Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Program Analyst position is located in the International Policy and Programs Division, Policy Plans and Engagement (PPE), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Evaluates program areas to determine areas in which progress is unsatisfactory and to determine courses of action to remedy deficiencies. Continuous review of periodic progress reports, special reports, correspondence, etc., from other government agencies functional teams and higher level officials. Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates the systems and processes in terms of objectives, progress to date, managerial and other critical and/or potential or anticipated problems encountered. Develops systems for tracking, compiling and analyzing statistical and narrative data from a variety of sources. Interprets data, work, plans, and methods and techniques used; measures program progress and success via various statistical methods against established metrics. Data and analysis are used for variety of purposes to support decision-making; work products include forms, memos, reports, charts, graphs, and narrative information from a wide range of data sources. Planning, budgeting, executing and evaluating activities for a variety of programs in terms of major funding. Establishes procedures for compiling, consolidating, reviewing, analyzing, tracking and editing the program, work requirements, budgets, and related documentation necessary to develop plans covering Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requirements. Reviews laws, regulations and policies to assess, evaluate, and advise on adoption of sustainable practices for assigned programs and projects. Analyzes and interprets policy guidance and assists managers and employees in applying guidance to program operations, consistent with underlying statutory or higher authority directives.

Requirements

Qualifications

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. Such 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. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing program and/or project management support on administrative related activities; and Gathering information to prepare presentations, reports and/or briefing documents; and Assisting in developing and presenting international policies and projects. 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 particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such specialized experience is defined as: Conducting analyses involving international programs, plans, and initiatives; and Analyzing transportation security vulnerability data and preparing reports to summarize findings; and Conducting briefings and presentations with internal and/or external stakeholders. 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. 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address OS - Policy Plans and Engagement 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]