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PROGRAM ANALYST
Federal Emergency Management Agency / Resilience / National Preparedness Directorate
Department of Homeland Security

Overview

NSEP Exclusive

Open & Closing Dates
01/24/2023 to 02/13/2023

Pay Scale & Grade
GS9, GS11, GS12 per year

Work Schedule
Full-Time

Promotion Potential
GS12

Appointment Type
Permanent

Location

State
DC Metro Area

Duties

Summary
DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards. Join our team and use your talent to support Americans in their times of greatest need. FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled, knowledgeable, high-performance workforce.

FEMA Resilience aims to build a culture of preparedness through insurance, mitigation, continuity, preparedness programs and grants.

The National Preparedness Directorate connects individuals, organizations, and communities with research and tools to build and sustain capabilities to prepare for any disaster or emergency.

Responsibilities
• Conducting program evaluation research and analysis by collaborating with other program evaluators on aspects of study design, analysis, and interpretation

• Applying program evaluation principles to analyze qualitative and quantitative data to arrive at recommendations for management, program leads, and other staff.

• Tracking timelines and coordinating with management, program leads, and other staff to ensure effective and efficient execution of projects.

• Coordinating with other FEMA offices to understand available data and to provide context to analyses and recommendations.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
The ideal candidate will support a wide range of analyses, primarily on topics of program effectiveness and program evaluation.

Requirements
Preferred Qualifications for Program Analyst (Program Evaluation):

Degree: that included 12 semester hours in program evaluation (statistics, quantitative or qualitative research methods), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following in the social sciences: including economics, social welfare, geography, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, public policy, etc.

OR

Combination of education and experience: courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional program evaluation work such as (a) primary data collection aligning to a logic model, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical or qualitative data, and (c) interpreting and disseminating findings through professional publications.

Qualifications
Specialized Experience:

GS-09:

• Implementing best practices in program evaluation with some supervision

• Conducting analysis using appropriate methods to research program effectiveness with some supervision, and

• Communicating analysis results using a variety of methods.

GS-11:

• Conducting research or analysis according to accepted best practices in program evaluation with minimal supervision

• Implementing research, analytical, and evaluation projects with minimal supervision, and

• Being able to apply appropriate qualitative or quantitative analysis methods to assess program effectiveness, and

• Developing analysis results to summarize findings for technical and non-technical audiences.

Security Clearance

Not Required

Required Application Materials

Resume, Academic Transcripts, DD-214 (veterans or active duty military only), SF-50 (current or former federal employees only), NSEP Letter of Certification

Application Instructions

Please send the following:

• Resume

• SF-50 if federal employee

• Transcripts

• Eligibility documentation (e.g., official notice of being a Peace Corps employee and eligible for noncompetitive hiring). (For NSEP award recipients this includes your NSEP Letter of Certification)

Additional Notes

EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

Your application is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the application close date indicated above. Failure to follow the application instructions may result in rejection of your application.

Cover letters should be tailored to the position and generically addressed to the division mentioned above.

Resume and Supporting Materials

You will need to submit your application through the vacancy posting on the NSEPnet Job Board. Please upload each of the required documents in the appropriate location. Files should be in Word, Excel, PDF, Text or Html formats only. When naming each file, please follow the following naming convention:

Document Type_Last Name, First Name

For example, the applicant John Smith would submit a resume named “Resume_Smith, John”.

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SF-50 and DD-214

If you are a current or former federal employee, you will need to include your SF-50 (or similar document proving federal employment) in your application. If you are a veteran or active duty member of the U.S. military, you will need to include a DD-214 in your application.

Letter of Certification

You will need to request a Letter of Certification for this exclusive position. To request a Letter of Certification from the NSEPnet home page, hover over the blue “Request a Letter” option at the top of the page and click on “Certification Letter” from the drop-down options. Requests for Letters of Certification are generally processed within 1-2 business days.

HIRING AUTHORITY

The Department of Homeland Security will utilize the Schedule A (r) and/or NDAA’13 hiring authorities afforded to all NSEP award recipients with outstanding service requirements to make appointments to this position in the excepted service. NSEP award recipients who have already completed their service requirement to NSEP in full are not eligible to apply.

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