Program Analyst - SV-0343-H/I - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Program Analyst position is located in the International Operations Directorate of the Office of Global Strategies (OGS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as a desk officer, responsible for planning, conducting, and presenting transportation security projects for review by the lead desk officer or other senior officials coordinating work with other departments to ensure collaboration of issues and policy are completed within the established timeframes in order to effectively assist the Regional Manager, Supervisor, Transportation Security Agency Representatives (TSARs) and International Industry Representatives in assigned areas. Typical assignments will include but are not limited to:

• Planning and carrying out complex analyses involving global transportation security programs, plans, and initiatives.
• Gathering situation reports on incidents and ensuring notifications have occurred.
• Conducting briefings on international transportation security issues for senior leadership in TSA and DHS.
• Performing assignments including a range of projects involving variables and interrelationships impacting overall transportation security programs and operations.
• Serving as a liaison and organizing and hosting foreign delegation visits with senior level representatives from foreign delegations.
• Preparing briefing papers, memoranda, and other documents for senior leadership on potentially controversial transportation security initiatives.

To qualify for the SV-H Pay Band (equivalent to GS-12), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-G Pay Band or GS-11 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to assess transportation security programs; and applying knowledge of transportation security policies, concepts, and technical terminology.


To qualify for the SV-I Pay Band (equivalent to GS-13), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-H Pay Band or GS-12 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to assess transportation security programs; carrying out initiatives or assignments that require project development; and applying knowledge of transportation security policies, concepts, and technical terminology in order to collaborate with stakeholders and communicate technical information to leadership.


National Service Experience (i.e., 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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

•Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
•Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and
•Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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