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 Acquisition Program Management (APM), Enterprise Support (ES)Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for the review, analysis, and management of complex proposed donations of security screening technologies for TSA operation. Directs and develops plans for project teams or other groups working on or producing projects and studies. Leads special projects, task forces, and other action groups that support organizational goals through special assignments, projects, and studies. Coordinates acquisition, deployment, scheduling, design, testing, and life cycle plans and costs related to donated security equipment. Delivers clear and effective information in oral and written formats to audiences of all type and sizes. Reviews laws, regulations, and polices to assess, evaluate, and advise on sustainable practices for assigned program(s) and/or projects. Gives guidance on interpretation and implementation of new or revised legislation, policies, regulations and procedures. The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay band (I Band) performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-I Pay Band (equivalent to GS-13), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-H 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. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience facilitating process improvement activities, gathers and presents information to management; AND Reviewing new or proposed policy changes to determine process, program and organizational impacts; AND Collecting, analyzing and preparing factual information, project papers, briefings and staff reports to senior management; AND Experience compiling data and analyzing data or information from various sources; experience planning, scheduling, and conducting analyses or studies of proposals. 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 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. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience using a wide range of qualitative and quantitative assessment methods for evaluation and improvement of critical programs; AND Planning, scheduling, tracking and managing complex and high-profile projects/tasks; AND Leading discussions with project team, identifying and overcoming obstacles and obtain buy-in from a diverse set of stakeholders; AND Experience with compiling, analyzing, and evaluating a variety of resource data in order to prepare and present reports, charts/graphs, status updates, or analysis to senior leadership and other stakeholders in support of organizational goals and objectives. 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) You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address ES - Acquisition Program Management DO NOT MAIL Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]