Management and Program Analyst

Management and Program Analyst

Department: Department of Energy

Location(s): Phoenix, Arizona, Folsom, California, Lakewood, Colorado, Loveland, Colorado, Montrose, Colorado, Billings, Montana, Watertown, South Dakota

Salary Range: $106437 - $138370 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is part of the WAPA Headquarters. As a Management and Program Analyst, you will apply WAPA policies and analytical procedures to evaluate OCIO business functions, ensuring continuity in strategic planning, procurement, and project management. Coordinate with IT requestors, business partners, and procurement specialists to manage procurement processes for the OCIO and provide analysis, advice, and expertise on IT program operations.

Major Duties:

• As a Management and Program Analyst, you will: Provides expert advice and consulting services to implement IT Business office program strategies. Facilitates, supports, evaluates, develops, and implements meaningful performance objectives and measures that are aligned with DOE and WAPA IT purchasing program strategy. Research and recommend appropriate actions or interpretation of issues that impact internal and external stakeholders, which may affect the structure and future work of the IT organization. Ensures the OCIO purchasing programs, functions, and activities are accomplished in a cost-effective manner and are performed within a quality-focused work environment which is sensitive to the needs, interests, and concerns of business partners, customers and stakeholders. Supports transparency of IT procurements across WAPA and its program elements. Monitors and tracks WAPAs technological portfolio and research, and identifies new techniques, needed changes, and upgrades to maintain system readiness and security. Provides necessary and appropriate coordination with the Office of Procurement, senior IT management and IT staff in the preparation of IT purchase requests that support the enterprise Information Technology at WAPA. Ensures purchasing documents are aligned with DOE and WAPA acquisition strategy. Maintains and reports ongoing status and the extent to which purchasing and objectives are achieved. Monitors technical compliance and issues technical direction as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). Ensures that the government and contractor meet contract obligations. Processes any contract revisions and monitors administrative tasks and fund expenditures. Monitors, formulates and drafts comprehensive IT procurement execution analytic reports, Performance Work Statements (PWS), justification documents, briefing papers, industry market research documents, and other written material as required. Collaborate with Procurement office to resolve any request issues. Provides expert facilitation, change management, and consultation support to the CIO, ITSLT, and staff program supervisors on difficult and complex IT purchasing issues related to WAPA-wide IT purchasing program support and management. Prepares trend analysis and conclusions for management review.

Qualifications: Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. The experience need not have been in the federal government. To be qualified at the GS-13: Applicants must have one (1) year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent pay band in Federal Service. This experience includes all of the following: Proficiency in applying Federal procurement regulations, policies, and guidelines, including experience with Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Work (SOW), and various justification documents (e.g., limited/single source, brand name). Demonstrated experience as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) on complex, high-value contracts, coupled with an understanding of FITARA and its reporting requirements. Expertise in Information Technology products and services, including conducting industry market research and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders for comprehensive procurement planning and operations. Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing date to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/. To begin the application process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all required and supporting documentation. You must click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing date. You may update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select Update Application: https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the status of your application, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each application status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/. If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) visit the USAJOBS Help Center: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-30