Program Analyst Department of Defense Department of War Educion Activity Summary About the

Position:

This position is assigned to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Military Community and Family Policy (DASW (MC&FP), Assistant Secretary of War for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA), Office of the Under Secretary of War, Personnel and Readiness (USW (P&R)). This position may be eligible for situional telework as determined by the agency policy. Learn more about this agency Summary About the

Position:

This position is assigned to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Military Community and Family Policy (DASW (MC&FP), Assistant Secretary of War for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA), Office of the Under Secretary of War, Personnel and Readiness (USW (P&R)). This position may be eligible for situional telework as determined by the agency policy. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0343 Management And Program Analysis Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

NC7X-26-13088411-DE

Control number 888700700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Lead complex research studies and program evaluions th assess the effectiveness, implemention, and outcomes of programs serving military members and their families. Transle policy and program issues into practical research plans, including evaluion questions, da-collection methods, performance measures, sampling approaches, and analysis stregies. Provide technical oversight of quantitive, qualitive, and mixed-method research performed by internal staff, contractors, universities, and other partners; ensure work is rigorous, timely, and aligned with Department of War priorities. Analyze research findings, program da, and stakeholder input to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities; develop clear, evidence-based recommendions for senior leaders and program managers. Review assigned programs for potential efficiencies based on joint service initiives and/or federal partnership opportunities. Build partnerships across Military Services, Reserve Components, federal agencies, installions, and community organizions to improve coordinion, access to resources, and support for service members and their families. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Requirement. Proof of U.S. Citizenship required. Direct deposit of pay is required. One year probionary period may be required. Appointment subject to a suitability/fitness determinion, as determined by a background investigion. This position is designed Non-Critical Sensitive (Secret) and requires a Tier 3 investigion favorably adjudiced.

Qualificions Who May Apply:

U.S. Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. GS-14

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes evaluing large-scale programs addressing the needs of communities, military populions, and/or families, applying advance research methodologies such as: quasi-experimental designs, mixed-methods, and stistical analysis using specialized software, transling empirical research findings into actionable policy recommendions and executive briefings for senior leadership, and collaboring with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute stregic community and family support plans. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your educion for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualificion requirement using experience alone--no substitution of educion for experience is permitted. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of War referral system for displaced employees. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. This position is not covered by a bargaining unit. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the informion in the Reemployed Annuitant informion sheet. This position requires a 1-year probionary period during which the agency evalues your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determinion, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizional or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certificion th it advances the public interest You may claim Military Spouse preference. You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference. 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, based on your adjudicion decision. 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 here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodions_for_USA_Hire 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 . Review our 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), the responses you provide on the applicion questionnaire, and the result of the online assessments required for this position. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiing Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. 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. Basis for

Ring:

Qualified candides assigned to one of three quality cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality cegory. Best Qualified. Candides in this cegory possess exceptional skills and experience to exceed well above the minimum requirements for the announced position. Highly Qualified. Candides in this cegory possess good skills and experience above the minimum requirements for the announced position. Qualified. Candides in this cegory meet the minimum experience requirements for the announced position. 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 . Review our 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External) . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

NOTE:

Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be red well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website . 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. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13088411 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/22/2026. 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. For more general informion, system requirements, reasonable accommodion informion, and to request assistance regarding the USA Hire Assessments, review the following resources: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=USA_Hire_Assessments 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 : Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/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 Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address DEAHM DoWEA OUSD Personnel and Readiness 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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. 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External) . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

NOTE:

Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be red well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Additional informion about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website . 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. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13088411 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/22/2026. 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. For more general informion, system requirements, reasonable accommodion informion, and to request assistance regarding the USA Hire Assessments, review the following resources: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=USA_Hire_Assessments 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 : Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/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 Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address DEAHM DoWEA OUSD Personnel and Readiness 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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. 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Alexandria, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

NC7X-26-13088411-DE

Control number 888700700