Management Analyst

Summary

This is a TEMPORARY, INTERMITTENT position located in Office of Overseas Employment, Bureau of Human Resources. The incumbent serves as a Management Analyst in the division responsible for the design of all major cash, non-cash, and risk benefit plans for 186 missions. This responsibility involves compensation and benefit studies, data analysis, plan design, renewal analysis, and reviews for benefit plan soundness and compliance.

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Duties

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• Analyzes foreign labor market trends and comparator employer salary data.
• Evaluates and proposes relevant adjustments to local compensation plans (LCPs) for U.S. missions abroad, which defines Locally Employed (LE) Staff pay and benefits, based on local law and prevailing practice.
• Identifies post-specific, regional, and global anomalies or trends and formulates solutions.
• Communicates findings and provides briefings on LCP review results to U.S. mission leadership, post HR, Department officials, Regional Bureaus, other agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in responding to requests from mission management, post HR, Department officials, and other stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit:

Qualifications

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience administering compensation programs, including analyzing commercial vendor surveys and global market data to make recommendations for pay and benefit adjustments in accordance with federal regulations.
• Experience developing and implementing compensation policies and procedures that comply with federal pay systems, (i.e. General Schedule (GS), Foreign Service (FS), and Senior Executive Service (SES) pay structures).
• Experience providing programmatic support to federal HR professionals and Locally Employed (LE) staff at U.S. Missions abroad.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.

To be considered well-qualified, in addition to meeting minimum qualifications, candidates must demonstrate proficiency in some, but not all of the major aspects of the position.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Additional information

• • To request a reasonable accommodation for additional time on the timed sections of the assessment, please submit your request using the "Request a Reasonable Accommodation" button within the Assessment Application.
    For all other reasonable accommodations at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations (OAA) at View email address on click.appcast.io.
    OAA is responsible for reviewing and adjudicating reasonable accommodation (RA) requests for the Assessment Battery being used for this announcement. The following applies to all RA requests:
    
    
    • RA requests cover additional time on timed sections only.
    • Applicants submitting a RA request MUST attach supporting medical documentation signed by a licensed, treating medical provider. The documentation should describe the nature, severity, and expected duration of the condition, identify the relevant medical condition or diagnosis, and explain the basis for the requested extension. RA requests that do not contain supporting medical documentation attachments at the time of initial request may be subject to further review.
    • Note: the following documents do not, on their own, qualify for automatic approval of the RA request: Schedule A letters, VA benefits letters, or SSA letters.
    • Applicants MUST submit their application before the vacancy closes, even if pending an accommodation decision.
    • Applicants are encouraged to carefully follow instructions related to medical documentation provided in the vacancy announcement prior to beginning the RA process.
    • Applicants will have 48 hours after their RA request is adjudicated to complete the assessment battery. Scores generated after the allotted timeframe will not be admissible and the applicant will not be considered further for the vacancy.
    • If a different type of RA is needed, please contact OAA directly at View email address on click.appcast.io.
  • If eligible, situational telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval.
  • Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days and may require a higher or lower security clearance. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.
  • Agency & Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP & ICTAP): View OPM's CTAP & ICTAP eligibility website for more information. You must be rated in the Well-Qualified category and submit supporting documents under the required documents section of this announcement to receive selection priority consideration. To be considered Well-Qualified applicants must: score an 85 or above, meet Minimum Qualifications, and demonstrate proficiency in some, but not all major aspects of the 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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In accordance with 5 CFR § 890.102 (3), employees serving in a temporary appointment not to exceed one (1) year with an intermittent work schedule (no regular work schedule), limited to a maximum of 1040 hours in an appointment period are not eligible for benefits.

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