This position is located within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Office of the Assistant Administrator (AA), Office of the Chief of Staff (COS), Congressional Affairs Division, with one vacancy located in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS AA-24-12271549-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Policy Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Provides unique analyses and recommendations of pending legislation, and potential impacts on programs and plans within the National Weather Service (NWS). Supports recommendations made, by the NWS Director, impacting programmatic, policy, staffing levels, and funding decisions to ensure the NWS effectively realizes its mission of protection of life and property. Recommends methods to communicate complex, programmatic and budgetary information to Congress to reflect National Weather Service (NWS) policy as decided by the Director. Supporting the Director of the Congressional Affairs Division and the NWS Chief of Staff, the incumbent attends meetings where labor-management matters are discussed, and in the course of preparing communications and outreach materials, has access to materials related to labor-management relations, such as bargaining proposals. The incumbent of this position is responsible for supporting an integrated approach to NWS' outreach and congressional interaction. Provides guidance and advice to the Congressional Affairs Director (CAD) on strategic interactions with Congress, and leads the preparation of briefing materials, talking points, and memos for headquarters and field; provides on-site support during meetings or briefings on Capitol Hill.

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 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 GS-14: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Contributing to solve issues involving technical, organizational, and political factors; Supporting partners by preparing communication materials such as briefing materials, talking points and memos for non-technical audience; and Providing support in relation to political and budgetary policy.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

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