This position is located within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) with 1 vacancy located in La Jolla, CA. This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS-24-12161579-ST, which is open to Status Candidates and NMFS-24-12161742-DE, which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to all announcements if you want to be considered for all.

Duties

As a Management Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Analyze and evaluate assigned programs on the effectiveness and efficiency of overall plans, policies, procedures and assessing changes and strategies to mission. Ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations and policies and identify root cause analysis of customer support issues, performance and/or concerns and help develop recommendations for problem resolution consistent with polices and regulations. Apply knowledge of budgetary, financial, and administrative operations and interpreting and applying federal appropriations, acquisitions, human resources, property, travel, pay and/or other administrative regulations. Support acquisition management activities, on acquisition regulations and procedures; prepare and review requisition documents for contracted support, services, supplies, and equipment. Provide information to support responses to inquiries from Congressional offices, agency and FMC leadership, and outside parties.

Requirements

Qualifications

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 Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants 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 ZA-3 or GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Participating in the analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of budgetary, financial, or administrative programs and operations; Supporting administrative functions such as human resources, property management, travel, or timekeeping; and Contributing to the development of acquisition management strategies, regulations, or procedures. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only education in excess of two years is qualifying at this level.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Aniessa Chinn
• Email: [email protected]