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Program Analyst

Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S))
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Summary

The Program Analyst position will be the advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Resilience and Optimization, (ASD(ERO)) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment (ASD(EI&E) on direction and technical guidance to meet statutory requirements, programs, and initiatives to enhance installation resilience for DoD military facilities, installations, and bases.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
08/14/2025 to 08/21/2025
Salary
$142,488 to - $185,234 per year
Pay scale & grade
NH 4
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Pentagon, Arlington, VA
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Top Secret
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
OUSDAS-25-12776851-MP
Control number
843388000

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

This job is open to Current Permanent Department of Defense Civilian Employee (DoD Only), Current WHS DCIPS employee, Special Authorities, Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA). Eligible Military Spouse Preference and Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference under competitive and non-competitive appointment; PPP DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible, and PPP DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement.

Duties

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Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following:

  • Collaborates with the Installation Resilience Director (ERO) in planning, developing, and implementing direction and technical guidance to meet statutory requirements related to strategy and implementation of installation preparedness and resilience to assure mission and readiness, including integration with energy resilience, extreme weather resilience, and water resilience.
  • Plans, leads, organizes, assigns and controls the work of subordinate government and contract support staff to execute efforts to achieve assigned goals, objectives, targets and other assigned taskings of the organization for installation resilience and planning for DoD facilities, installations and bases.
  • Ensures timely, accurate, professional and thorough responses to taskings from senior Department officials within and outside of the DASD(ERO) organization.
  • Oversees and ensures the quality of work products from subordinate staff and contract support staff to deliver timely, accurate, professional and thorough deliverables and other work products necessary to implement the assigned responsibilities of the organization. Leads and participates in staff efforts and/or supports studies and analyses to plan and implement installation resilience and planning for DoD facilities, installations and bases.
  • Oversees, participates in and supports studies and analyses required to develop and manage analytic tools that aid the DoD Military Departments and Components in performing resilience planning for DoD military facilities, installations and bases.
  • Oversees and participates in partnership efforts with other DoD Components, Federal Departments, and Agencies to perform extreme weather resilience planning and design for defense natural and built infrastructure that lie outside the installation fence line.
  • Oversees and participates in efforts to evaluate and optimize financing mechanisms to facilitate more rapid deployment of extreme weather resilience planning and design by DoD Components.
  • Supports or initiates as requested programs, actions, and taskings to ensure adherence to DoD issuances and procedures, and statutory requirements, ensuring that programs accommodate operational requirements and promote resilience planning and adaptation for the armed forces.
  • Participates in the various stages of the DoD Planning, Programming and Budgeting System for installation resilience programs. Develops and initiates management techniques and practices to facilitate the critical review and analysis of resilience planning and adaptation requirements, programs and initiatives.
  • Participates in, coordinates, organizes and facilitates teams for the purpose of developing solutions/recommendations to higher authorities on complex scientific, engineering, and economic issues and situations with clear objectives/goals and plans of action.
  • Drafts presentations, testimony, reports, and other materials for delivery to senior officials and congressional committees.
  • Prepares comprehensive oral and written reports, with appropriate supporting tables and charts.
  • Develops and documents alternatives to facilitate decisions based on robust, comprehensive analyses, to include science, engineering, and economic analyses.
  • Participates in, recommends and evaluates policies, guidance, strategies and plans to provide necessary facility support for military readiness and quality of life.
  • Reviews DoD Component funding profiles for extreme weather, water resilience, and related energy programs during budget reviews to determine compliance with Defense Guidance and other program directives
  • Recognizes the significance of findings and initiates further reviews to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Participates in and oversees as requested development and collection of data on requirements and resources
  • Performs in-depth analyses of requirements and resources to determine their propriety and effectiveness.
  • Organizes and directs the review and analysis of a variety of complex problems, issues, studies and plans.
  • Assignments may include but are not limited to: (a) evaluating new or alternative concepts for extreme weather resilience planning and design for infrastructure and programs; (b) designing criteria and techniques to evaluate effectiveness of programs and resource levels; and, (c) developing program management and analysis tools/methods
  • Monitors, initiates and evaluates activities and programs to enhance service to all customers.
  • Performs extensive coordination with those customers to determine their needs. As team member, develops and oversees as required strategic plans and measurement guidelines to developing budgets; develops direction and technical guidance statements for approval and implementation; develops and manages annual work plans; promotes and monitors return on investment for dollars expended; and provides direction for coordination, integration and interoperability of standards

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship is required
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
  • Must be determined suitable for federal employment
  • Required to participate in the direct deposit program
  • This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
  • This position is subject to the DoD Priority Placement Program
  • Employee must obtain/maintain a Critical Sensitive (TS) security clearance

Qualifications

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.
Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/
You may qualify at the NH-04 (GS-14) level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03 (GS-13) grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to:

  1. Expert knowledge of engineering, scientific, and business disciplines (such as civil engineering, physical and biological sciences, geospatial analyses, information technology, enterprise architectures, systems engineering, program management, business management, strategic planning, and/or public administration) and interpersonal relations practices to develop and apply new approaches to the most challenging and complex technical problems.
  2. Ability to organize and lead interdisciplinary multi-agency and/or multi-service teams through collaboration.
  3. Ability to apply data analysis techniques and geospatial analyses.
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.
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: The VOW Act Chapter 21 of Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 2108a, requires Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, at the time they apply for a Federal job, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, assuming the service member is otherwise eligible. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. The service member's military service dates are necessary in order to determine whether he or she meets the definition of "veteran" under 5 U.S.C. 2108(1). The "certification" must reflect the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date of submission. The "certification" must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters and must indicate when your terminal leave will begin (if applicable), your rank, dates of active duty service, the type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable). Further, under paragraph (h) of the rule, agencies are required to verify a qualifying separation from military service prior to appointment, through the DD-214 or other appropriate documentation. Your preference and/or appointment eligibility will be verified prior to appointment. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible." Military members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if member is on terminal leave.
Current or Former Political Appointees: Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Submit a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a statement that provides the following information regarding your most recent political appointment:
  • Position title;
  • Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
  • Agency; and,
  • Beginning and ending dates of appointment.
All qualifications, education, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Education

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

Additional information

Other priority consideration programs will continue under their current operating procedures.

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.

If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternative application. Please view the following link for information on how to obtain an alternative application https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?%20title=Alternate_Application_Information

Appointment Authorities: For more information on appointment authority eligibility requirements:

Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. http://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/DoD-Issuances/140025/

Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

All qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The category assignment is a measure of the degree in which your background matches the competencies required for this position. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The assessment questionnaire link can be found under the 'How To Apply' section.

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  • Strategic Thinking

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