Program Analyst - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Program Analyst position is located in the Performance Improvement Section, Performance Management Branch, Mission Performance Division, within the Office of Security Operations (OSO), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include:

• Managing a portfolio of highly complex analytical studies, while mentoring lower level (Green Belt), and higher level (Black Belt) candidates to establish performance and process improvement milestones having Agency-wide impact through Lean Six Sigma (LSS) projects.
• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (Black Belt), leading LSS projects, and managing LSS portfolio’s as directed by the Assistant Administrator (AA) of OSO and other AA’s as requested.
• Conducting Government Accountability Project (GAP) analyses of performance in compliance with Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) requirements, building new metrics to meet emerging needs.
• Integrating performance improvement goals, data and metrics, and linking project plans into the overall strategic plan for OSO.
• Designing and developing the LSS training program, and defining training and certification requirements for LSS Green Belts and Black Belts.
• Serving on Government-wide and agency working groups providing advice and guidance to DHS.
• Providing data and reports in response to Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits and reports, and to assist in preparation of congressional testimony by the Administrator and AA/OSO.
• Ability to be trained and certified as a Contracting Officers Technical Representative (COTR) and serve in that capacity to assist in managing the LSS program offices contracts and contract resources.

To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14/15), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I Pay Band or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience includes applying Lean Six Sigma principles with at least a Black Belt certification, and experience managing analytical studies to establish performance and process improvement in security operations.

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 Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, 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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