This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Office of Resource Management, Organizational Analysis and Policy Unit. This position(s) primary purpose is to provide key support for ensuring organizational consistency, providing critical and extensive analytical oversight for organizational, staffing and payroll issues, and serves as the primary contact on organizational processes and related manpower and staffing issues.

Duties

As a Management and Program Analyst, your typical work assignments may include: Assisting in planning, scheduling, and conducting projects and studies to evaluate and recommend ways to improve effectiveness and efficiency of major administrative, organizational structure and design, and human capital aspects and programs. Maintaining databases and guidelines that enable effective and efficient operations and help administer controls and consistency. Providing information to management and recommendations for process improvement to ensure that understanding is obtained to meet goals and objectives regarding staffing levels, attrition rates, progress toward hiring plans, and availability of funding. Recommending improvements in services and participating in projects involving the redesigning, automating, and re-engineering of processes to meet the varied and changing requirements of the office. Analyzing tasks and providing written reports, briefings, and executive summaries outlining the findings of initiatives.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• Selectee may be required to serve a probationary period.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all of the required qualification requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Applicants applying for the GS-09 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-07 grade level. Specialized 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. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Assisting in using analytical tools and methods for assessment and improvement of programs; 2) Preparing correspondence, reports, graphs, and charts to effectively present findings and recommendations; 3) Writing, interpreting, and developing clear and logical guidance, instructions, and recommendations through oral and written communication. OR B. Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR C. 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. Applicants applying for the GS-11 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-09 grade level. Specialized 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. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Gathering, analyzing, and evaluating information to make recommendations and improve programs; 2) Planning, scheduling, and conducting projects and/or studies to evaluate and recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work operations; 3) Analyzing the potential impact of proposed legislation, regulations, and other guidelines.4) Developing new or modified work methods, organizational structures, management processes, and staffing patterns. OR B. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR C. 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. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.

Education

See the qualification section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.

If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.

Contacts

• Address Drug Enforcement Administration Do Not Send Postal Mail Springfield, VA 21310 US
• Name: Karin Crawford
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]