Management and Program Analyst

Management and Program Analyst

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Montgomery, Alabama

Salary Range: $74678 - $116362 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the Office of the Director, Montgomery Regional Office (RO). The incumbent serves as a Management Analyst and member of the professional staff for the Montgomery RO Director. The incumbent is responsible for conducting evaluative studies and serving as a consultant to the RO Director on pertinent issues associated with the effectiveness and efficiency of Montgomery RO operations as they relate to the delivery of benefits and service to Veterans.

Major Duties:

• Major duties include but are not limited to: Develops briefings or status/staff reports to plan, coordinate or advise on work reports. Analyzes potential organizational problems or changing situations. Presents controversial findings to agency/corporation senior managers with tact. Communicates relevant information to resolve issues and develop solutions. Summarizes recommendations discussed during meetings with customers for documentation purposes. Compose complex correspondence. Writes documents such as memoranda/letters/reports that present highly sensitive and controversial agency policies. Participates in the composition of complex correspondence or other written work for external high-level officials that are controversial and politically sensitive. Provides oral reports of project status during management or team meetings. Assist in conducting management studies of organizations, manpower utilization, work methods, management controls, and policies. Perform analytical study of a variety of complex procedures designed to improve effectiveness of the operation.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Time-in-Grade: Applicants who are current federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9 level. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. To support your claim of time-in-grade, you must submit a promotion, within grade increase, or an appointment SF-50. Some applicants may have to submit more than one SF-50 to demonstrate their eligibility. See the required documents section for more information. GS 11 To qualify at the GS-11 grade level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-9). Specialized experience: includes knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques in order to analyze, evaluate, and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational operations. The duties and responsibilities of this position are at one level below, Management Analyst, GS-343-12, and in a training status. OR Applicants may substitute education for experience to qualify at the GS-11 grade level: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. GS-12 To qualify at the GS-12 grade level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level. Specialized experience: includes basic qualitative and quantitative techniques in order to analyze, evaluate, and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational operations. Specialized experience also includes skill in applying communication techniques sufficient to present plans and proposals convincingly. There is no education substitution at this grade level. NOTE: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards associated Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR), and Individual Qualification Standards (IQS) covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11019704 and submit the documentation specified in the job announcement. Documents will not be accepted after the closing date of the announcement. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/11/2026 to receive consideration. 1. To begin, click apply online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. 2. Click submit my answers to submit your application package. Note: It is your responsibility to ensure that your response and any appropriate documentation is submitted by the cut-off date and/or closing date of the announcement. To verify that your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select the application status link, and then select the more information link for this position. The details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to your application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click update application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. **Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan.** Resumes longer than two (2) pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the KSAs and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job opportunity announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in the job opportunity announcement.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-11