At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during, and after disasters, and every employee has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters.

Responsibilities

In this Program Analyst position, you will work closely with all the Workforce Development Division Branches.

Typical assignments include:

• Analyzing, evaluating, and improving the efficiency of internal administrative operations;
• Creating, revising, and maintaining policy and doctrine;
• Tracking policy, doctrine, and associated materials through established clearance/concurrence process;
• Maintaining a central repository of established policy/doctrine and established revision cycles;
• Liaising with other organizations within the Directorate to evaluate doctrinal gaps;
• Analyzing any deviation from policies and doctrine and working with supervisor and team to determine the need for policy and/or doctrine revision and/or creation.

Qualification Profile

Conditions of Employment

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.

To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust as a condition of placement into this position.

This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.

• You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel card.
• Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
• Travel may be required.

Qualifications

All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

To qualify for this Program Analyst position at the IC-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-09 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

• Editing documents such as memos, briefings, policies, and/or doctrines on program operations and/or processes; and
• Analyzing programs and/or processes for effectiveness and briefing on results; and
• Collaborating with partners to improve programs

OR

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

• 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

or

• LL.M., if related

OR

• Combination of education and experience.

Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:

• Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume, as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
• Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.
• Your resume serves as the basis for experience-related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and be specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

Required Documents

Do not include any photos, personally identifying information (PII) (including birthday and social security numbers), or personal information such as age, gender, religious affiliation, medical history, etc.

1. Your resume: Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. For resume writing guidance, please review the requirements section of this announcement or visit the USAJobs Resource Center.
2. Your responses to the job questionnaire: You will be directed to the online job questionnaire once you begin the application process for this position.
3. Are you a current or former federal employee? This position does not have any competitive eligibility requirements. However, you will need to submit a Standard Form (SF)-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which demonstrates your current/highest grade level. Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, within-grade increases, and accessions. Award SF-50s will not be accepted.
4. Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) from accredited institutions. Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts.