PROGRAM ANALYST

Summary

You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST (Assistant Dean of Assessment) in the U.S. Naval Community College of US NAVAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

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Duties

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• You will serve as the Assistant Dean of Assessment, providing college-wide leadership in designing, implementing, and sustaining a comprehensive assessment system that supports accreditation, program improvement, and institutional effectiveness.
• You will design and lead cyclical program review and co-curricular assessment processes, producing evidence-based recommendations aligned with institutional strategic priorities and accreditation standards.
• You will lead institutional assessment efforts to develop strategic planning goals and priorities.
• You will establish assessment feedback loops that translate findings into actionable program and operational improvements, closing the assessment loop in alignment with accreditation expectations.
• You will develop assessment narratives, statistical analyses, and dashboard reporting that communicate program effectiveness to internal stakeholders and external accrediting bodies.
• You will manage institutional data collection systems, ensuring data integrity, security, and accessibility across academic and administrative units in support of assessment reporting requirements.
• You will collaborate with partner institutions to align program learning outcomes, assessment practices, and compliance reporting with institutional and accreditor requirements.
• You will develop valid and reliable surveys to measure program success in meeting accreditable, compliance, or reporting requirements.
• You will build institutional assessment capacity through professional development, consultation, and resource development for faculty and staff, fostering a culture of evidence-based decision-making and accountability.
• You will develop and maintain an assessment management system to track program learning outcomes, curriculum maps, and assessment cycle completion across all academic programs.
• You will interpret and apply assessment-related DoW policies, MSCHE accreditation standards, and higher education assessment frameworks to ensure institutional compliance and continuous improvement.
• You will lead the design and validation of direct and indirect measures of student learning, including rubric development, embedded assessments, capstone evaluations, and nationally normed instruments.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the Gs-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Coordinating or leading regional or programmatic accreditation self-study processes, including Standards compliance documentation and continuous improvement planning; 2) Administering or managing assessment platforms, survey tools (e.g., Qualtrics), and institutional data systems to support outcomes reporting and accreditation compliance; 3) Applying quantitative and qualitative assessment methodologies for outcomes and outputs while promoting the validity and reliability of assessment instruments; 4) Transforming assessment data into actionable insights through excellent communication and interpersonal skills and presenting the collected data to diverse audiences; and 5) Communicating assessment findings to diverse audiences through written reports, executive briefings, data visualizations, and professional or peer-reviewed publications; and 6) Applying higher education assessment frameworks and accreditation standards (e.g., NILOA's Principles of Excellence, AAC&U VALUE rubrics, MSCHE/HLC/SACSCOC standards) to design institution-wide assessment systems that promote validity, reliability, and continuous improvement. NOTE: All experience must be fully demonstrated in your resume to be considered for the position.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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