About the Position: Serves as Program Analyst for Huntington District's Operations and Readiness Division, Management Support Branch located in Huntington WV. Incumbent develops the schedule for Operations and Readiness Division's (OR's) current and long-range Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Programs.

Duties

Review, edits and consolidates annual and multi-year cost/schedule estimates to obtain total program and funding for the major appropriation of Operations and Maintenance (OM). Provides historical finance, accounting, and manpower utilization information and advice to operating officials on all phases of program administration, recommends solutions to concerns. Reviews estimates for completeness and accuracy. Monitors and evaluates the overall program execution to ensure timely allocation and proper and efficient use of funding resources. Provides information and advice to Operations Managers, Lockmasters, Park Managers, and/or personnel concerning program administration. Gathers, compiles and prepares analysis for narrative and statistical reports. Reviews planning and engineering reports, including survey, reconnaissance and rehabilitation reports, and design memoranda to determine timing and extent of work and resources needed. Develops current year budgets and coordinates schedules of obligations and expenditures for submission to higher headquarters. Identifies trends, significant program accomplishments, merit and deficiency situations, areas of imbalance, or other similar factors. Prepares balancing spreadsheets. Conducts a variety of special studies on such items as financial management, cost, obligations, and trends, historical data, and related matters.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This is a Temporary position intended to last 1 year. A temporary position may be extended to a maximum of three years and may be terminated at any time during the duration of the appointment, depending upon the needs of management.

Qualifications

Position may be filled as a temp appointment NTE one year, if the candidate is not a current permanent Army employee. Temporary appointments may be extended up to a maximum of three years. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience One year of specialized experience which includes experience identifying, managing, and integrating resource requirements of project or programs in the areas of scope, budgets, schedules, quality, procurement, risk and customer relationships as required for program accomplishment; financial management to support project managers execution of project fiscal responsibilities; develop budget estimates and technical justification; review operations to assure maximum utilization of appropriated and non-federal funds; experience with a Project Management Business Process, project/project management systems, budget, finance, schedule, configuration management and project controls. Fluent in utilizing financial automated systems such as Corp of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS), Primavera 2 (P2) and Excel to generate reports. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR 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. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, and Accounting field(s) of study. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.). OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: AccountingComputer SkillsFinancial ManagementOral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingStrategic Thinking Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent. For the GS-11: must have held a GS-09 grade level or equivalent position for 52 weeks. In order to be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM01 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-HUNTINGTON DO NOT MAIL Huntington, WV 25701 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk