Management AND Program Analyst Security Clearance

Position: MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST with Security Clearance
Duties

Summary:

This position is coded as Green Door. The primary purpose of this position is to provide support to various Special Access Programs. To serve as Strategic Program Analyst, HQ USAF Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) Studies Group (AF/A3Q), by contributing expertise to the Director and further to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations (AF/A3). Attends SES, Flag or General Officer level meetings and conferences as required.

To provide pre-decisional analysis and advice concerning proposed or developing USAF planning and strategy initiatives to senior USAF officials including MAJCOM Commanders, COCOM Commanders, the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) and the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force (CSAF). Duties:
* Serves as Strategic Program Analyst, Headquarters Air Force DCS Studies Group.
* Provides technical advice and staff support to the DCS, Operations (AF/A3).
* Conducts analysis on Air Force strategic problem sets through close coordination with elements of the DoD, Joint Staff, other Services and Agencies. Requirements Conditions of employment
* U.S. Citizenship Required
* Males must be registered for Selective Service, see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
* If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at:  
* This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
* Disclosure of Political Appointments
* Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
* Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
* Employee must obtain and maintain a TS-SCI security clearance and access to Special Access Programs.
* Work may require travel away from the normal duty station on military and commercial aircraft.
* A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Military or Political Science, International Affairs or National Security and Strategic Studies is highly desired.
* Military education level I (War College) is highly desired.
* The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
* This is a Centrally Managed position in the Force Support career field. Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions, Management and Program Analysis Series 0343. SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes mastery of advanced management and organization principles and practices for a variety of special access programs; and knowledge of planning, programming, and budgeting regulations, guidelines, and processes; and knowledge of Department of Defense and agency planning, acquisition, and management processes to provide guidelines and advisory services in support of long-range agency war, mobilization, exercise, deployment, and similar operations planning efforts;
Expert knowledge of military command structure, missions, programs, and organizational relationships and program goals and objectives, the sequence and timing of key operational events and milestones, and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of planning actions as related to actual events;
Very high degree of skill in analyzing and comparing cost benefits, risk analysis, cost projections, budgetary trade-offs, fiscal strategies, and programmatic factors to produce fully justified options that can be presented to higher levels of management for use in defending fiscal decisions; and ability to plan, organize, develop studies or projects and to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations, where the proposals involve substantial agency resources, require extensive changes in established concepts and procedures, or may be in conflict with previous programming actions.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS:
Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

NOTE:

Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE,

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