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 Office of Enrollment Services & Vetting Program (ESVP), Operations Support (OS), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Applies an expert knowledge and mastery of principles, concepts, regulations, and practices to analyze and evaluate program areas to determine areas in which progress is unsatisfactory and to determine courses of action to remedy deficiencies. Leads large project/program teams defining and developing internal policies and procedures. Leads reviews, analyses, and evaluations of systems and processes in terms of objectives, progress to date, managerial and other critical and/or potential or anticipated problems encountered, lack of resources, adequacy and validity of factors and standards, and need for revision of schedules. Analyzes existing policies or practices to identify any inconsistencies and formulates and recommends positions on major projects/policies/issues to senior management. Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues. Develops new policies, procedures and methods required for the administrative management, control, and maintenance of assigned programs. Reviews policies, directives, and regulations of TSA rules and both formulates implementation of guidelines and interprets policies made by others. Maintains key programmatic documentation. Provides staff guidance and direction to all elements engaged in the development and implementation of plans and objectives to assure compliance with applicable policies and constraints. Collaborates with the supervisor on determining program goals, objectives and overall framework; work is performed independently, and normally reviewed at completion or via regular status reports. Regulations and policies exist for most activities, but discretion and judgement are used to interpret and determine appropriate application to program objectives. Work often requires development of new or innovative approaches to program development and execution. Develops, analyzes, and evaluates new or modified program/management requirements, policies, goals, or objectives for impact on existing program(s). Establishes new policies/procedures to address operational needs or makes exceptions to existing policies/procedures that may impact internal and external customers. As a technical expert, manages security threat assessment (STA) program operational activities and provides day-to-day operational leadership on transportation related security programs, identifies inefficiencies, security vulnerabilities, risks, mitigation strategies and internal controls. Works closely with TSA stakeholders to capture, refine, and document functional requirements/capabilities associated with the vetting, credentialing, and prescreening of passenger and non-passenger populations related to all modes of transportation security. 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. Such Specialized Experience defined as: Administer analytical and evaluative methods utilizing a thorough understanding of how regulatory or enforcement programs are administered to select and applied appropriate program evaluation and measurement techniques in determining the extent of compliance with rules and regulations issued by the agency; and Apply analytical and evaluative methods, principles, management concepts, practices and techniques to apply appropriate evaluation, determine compliance with rules and regulations; and Develop written communication to prepare complex briefings, presentations, recommendations, white papers and other materials to senior leadership as well as internal and external stakeholders. To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), 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. Such Specialized experience defined as: Administer analytical and evaluative methods utilizing a thorough understanding of how regulatory or enforcement programs are administered to select and applied appropriate program evaluation and measurement techniques in determining the extent of compliance with rules and regulations issued by the agency; and Apply analytical and evaluative methods, principles, management concepts, practices and techniques to apply appropriate evaluation, determine compliance with rules and regulations; and Develop written communication to prepare complex briefings, presentations, recommendations, white papers and other materials to senior leadership as well as internal and 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 - Enrollment Services and Vetting Program 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]