures, Commerce Acquisition Regulations, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) procurement policies and procedures. NOTE: These duties are described at the full performance level of the ZA-4; the ZA-3 is developmental leading to such performance.

This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. The ZA-3 is equivalent to the GS-11/12. The ZA-4 is equivalent to the GS-13/14. Key Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Additional Information. Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov) Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Additional Considerations: One year probationary period may be required. Payment of relocation expenses (PCS) is not authorized. This position requires Moderate Risk Security Clearance. Background investigation will be required. Continued employment is subject to applicant's successful completion of security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, for those required to serve a 1-year probationary period, we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: Your performance and conduct; Needs and interests of the agency; Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of then Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.