Program Analysis Officer

Program Analysis Officer

The primary duties and responsibilities as the Program Analysis Officer include but are not limited to:

1. Develop and maintain a high level of technical knowledge of the numerous and varied research and empirical methodological and theoretical approaches pertaining to evaluation.
2. Deploy rigorous scientific methods in administering a portfolio of evaluation projects that examine the effectiveness of new and existing DOL programs and assesses the impact of policy or other significant proposals on such programs.
3. Design and direct labor research and evaluation projects, and plays a key role with the Chief Evaluation Officer in coordinating the Department's 4-year Learning Agendas and Capacity Assessments, as well as leads and develops the Department's annual Evaluation Plan.
4. Oversee and ensure quality control of evaluation specialists regarding evaluation designs, contract management, reports, and findings; promotes high performance among staff consistent with federal evaluation professional standards.
5. Represent CEO with internal, other Federal, public, and private stakeholders.
6. Attend conferences, meetings, site visits, and inter-and intra-agency work groups in order to present evidence activity findings and coordinate plans and actions.
7. Oversee the conceptualization and execution of competitive procurement of independent third-party evaluation contractors, competitive grants for analysis and research, and contract and grant management, to including determining appropriate vehicle for achieving evidence objectives within statutory and regulatory parameters.
8. Manage and troubleshoot administrative and financial processes, including procurement, contract execution and management, financial management, evaluation and research grants processing, personnel management, and budget preparation. Problem solving across these domains includes complex financial resource allocation across multiple funding sources and accounting for multi-year funding streams, evolving procurement guidance and accommodating fluidity in agency research and evaluation objectives after procurement scopes of work have been established.