Department of State

Program Analyst

Laconia, New Hampshire Full time

Program Analyst

Department: Department of State

Location(s): Laconia, New Hampshire

Salary Range: $120548 - $156715 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the Bureau of Personnel and Training, Office of Talent Services, Employment Programs Branch (PERT/TS/EP). The Employment Programs Unit manages the Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps (FSFRC) and the Re-employed Annuitant (REA) programs. EP is responsible for the development, interpretation, implementation, coordination, and/or improvement of these program initiatives, methods, or procedures.

Major Duties:

  • Serves as an analyst for the Re-employed Annuitant (REA) Program and Central Registry. Provides hiring managers with guidance on the hiring authority used to employ annuitants for special projects or staffing gaps and shortages.
  • Updates, maintains, and oversees the Department's centralized registry, a searchable database of annuitants interested in returning to work.
  • Maintains liaison and assists REA Bureau Coordinators throughout the Department. Provides resources and guidance on managing REA appointments, conversions, extensions, and terminations.
  • Provides assistance to current and prospective annuitants; advising on appointment parameters, pay and salary caps, benefit programs, and clearance requirements.

Qualifications: Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: • Experience researching, interpreting, and applying appropriate laws, regulations, policies and guidelines in at least two of the following Federal human resource functional areas (recruitment and placement, retirement, employee benefits). • Experience collecting, maintaining, and analyzing program data and managing information systems, program databases and tracking systems. • Experience applying analytical and diagnostic methods to advise on the impact and effectiveness of programs related to re-employed annuitants. • Experience providing guidance to colleagues, bureau personnel, and Human Resource Officers on re-employed annuitant recruitment programs. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.

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Application Deadline: 2026-03-23