About the Position: Serves as a Program Analyst for Programs Section within the Planning, Programs, and Project Management Division. Responsible coordinating for preparing special and miscellaneous analytical and administrative reports related to large complex projects such as those identified as mega projects.

Duties

Develop, defend and monitor execution of the annual Civil Works budget. Analyze project and program budgets to maintain organizational requirements, monitor project expenses, and manage program and project account balances. Extract, compile and organize financial information to develop charts and graphs to convey pertinent data, such as expenditures, trends, performance, and goals. Communicate with leadership, program managers, project managers, resource management, field offices and other technical functions on programs, processes, funding or resource requirements to accomplish a project. Serve as a primary point of contact for a program or functional area with higher headquarters.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

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 EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority 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 EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. For the GS-11: One year of specialized experience which includes identifying, managing, and integrating resource requirements, scope, budgets, schedules, quality, procurement, risk, and customer relationships as required for program accomplishment; financial management to support project managers of execution of project fiscal responsibilities; review and development of annual and long-range civil works budget relative to planning, engineering and construction programs; development of budget estimates and technical justification and review operations to assure maximum utilization of appropriated and non-federal funds. 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 in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position. (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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. For the GS-12: One year of specialized experience which includes identifying and managing resource requirements of project or programs in the areas of scope, budgets, schedules, quality, procurement, risk, regulatory requirements and customer relationships as required for program accomplishment; financial management to support project managers of execution of project fiscal responsibilities; review and development of annual and long-range civil works budget relative to planning, engineering and construction programs; development of budget estimates and technical justification and review operations to assure maximum utilization of appropriated and non-federal funds. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Budget AdministrationFinancial AnalysisFinancial SystemsOral Communication Time in Grade Requirement for GS-11: 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 (GS-09). Time in Grade Requirement for GS-12: 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 (GS-11).

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM06 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-CHICAGO DO NOT MAIL Chicago, IL 60604 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk