Management Analysis Officer
What you'd do
This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of the Assistant Administrator (OAA) with vacancies in the listed locations. Additional duty locations are listed for future vacancies and/or vacancies that may be filled throughout the Department of Commerce. Please select locations for which you want to be considered.
Major duties
As a Management Analysis Officer, you will perform the following duties: Provide development and implementation of policies for improving access to global environmental data and information from satellites to promote and protect the Nation's security, environment, economy and quality of life. Provide policy recommendations, promote identification of potential improvement opportunities and advise management of these opportunities. Manage projects and activities within an organization or agency. Provide technical advice on strategic issues and collaborate with leaders in other mission areas to improve end-to-end processes. Serve as the project team leader providing technical direction in project management, team building, facilitation and process improvement analysis for projects involving satellite programs. Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships within the organization and between academia, other government agencies, industry, international and the public. Facilitate actions between domains and stakeholders to synchronize, integrate and prioritize objectives to ensure programs are aligned with objectives. Perform analysis on program and operations effectiveness and on management efficiency and productivity. Conduct evaluations to establish objectives and recommend changes to assess progress.
What you need to qualify
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZA-5 or GS-15 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-4 or GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Coordinating actions for a satellite program related to the development of satellite observation capabilities or other related actions; Cultivating partnerships with internal and external organization partners and providing information on shared missions to partners; and Performing tasks related to the day-to-day execution of administrative, technical and financial operations (i.e. project planning, reviewing operational factors and costs, leading team projects, etc.).
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