This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Assistant Commandant for Response Policy, Director, Emergency Management, Office of Marine Environmental Response (CG-MER), Great Lakes Center of Expertise (GLCOE), located in Ann Arbor, MI.

Duties

You will serve as a Management and Program Analyst primarily responsible for supporting national and international oil spill research efforts pursued by the Coast Guard (CG) in relation to fresh water, cold weather environments, and the Great Lakes. You will also be responsible for assessing the strategic priorities and assisting in action plan developments, targeting improvements in both effectiveness and efficiency of priorities and objectives in support of oil spill research in the Great Lakes and other freshwater bodies; supporting the scientific work of the office through development and maintenance of novel administrative, finance, acquisition, and staffing strategies; maintaining, tracking and reporting metrics that enable project management duties; and facilitate internal and external outreach related to research.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-9 level: Applicants must possess experience equivalent to 1 year of experience at the next lowest grade level (GS-7) that is similar to experience gained in the Federal, State, or Local government or equivalent public or private sector experience. Your resume must demonstrate that you meet the specialized experience below: Assists with running and analyzing basic budget reports from a financial system; AND Assists with preparing budget estimates, fiscal analyses, or analyze return on investments for a program/project; AND Assists with producing communication or informational products for websites, briefs, and presentations AND Making recommendations to a project or the following program areas: performance management, budget preparation/execution, personnel processing systems, business systems, contract administration, strategic communications planning/execution, workforce planning/forecasting, training initiatives, work-life programs, and other human resource/personnel initiatives. OR A master's or equivalent graduate degree;OR2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.ORA combination of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in or related to the work of this position AND graduate level education that provided the specific knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position and experience. To qualify for the GS-11 level: Applicants must possess experience equivalent to 1 year of experience at the next lowest grade level (GS-9) that is similar to experience gained in the Federal, State, or Local government or equivalent public or private sector experience. Your resume must demonstrate that you meet the specialized experience below: Running and analyzing budget reports from a financial system; AND Preparing budget estimates, fiscal analyses, or analyze return on investments for a program/project; AND Making recommendations for changes in order to improve the efficiency of administrative support or program operations; AND Producing communication or informational products for websites, briefs, and presentations. OR 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 A combination of education and experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in or related to the work of this position AND graduate level education that provided the specific knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position and experience. To qualify for the GS-12 level: Applicants must possess experience equivalent to 1 year of experience at the next lowest grade level (GS-11) that is similar to experience gained in the Federal, State, or Local government or equivalent public or private sector experience. Your resume must demonstrate that you meet the specialized experience below: Applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations; AND Developing life cycle cost analyses of projects or performing cost benefit or economic evaluations of current or projected programs; AND Advising on the potential benefits/uses of automation to improve the efficiency of administrative support or program operations; AND Leading or providing oversight to a project or the following program areas: performance management, budget preparation/execution, personnel processing systems, business systems, contract administration, strategic communications planning/execution, workforce planning/forecasting, training initiatives, work-life programs, and other human resource/personnel initiatives. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: There is no educational substitution at this grade level. 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.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Transcripts--If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Please ensure that all documentation is legible.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Contacts

• Address
• Name: Monica Bennett
• Phone: 0000000000
• Email: [email protected]