Administrative Operations Analyst, GS-0301-13 NF

Administrive Operions Analyst, GS-0301-13 NF Nional Science Foundion Various Offices Summary The Administrive Operions Analyst (AOA) collabores with senior staff to plan and implement administrive activities providing authoritive administrive advice all levels. The AOA establishes operional policies, and are responsible for analyzing and supporting business operions, analyzing and managing administrive processes, planning and managing workload forecasting, and participing in stregic human capital management projects. Learn more about this agency Summary The Administrive Operions Analyst (AOA) collabores with senior staff to plan and implement administrive activities providing authoritive administrive advice all levels. The AOA establishes operional policies, and are responsible for analyzing and supporting business operions, analyzing and managing administrive processes, planning and managing workload forecasting, and participing in stregic human capital management projects. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Alexandria, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

NSF-26-12955444

Control number 868695500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Nional Science Foundion (NSF) agency employee on OR eligible for permanent competitive service appointments. Duties Help As a Administrive Operions Analyst, GS-0301-13 NF , you will perform the following duties:

Business Operions Analysis and Management:

Develops and implements efficient business policies, processes, and procedures; evalues organizional operions; and advises leadership on operional changes and compliance with Federal and NSF guidelines.

Administrive Analysis and Management:

Conducts qualitive and quantitive analyses of administrive practices, provides guidance on administrive policies, and manages systems to prevent waste, loss, or misuse of assets.

Workload Forecasting, Planning, and Management:

Analyzes funding accounts, resource requests, and staffing needs to support organizional goals, and provides recommendions for fund allocion, workforce planning, and resource management.

Stregic Human Capital Support:

Drafts policies for human capital activities, participes in stregic planning, and manages training programs.

Technical Leadership and Guidance:

Leads complex projects, coordines teams, monitors progress, and provides technical advice and training to staff on NSF systems, policies, and procedures.

Collaborion and Represention:

Represents the organizion in discussions with other NSF divisions and external stakeholders, advocing for organizional programs and addressing administrive concerns. Other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. citizen. Selectee required to have a background investigion prior to onboarding. Selectee may be required to serve a 2-year trial/1-year probionary period.

Additional Requirements:

Time in

Grade Requirement:

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service the next lower grade/equivalent. You must meet eligibility and qualificion requirements within 30 days of the closing de. You must answer all job-reled questions in the NSF eRecruit questionnaire and any external assessment th is included. All online applicants must provide a valid email address. If your email address is inaccure or your mailbox is full/blocked, you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. It is NSF policy th personnel employed , or Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) individuals detailed to, NSF are not permitted to participe in foreign talent recruitment programs . Failure to comply with this NSF policy could result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from Federal Service or terminion of an IPA assignment and referral to the Office of Inspector General. NSF has determined th all of its positions are eligible for telework. Work suitable for telework depends on job duties; therefore, employees must receive approval from their supervisor for telework and have a telework agreement in place. Entering into a telework agreement is voluntary. Qualificions To qualify the GS-13 level , you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level analyzing, leading, and managing business operions, administrive processes, and programs for an organizion.

Examples of experience could include:

Using qualitive and quantitive approaches to evalue and oversee business and administrive operions, Planning and managing workload forecasting, Leading stregic human capital management projects, Making recommendions to leadership to provide support and serve as an advoce for organizional programs. Experience refers to paid/unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training/experience th transles directly to paid work. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Educion may enhance skills required for this position; however, no substitution of educion for specialized experience may be made this level. Additional informion Relocion Expenses will not be paid. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) ICTAP and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP or CTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP or CTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified you must meet the following: OPM qualificion requirements for the position, all selective factors, where applicable; special OPM approved qualifying conditions for the position; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodion, where approprie, to sisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and receives a ring of least "Very Good" on the assessment. You must provide proof of eligibility with your applicion to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notificion of ICTAP or CTAP eligibility, or a copy of your separion personnel action form. Additional informion regarding ICTAP or CTAP eligibility is available from OPM's Career Transition Resources .

Veteran's Preference:

If you are entitled to veterans' preference, you should indice the type of veterans' preference you are claiming on your resume. Your veterans' preference entitlement verified by the employing agency. For 5-point veterans' preference, please provide your DD-214 (Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), official stement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty, or other official documention (e.g., documention of receipt of a campaign badge or expeditionary medal) th proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions. For 10-point veterans' preference, please submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, DD-214, and the VA letter or other required documention as specified on the SF-15. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . This announcement may be used to fill like positions in other organizions within the Nional Science Foundion. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on the online assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Teamwork Applicants eligible for selection preference under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) must meet the agency definition of "well qualified." At NSF, this means a score of 85.0 or higher. In the merit promotion selection process, formal performance appraisals may be considered if voluntarily submitted by the applicant. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12955444 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help All applicants are required to submit a legible resume/CV th is no longer than two pages. The resume should include a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with des specified in month and year, and indices hours worked per week. If you are a civilian Federal employee, you should include your pay plan and grade for each applicable position. Applicants may submit an optional cover letter. If you are an NSF employee on or eligible for a permanent, competitive service position or you are an NSF employee who is reinstement eligible based on prior Federal permanent, competitive service, you need not submit documents to confirm stus. Performance appraisals may be considered during the evaluion process if voluntarily submitted All uploading must be completed before 11:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on the vacancy closing de.

IMPORTANT NOTE

PLEASE

DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, DATE OF BIRTH, OR ANY OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON YOUR APPLICATION DOCUMENTS.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Agency contact informion Talent & Acquisition Management Branch erecruit@nsf.gov Address US Nional Science Foundion 401 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 US Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. You may check the stus of your applicion any time on the USAJOBS website . Applicants should click 'Track this Applicion' in the Applicant Dashboard to receive applicion updes. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All applicants are required to submit a legible resume/CV th is no longer than two pages. The resume should include a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with des specified in month and year, and indices hours worked per week. If you are a civilian Federal employee, you should include your pay plan and grade for each applicable position. Applicants may submit an optional cover letter. If you are an NSF employee on or eligible for a permanent, competitive service position or you are an NSF employee who is reinstement eligible based on prior Federal permanent, competitive service, you need not submit documents to confirm stus. Performance appraisals may be considered during the evaluion process if voluntarily submitted All uploading must be completed before 11:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on the vacancy closing de.

IMPORTANT NOTE

PLEASE

DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, DATE OF BIRTH, OR ANY OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON YOUR APPLICATION DOCUMENTS.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Talent & Acquisition Management Branch erecruit@nsf.gov Address US Nional Science Foundion 401 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 US Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. You may check the stus of your applicion any time on the USAJOBS website . Applicants should click 'Track this Applicion' in the Applicant Dashboard to receive applicion updes. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Alexandria, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

NSF-26-12955444

Control number 868695500