Management and Program Analyst - Transportation Security Administration - Herndon, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Management and Program Analyst position is located in the Mission Services Branch, Customer Engagement and Development Division, within the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as the primary government leadership, responsible for the coordination, and management for complex programmatic activities spanning organizational boundaries, including policy analysis, program response formulation, and detailed follow-through. Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

• Providing support to the Mission Scheduling and Notification System (MSNS) program management office (PMO). Assisting in the preparation of tactical and strategic program models that help develop standards covering complex program functions.
• Providing support for contracts, procurement procedures, and MSNS PMO specific requirements to formulate, coordinate, and manage hardware and software purchasing and license management.
• Providing support for formulating the purchase orders with regard to the annual budget, obtaining, managing and coordinating quotations as supplied by the supporting acquisition team, tracking authorization and procurement data and supporting and managing product maintenance agreements.
• Providing expert policy guidance and assistance in solving unique or extremely difficult policy issues which often cross organizational lines and involve multiple projects and programs or functional areas.

To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to the GS-14/15), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I 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 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 providing policy guidance and assistance in applying principles, methods, and tools for developing and implementing program measures and metrics; using contracting concepts and processes to formulate, coordinate, and manage hardware purchasing and software license management.

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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