This position serves as a Management and Program Analyst in the Oregon State Office, Medford District. Work assignments frequently stem from senior managers related to bureau and/or state/center priorities.

Duties

As the Management and Program Analyst in this position, you will: Conduct studies of programs, functions, work processes, staffing levels, methods and procedures and other related criteria in order to clarify, appraise, refine or improve program operations and/or management practices at an operating level. Conduct staff interviews, and research records, reports, and functional statements. Review operating regulations and directives and other pertinent sources to gather, correlate, analyze, determine, and recommend appropriate actions. Advise management on a variety of opportunities and options to increase organizational effectiveness. Analyze and evaluate policies, procedures, guidelines, and administrative processes in order to resolve conventional problems and situations. Recommend changes that meet agency and bureau initiatives and program goals while ensuring compliance with current laws, regulations, and policy. Develop procedures and systems for assessing the effectiveness of programs and management processes in a land management environment. Work with management and program leads to ensure that information gathered is complete and technically accurate. Respond to management requests to analyze problems and issues. Develop and present issues to meet management needs. Recommend workable solutions and management actions that are based on sound management principles and are achievable in relation to agency and bureau policy and regulations. Establish relationships with outside interests/resources to identify and develop partnerships and/or alternative funding opportunities. Prepare detailed action plans and schedules for long and short-range project accomplishment and ensures that plans are consistent with BLM goals and policies. Establish a system to review, control, and report on project status. Prepare directives, memoranda, policy statements and other written guidelines and recommendations. May analyze management information requirements to develop program or administrative reporting systems including the systems specifications, data gathering and analytical techniques, and systems evaluation methodology. Identify and develop data required for use in the management and direction of programs. May perform surveys to determine compliance with regulations, procedures, and sound management practices. Identify resources (staff, funding, equipment, facilities) required to support varied levels of program operations. Prepare reports, position papers and delivers briefings to management to explain findings and influence the acceptance of recommendations. Review audit and investigative reports, when necessary, to determine appropriate changes or corrective action required. Analyze budget projections assessing validity of assumptions and consistency of estimates. May assist with planning, coordinating and developing budget proposals

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• May be required to complete background investigation.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents) prior to the closing date of this announcement.
• You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• Status applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to occasionally travel overnight away from home. You must be eligible to obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions may affect your rating.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying. A. You must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) Preparing recommendations to implement new procedures and/or process changes; (2) Reviewing and analyzing data to determine program effectiveness in attaining goals and/or to develop program measurement criteria; (3) Analyzing organizational policies and operating programs to determine the impact of changes on programs or work operations; (4) Preparing detailed action plans and schedules for long and short-range projects and (5) Reviewing budgetary reports to determine appropriate changes or corrective actions needed. OR B. Have successfully completed 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M., that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as business or public administration, management or industrial management, or other related fields. OR C. Have a combination of education and experience described above. (To calculate, first take the number of semester hours or equivalent earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 36 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours or equivalent. Then take the number of months of experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify). Status merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-09 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-11 level. (Must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Occupational Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Occupational Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

Contacts

• Address BLM Oregon State Office BLM Oregon State Office, OR-953 1220 SW Third Portland, OR 97204 US
• Name: San Antonio Services Branch
• Phone: 816-541-8101
• Email: [email protected]