Program Specialist / Program Resources Analyst

This Program Specialist / Program Resources Analyst position is with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Department of Agriculture) in Phoenix, AZ. The 14 vacant Program Specialist positions in Veterinary Services (VS) Field Operations cover specialized, paraprofessional work associated with efforts to improve the health, quality, and marketability of the nation's farmed animals through leading, coordinating, and facilitating national certification and animal disease control programs. The 2 vacant Program Resources Analyst positions provide data management and software support within Veterinary Services, Field Operations. Key duties: • The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity. • The Program Specialists identify, analyze and make recommendations to resolve administrative problems; and • Act as the Lead Federal Travel Administrator (FATA) for Field Operations (FiOps) on the Concur travel system, or any system that replaces Concur; and • Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Timekeeping; and • Maintain inventory of fleet. Oversee replacement of vehicles and advise the District/Center/Unit Managers on vehicle purchases. • ... • The Program Resources Analysts provide administrative and analytical services for VS Field Operations, and resources support, and training for VS' information systems; and • Support VS' animal disease and pest programs and operational components of VS' trade function by extracting and evaluating data, developing map-based deliverables, developing dashboards, and training others to use VS information systems such as MIM. Qualifications: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. FOR THE GS-09 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Providing organizational support for planning, analyzing, coordinating, and evaluating the development of priorities, resource allocations, work force management, and/or performance for organizational objectives to support operational requirements Participating in developing timely and executable plans of action for assigned programs requiring coordination Reviewing information, reconciles conflicting data, and analyzes findings to develop recommendations OR master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, in business, business administration, business management, information technology, information management, data management, data analyst, systems analyst, or other related field of study. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level. TRANSCRIPTS are required if: You are qualifying for the position based on education. You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education. This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-09 GRADE LEVEL: Applicants may have combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level. 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; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.