Program Analyst

Summary

You will serve as a Program Analyst with Geological Survey providing comprehensive support in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of center policies. You may be required to travel overnight away from home occasionally. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Duties

• Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Advise management on issues related to a broad range of program policies, processes, initiatives and questions. Provide data to management to permit data-based informative decision making. Extract and assemble information, conduct analyses, and develop reports and presentations. Facilitate implementation of contracts. Monitor budget allocation and execution to ensure operating program objectives are met. Prepare communications for employees and external contacts. Participates in development of plans for accomplishing/producing projects/studies.

Qualifications

Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/16/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience researching, extracting, and assembling information on a wide range of policies and procedures; providing data for data-based decision-making; facilitating development and implementation of contracts and monitoring budget allocations to ensure objectives are met; assembling information for the development of plans for accomplishing administrative priorities. Volunteer Experience: 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, 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.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.