Management and Program Analyst

As a Management and Program Analyst you will perform the following duties:

The duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of the selected employee.

• Serves as a senior Special Assistant and principal advisor to the Office Director.
• Serve as a senior advisor and recognized authority to executive leadership for guiding comprehensive high level studies and analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of critical organizational programs and operations; interpret and formulate overarching agency policies standard operating procedures streamlines complex operations and shape long-range highly strategic impactful goals.
• Serve as primary consultant and recognized expert providing authoritative guidance on highly complex sensitive or controversial issues; overseeing large-scale long- range organizational analysis planning restructuring and major resource allocation that aid bureau-wide initiatives.
• Anticipate and identify complex sensitive or politically significant issues affecting the Office subordinate divisions or Export Administration leadership.
• Identify the need for and lead strategic analyses of major issues impacting BIS operations often advising matrixed teams of functional experts and subordinate staff.
• Serve as the primary senior liaison for the Office Director ensuring alignment between Office priorities and Bureau and Department-wide strategic objectives.
• Serve as the official representative of the Office Director conveying office positions and priorities in high-level meetings with senior officials from other Departments and agencies foreign governments and industry leaders; provide policy guidance and advocate for organizational priorities.
• Formulate and implement policies regulations and procedures; evaluate the impact of newly enacted legislation on agency operations; prepare and complete essential correspondence memoranda policy documents briefings white papers and regulatory materials for the Office Director.

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• This position requires a TOP SECRET/SCI CLEARANCE: Any required investigations and clearances must be completed before the selectee can be placed in the position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation. This may include a credit check a review of financial issues as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
• A probationary period may be required.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306 Declaration for Federal Employment and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• Bargaining Unit Position: No
• Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE form 450): Yes
• License required: No
• Drug Test Required: Yes. This position is subject to pre-employment drug testing and random drug testing thereafter.
• Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) Expense: will not be paid

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Managements website located at: must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

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.

To qualify at the GS-13 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:

• Identifying the need for and conducting studies of organizational and/or national security policies or programs to evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of operations; and
• Participating in projects (e.g. drafting project plans providing information/data input and/or evaluating the quality of the project results); and
• Developing and maintaining working relationships with multiple stakeholders (e.g. leadership internal or external stakeholders and/or interorganizational partners); and
• Drafting correspondence memoranda briefings and/or standard operating procedures to meet Office needs and respond to senior-level taskings related to national security.