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 Security Operations (SO) International Operations (IO) Mitigation Operations (MO), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Serve as an internal point of contact for the IO Preclearance Program. Will analyze global aviation security risk and provide mitigation through regional delivery of assistance. Conducts direct coordination with foreign government officials, US government officials and industry or multilateral organization contacts. Assist in the development of program plans, products and tools to execute the IO preclearance program and supports preclearance priorities for the program office, agency and department strategic priorities or initiatives. Participates as a writer for issue papers and briefings for senior agency and department officials on policy and requirements of preclearance initiatives, to include Congressional response letters, department taskers, and presentations. Working with team members, conduct analysis to evaluate and recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of program operations, reporting metrics, and tracking mechanisms in order to measure results and recommend program efficiencies or improvements. Coordinate, contribute to and participate in meetings with host country government officials, subject matter experts in TSA, other partner security organizations and stakeholders. Develop and maintain relationships with TSA stakeholders to successfully execute preclearance program initiatives. Prepares the findings and recommendations of analysis and reviews with the supervisor prior to release.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-G Pay Band (equivalent to GS-11), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-F or GS-09 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. Such experience is defined as: Analyzing aviation security risks data to draft memos, briefings, reports and other technical documentation to communicate analyses and managing multiple program/projects and assisting in the development of program/project plans. OR A Ph. D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field in or related to this position: OR A combination of education and experience as described in the announcement. 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.

Education

For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses from an accredited college or university, which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. The information must be provided with the application by the closing date of the announcement. If selected, the applicant must supply a transcript or certification of degree.

Contacts

• Address SO- International Operations 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]