Summary

Positions are located in the U. S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), National Office, Office of Workforce Investment (OWI). OWI is responsible for implementing an integrated national workforce investment system that supports economic growth and provides workers with the information, advice, job search assistance, supportive services, and training for in-demand industries and occupations.

These positions are in the bargaining unit.

Duties

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Major duties for this position are listed below:

• Serves as the principal program analyst responsible for evaluating all aspects of workforce development, education, employment and training national grant programs to ensure successful implementation of statutory, regulatory, and departmental objectives.
• Provides authoritative technical assistance to Federal staff, grant recipients, state agencies, Tribal governments, local organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and other stakeholders regarding program requirements, performance expectations, allowable activities, fiscal accountability, and implementation strategies.
• Studies proposed legislation, regulations, executive orders, and Department initiatives to determine operational impacts on program administration.
• Develops recommendations regarding policy implementation, regulatory changes, and program improvements.
• Analyzes Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Perkins V program requirements, policies, and procedures to support statewide and local implementation.
• Reviews local applications, budgets, and program plans for compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Develops recommendations for program improvements based on data analysis and performance outcomes.
• Researches legislative, regulatory, and policy changes affecting Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Perkins V implementation.
• Reviews grant applications, continuation awards, work plans, budgets, performance reports, corrective action plans, and other program documentation to ensure consistency with statutory requirements and agency priorities.
• Provides oversight of cooperative agreements and discretionary grants, including monitoring recipient performance, evaluating deliverables, reviewing financial and programmatic progress, recommending corrective actions, and coordinating with grants
  management officials.
• Serves as a recognized subject matter expert on performance accountability, program evaluation, grants oversight, and technical assistance methodologies.
• Develops strategies for improving grantee performance through targeted technical assistance, data-driven interventions, peer learning activities, webinars, conferences, written guidance, communities of practice, and individualized consultation.
• Prepares executive briefings, Congressional responses, issue papers, analytical reports, and recommendations for senior Department leadership.
• Represents the agency during meetings, conferences, interagency working groups, national organizations, and stakeholder forums.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-12 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience includes ALL of the following:

• Experience with workforce development or education programs authorized by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WOIA), or experience with programs authorized by Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), as follows:

1. Administering workforce development and/or education programs, including assisting in developing state-wide or nation-wide program policies or grant requirements, reviewing local or state grant deliverables, or monitoring local or state implementation of the above-mentioned programs; and

2. Providing technical assistance to internal and/or external stakeholders in understanding and implementing the above-mentioned programs.

WHEN DOCUMENTING EXPERIENCE IN YOUR RESUME, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. NO ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE MADE ABOUT YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Benefits

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