Duties
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.
As a/an Program Analyst, you will:
- Serve as an expert advisor on all aspects of quality assurance for the voucher rental assistance and homeownership programs, including Housing Authority (HA) performance, cost containment data integrity, and Departmental requirements.
- Analyze data from a variety of systems in making determinations regarding the compliance and performance requirements of the HAs in administering voucher rental assistance and homeownership program funds for maximum benefit in their local communities.
- Perform complex onsite and remote review and analysis of a wide variety of performance, leasing, financial and market data to determine the effectiveness of Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) performance and or the programs operations. Use information from these analytical reviews to identify programmatic errors, management weaknesses, inappropriate administrative policies and procedures, cost or financial management errors, and data integrity problems.
- Utilize a variety of computer applications to gather and analyze data and project future trends, costs and activities.
- Recommend appropriate solutions to complex operational problems and take an active role in presenting, implementing, and overseeing the needed changes. Provide expert technical assistance to PHAs, HUD field and Headquarters staff, and others as necessary on issues relating to the quality assurance function and on the development and implementation of program design and operation corrections and improvements.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Candidates will be selected for a job assigned to one of the official duty stations listed in this announcement. Failure to report to duty at the location for which the candidate is selected may be grounds for disciplinary action, including removal.
Key Requirements: - Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
- A one year probationary period may be required.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
This is a mobile position, selectee will be required to work 100% of the time in a non-HUD owned space, 50% of that time will require the employee to travel to sites outside of their homebase site. The employee's workspace must be suitable for conducting business and as such, remote employees are expected to provide a secure, distraction-free, home-based worksite with reliable high speed internet connectivity. Selectees will be required to self-certify that their remote workplace meets all safety, privacy, and internet speed requirement.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Specialized Experience: For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:
- Performing on-site and remote monitoring reviews and analysis of financial or program policies, procedures, and practices of Public Housing Authorities; AND
- Utilizing a variety of computer applications to gather and analyze data or project future trends related to public housing programs; AND
- Recommending ways to improve the productivity of work operations of Public Housing Authorities.
OR Education: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: 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
OR Combination: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the education requirement must equal at least 100 percent.
Experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector orvolunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.
Education
The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Communication, Decision Making, Teamwork, and Technical.
Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories: Best (highest quality category), Better (middle quality category), or Good (minimally qualified category) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.
Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.
Next steps
Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. We will review your resume and transcript(s) (if appropriate) to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigation.
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