Overview

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Duties

Summary

This position is assigned to Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center (BC), Management Services Division (MSD).

As a Management and Program Analyst, you will conduct basic reviews and analyses of FPAC functions/programs.

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Responsibilities

  • Apply a wide range of FPAC principles, theories, processes of management with a high degree of resourcefulness, ingenuity and inventiveness to a variety of studies, investigations, and assignments.
  • Apply management principles, organizational theory, and techniques of analysis and evaluation, along with knowledge of standardized administrative practices and procedures.
  • Conduct studies of work processes and to identify, analyze, and recommend solutions to problems in organizational structure,
  • Gather information, identify and analyze issues, and develop recommendations to resolve problems of effectiveness and efficiency of work operations in a program support setting.
  • Analyze, and make recommendations to resolve conventional problems and situations in workflow, work distribution, staffing, organizational structure and/or administration.

Travel Required

Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • You must be a US Citizen or US National.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
  • Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
  • Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
  • Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience – GS-09: To qualify for this position, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the Federal GS-07 level or higher, that has equipped me with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. For this position, specialized experience is defined as:

  • Providing advice and support to management and program officials on the interpretation of regulations and guidelines and their application to problems;
  • Conducting review and analysis of systems and procedures type of problems;
  • Attending meetings with management to discuss factual information relating to findings and conclusions;
  • Applying a wide range of principles, theories, processes of management with a high degree of resourcefulness, ingenuity and inventiveness to a variety of studies, investigations, and assignments;
  • Providing advice and support to management and program officials on the interpretation of regulations and guidelines and their application to problems;
  • Participating with higher level specialists in planning sessions and discussions of innovative ways to carry out assigned programs and new programs.

Education Substitution: 4Master’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., if related, from an accredited college or university. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Combination of Education and Experience: Successful completion of combination of education and experience, as described above, may be used to qualify for this position. This combination must have equipped you with the necessary knowledge and/or experience to successfully perform the duties of this position. Combinations of experience and education must total at least 100% as outlined in OPM Qualifications policy.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the 05/27/2021 of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined above.

Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. (e.g. one year at the GS-07 grade level for consideration for the GS-09 grade level).

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

You must submit a copy of your transcripts to include course number, title, completion and grade. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g. special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabi and/or detailed course description from the university/college for that particular course to ensure you are properly evaluated. Please note that qualifications determinations are based solely on the information submitted for each particular vacancy announcement.

Important: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. Click on this link for more information.

Failure to provide all of the required documents/information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.