Program Analyst

Duties
In this position, you will serve as an analyst and advisor to leadership of FEMA's National Preparedness Directorate with a focus on data analysis, workflow management and strategic communications.

Typical assignments include:

• Prepare and deliver written and oral communications to NPD Assistant Administrator, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Senior Advisor and Executive Officer;
• Prepare a variety of correspondence and other documentation, i.e., formal letters, position papers, reports, staff studies, staff summary packages, briefings, charts, background papers;
• Provide internal oral briefings and responds to other internal inquiries as well as requests for information by telephone and email, with all responses completed in a timely and courteous manner, and reflecting determinations within the parameters of established law and policy;
• Design and implement systems and standard operating procedures based on recommendations to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively;
• Prepare and conduct briefings for higher level management to explain the specific analysis of subject matter, as well as to provide recommendations or action plans and provide guidance and/or direction for implementation;
• Maintain the directorate's Sharepoint system

Qualifications
Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

The qualification requirements listed below must be met within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

NOTE: Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

Current or former FEMA Reservists/DAE employees: To accurately credit your experience for these intermittent positions, make sure to list the dates (from MM/YY to MM/YY) of each deployment, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Failure to provide this information may result in disqualification.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.