PROGRAM ANALYST

Summary

You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST in the Combat Development Directorate (CDD), POM/O&M/GPC Division of COMNAVSPECWARDEVGRU.

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Duties

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• You will coordinate the preparation, presentation, justification, and defense of the NSWDG Investment POM.
• You will direct financial planning efforts across multiple capability areas, ensuring seamless alignment between operational capability needs and resourcing realities.
• You will develop program analysis based on in-depth budget analysis, long-range projections, and technical/tactical requirements.
• You will represent the command at flag-level reviews, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and Integrated Concept Teams (ICTs), presenting complex financial data and defending funding requirements verbally and in writing.
• You will manage and formulate the CDD Operation and Maintenance annual budget.
• You will serve as the designated CDD Program Coordinator for the Government Purchase Card (GPC) program and exercise administrative responsibility for establishing, maintaining, monitoring, and terminating GPC accounts.
• You will prepare and present recurring and ad hoc status-of-funds reports, cost-benefit analyses, and program execution summaries to command leadership to facilitate strategic decision-making.

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 complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
• 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.
• May be authorized to carry a weapon as required and must therefore be qualified with the weapon. This position is covered by the domestic violence amendment (Lautenberg Amendment) to the Gun Control Act of 1968.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• 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.
• Incumbent is subject to periodic counterintelligence (CI) scope polygraphs. Employee must achieve and maintain all command required certifications.
• Required to report to the command when requested.

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: Formulating annual operating budgets by coordinating multi-year funding requests, auditing purchase card programs for compliance; preparing financial documentation to support organizational readiness.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience applying advanced program-management and financial-management principles to plan, formulate, coordinate, and execute complex programs, budgets, and long-range investment strategies.
• Experience conducting program-budget analyses; evaluating funding requirements and execution; and preparing recommendations, status-of-funds reports, cost-benefit analyses, or comparable decision-support products for senior leaders.
• Experience utilizing Department of War budgeting and resourcing processes, including PPBE, POM development, appropriations, and budget submissions, analyzing competing requirements and developing defensible funding strategies.
• Experience interpreting and applying acquisition, procurement, fiscal-management, and internal-control requirements.
• Experience communicating complex financial and programmatic information clearly in writing and orally; and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with PPBE; POM development; Future Years Defense Plan; Budget Estimate Submissions and Amended Budget Estimate Submissions.
• Experience managing or analyzing Operations and Maintenance, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, and Procurement appropriations.
• Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, Government Purchase Card program administration, internal controls, and audit/compliance practices.
• Experience supporting JCIDS or SOFCIDS documentation, acquisition strategies, sustainment planning, or Department of War systems-acquisition processes.
• Advanced technical skills utilizing spreadsheets, databases, and other financial or program-management systems to analyze obligations, expenditures, trends, forecasts, and risks.
• Experience preparing point papers, staff reports, and senior-leader briefs; and coordinating resource issues across commands, program offices, acquisition organizations, and external stakeholders.

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

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.

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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