Senior Policy and Project Analyst

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers•Glynco, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) prepares the federal law enforcement community to safeguard America's people, property, and institutions. The Senior Policy and Project Analyst serves in the Office of the Associate Director for Training Operations or the NCR Training Operations Directorate, in Glynco, Georgia, or Cheltenham, Maryland. The role provides counsel to the Assistant Director and Deputy Assistant Director on FLETC initiatives, operations, and programs. The position analyzes developments and initiatives, develops recommendations and proposals for senior leaders, and provides advice on cooperative activities, policy issues, and ways to resolve operating differences. It oversees projects involving resource allocation and works across directorates with analysts, advisors, and program managers to develop recommendations. The analyst also serves as a liaison for senior leadership on complex, sensitive, controversial, or unprecedented matters affecting FLETC, the agency, or the Department. The position may be filled at the GS-14 or GS-15 level. It is an excepted-service Schedule Policy/Career, at-will position and is emergency essential. Situational-only telework may be available under agency policy. Occasional travel and overtime may be required. The work is largely sedentary and is performed in an office setting, with occasional travel and site visits. A valid state-issued driver's license is required for official government business.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
For GS-15: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-14, including leading complex policy and program analyses; overseeing resource, strategic-planning, and performance-management activities across multiple organizational elements; and representing senior leadership in high-level forums and negotiations.
For GS-14: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-13, including analyzing and supporting policy, program, and operational initiatives; assisting with resource stewardship and program execution; and coordinating with stakeholders and preparing executive-level products.
Education cannot substitute for specialized experience at either grade level.
Current or recent GS employees must meet the applicable 52-week time-in-grade requirement by the announcement closing date.
Possess and maintain a valid state-issued driver's license for official government business.
Successfully pass a background investigation and required drug testing.
File an OGE 278 Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter while in a covered position.
Submit a resume of no more than two pages.
Meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

Maintain contact with senior management officials to assess changes and their potential effects on FLETC operating policies.
Direct analysis of changes, developments, and initiatives, and prepare formal recommendations and proposals for the Assistant Director and Deputy Assistant Director.
Provide senior leaders with analysis, perspectives, approaches, and advice concerning cooperative activities, operating differences, and high-level sensitive joint policy issues.
Oversee projects involving effective allocation and commitment of resources.
Coordinate with Senior Project and Policy Analysts, Senior Policy Advisors, and program managers across directorates to develop recommendations on resource allocation.
Serve as the Assistant Director's liaison on complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues affecting FLETC-wide, agency, and Departmental operations.
At the GS-15 level, lead complex policy and program analyses; oversee resource, strategic-planning, and performance-management activities; and represent senior leadership in high-level forums and negotiations.
At the GS-14 level, analyze policy, program, and operational initiatives; support resource stewardship and program execution; and coordinate executive-level materials and stakeholder communications.