- Position Title
- Program Analyst
- Agency
- Transportation Security Administration
- Announcement Number
- HQ-ESVP-575676-12461053-P Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, June 27, 2024 to Tuesday, July 2, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Displaced Employee? To be eligible you must meet one or more of the following:
- A current (OR former) employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) who will be (OR has been) separated through TSA involuntary workforce reduction (IWR) procedures AND I am eligible to be considered for TSA positions for all areas of consideration, for up to one year after the effective date of my involuntary separation;
- A former TSA Transportation Security Officer (TSO) eligible for rehiring priority under the Priority Employment Program (PEP);
- An applicant for a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) position who has had my enter-on-duty (EOD) date delayed or offer rescinded due to a workforce reduction or anticipated reduction eligible for priority consideration under the Priority Employment Program (PEP).
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Referred applicants may be shared with other locations within TSA. Do you authorize the sharing of your name and application materials with other locations? If you respond "No", your name and application materials may only be shared for the position and locations on this announcement.
How did you hear about this opportunity?
1.
Please let us know how you heard about this opportunity.
Suitability and Conditions of Employment
1.
Please indicate whether or not you have been convicted* of any of the offenses listed within the past 10 years. (Note: By responding "Yes" to any of these, you will be removed from consideration for this position.)
*You have a conviction if you plead no contest (nolo contendere), plead guilty, were found guilty, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, to any of the listed disqualifying offenses. The only exceptions are if your guilty plea or conviction has been reversed on appeal, your conviction has been expunged, or you have been pardoned.
*You have a conviction if you plead no contest (nolo contendere), plead guilty, were found guilty, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, to any of the listed disqualifying offenses. The only exceptions are if your guilty plea or conviction has been reversed on appeal, your conviction has been expunged, or you have been pardoned.
- Forgery of certificates, false marking of aircraft, and other aircraft registration violations.
- Interference with air navigation.
- Improper transportation of hazardous material.
- Aircraft piracy.
- Interference with flight crew members or flight attendants.
- Commission of certain crimes aboard aircraft in flight.
- Carrying a weapon or explosive aboard aircraft.
- Conveying false information and threats.
- Aircraft piracy outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.
- Lighting violation involving transporting controlled substances. Essentially, this means that if you have been convicted of transporting illegal drugs in a plane without activating the navigation or anti-collision lights you are disqualified.
- Unlawful entry into an aircraft area that serves air carriers or foreign air carriers contrary to established security requirements.
- Destruction of an aircraft or either a domestic or international aircraft facility. It is a federal crime to use any device, substance or weapon, to intentionally perform an act of violence against any person at an airport or to destroy or seriously damage the facilities of such an airport.
- Murder.
- Assault with intent to murder.
- Espionage.
- Sedition (inciting insurrection against lawful authority).
- Kidnapping or hostage taking.
- Treason.
- Rape or aggravated sexual abuse.
- Unlawful possession, use, sale, distribution, or manufacture of an explosive or weapon.
- Extortion.
- Armed or felony armed robbery.
- Distribution of, or intent to distribute a controlled substance.
- Felony arson.
- Felony involving a threat.
- Felony involving willful destruction of property.
- Felony involving importation or manufacture of a controlled substance.
- Felony involving burglary.
- Felony involving theft.
- Felony involving dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation.
- Felony involving possession or distribution of stolen property.
- Felony involving aggravated assault.
- Felony involving bribery.
- Felony involving illegal possession of a controlled substance punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of more than 1 year, or any other crime classified as a felony that the Under Secretary determines indicates a propensity for placing contraband aboard an aircraft in return for money.
- Violence at international airports.
- Conspiracy or attempt to commit any of the criminal acts listed above.
- Interference with security screening personnel.
All the information you provide may be verified by a review of the work experience and/or education as shown on your application form, by checking references and through other means, such as the interview process. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work.
2.
Does the TSA employ any of your relatives?
Please respond whether or not you have been separated (e.g., terminated, removed, or resigned while a proposed termination or removal was pending) from TSA for any of the following reasons within the last three years.
Note: By responding "Yes" to any of these, you will be removed from consideration for this position
Note: By responding "Yes" to any of these, you will be removed from consideration for this position
3.
Were you separated due to unacceptable performance?
4.
Were you separated due to misconduct?
5.
Were you separated due to receiving a negative suitability determination from the Personnel Security Division?
6.
Did you resign after receiving a proposed removal letter?
Resume Requirements
1.
I understand that my Resume must include the following or I may be found ineligible for consideration:
- Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including month and year) for work experience
- Number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week
- Performance level for federal civilian positions (i.e. band or grade)
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Do you have three years of general work experience, with at least one year at SV-E or GS-4 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Such Specialized Experience defined as:
- Promote the agency's mission, substantive programs and activities, and inter-relationships among programs, and related management principles and processes; and)
- Utilize standard information management system(s), databases, office automation systems and processes, and computer applications to support data collection, analysis, and reporting.
2.
Do you have one year of specialized experience at the SV-F or GS-9 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Such Specialized Experience defined as:
- Apply analytical and evaluative methods, techniques, and procedures to assess program development, execution, and management, and make recommendations to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency; and)
- Research and evaluate complex problems, analyze a variety of information and materials and provide recommendations based of knowledge of organization, programs, mission, and functions; and)
- Compose written communications to develop presentations, SOPs/work guides, content for online resources, etc., to document procedures and promote assigned program(s) to personnel at all levels of the Agency.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Alert and advise staff on methods and procedures to improve program effectiveness and efficiency.
4.
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of program operations and systems in meeting established goals and objectives.
5.
Experience writing reports to explain analyses and fully support recommendations for program and operations changes.
6.
Prepare spreadsheets, charts and graphs that are clear, concise, and effectively depict drawn conclusions.
7.
Interpret research, data gathering and analysis as it relates to various programs or projects.
8.
Formulate basic budget and financial management duties related to short or long range planning of programs and objectives.
9.
Execute routine data development, management and collection techniques and methods to accept, record, and process data for analytical review and inventory.
10.
Assess quantitative and qualitative analytical concepts, techniques and methodologies to conduct analytical studies and surveys for a variety of managerial operations and systems.
11.
Experience providing customer and case management support and proposing solutions to resolve problems.
12.
Streamline oral communications to organize and deliver briefings, presentations or training to encourage understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.
13.
Ensuring program operations comply with established rules and regulations issued by the agency and the department.