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Summary
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking a Management Analyst to join the Office of Management, Resource Management Staff.
In this role, you will perform qualitative and quantitative management analysis to support agency business operations and resource optimization. Ideal candidates possess strong analytical, evaluation, and advisory skills tailored to federal administrative structures.
Join our team to safeguard public health while advancing vital organizational goals.
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Duties
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• Serves as a principal analyst advising internal staff, program supervisors, and external contractors on administrative, financial, and human capital, support processes and regulations
• Executes short- and long-range budget formulation and execution, cost and trend analysis, and monthly reconciliation to support critical management decision-making.
• Oversees the integrity of administrative databases, records management systems, and inventory logs to ensure compliance with federal retention guidelines.
• Analyzes historical spending patterns and federal appropriation cycles to assist leadership with long-range funding projections and new initiative investments.
• Utilizes various purchase vehicles, including Contracts, Government Purchase Cards, Interagency Agreements and MOUs, to procure Agency services and supplies.
• Reviews, processes, tracks, and reconciles, Micro-Purchase procurement actions in accordance with pertinent Agency and Federal regulations.
• Evaluates macro-level administrative operations to discover, isolate, and resolve systemic operational processing bottlenecks.
• Writes in-depth reports, briefing papers, presentations, directives, policy memoranda, talking points, and other official correspondence.
• Collaborates with program managers to generate and brief recurring and initiative reports, and project plans and budgets.
• Produces succinct, well-organized executive summaries, research reports, and technical briefing packages for agency leadership.
• Develops and drafts formal agency-wide administrative policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and operational directives.
• Monitors and reports Agency Continuity of Operations (COOP) data to agency leadership.
• Represents the Resource Management Staff on cross-functional committees and multi-agency working groups.
• Facilitates the timely completion of employee requests for assistance on the full range of administrative processing areas.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary or trial period, unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more information.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• If you are newly hired, the documentation you present for purposes of completing the Department Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 on your entry-on-duty date will be verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" system.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• False statements or responses on a resume or application can jeopardize employment and may be grounds for disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service.
• If you are selected, you may need to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) prior to being appointed to determine suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation.

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 the time in grade requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.
Qualifications: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below:
To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience, in at least 5 out of 6 of the statement listed below, equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal service (or similar experience in the private or public sector). This experience must demonstrate the ability to work independently to perform the following duties:

• Advising internal staff, program supervisors, or managers on administrative, financial, and human capital regulations or procedures.
• Formulating and executing short- or long-range budgets while conducting cost and trend analyses to support management decisions.
• Managing large-scale administrative operations, identifying systemic inefficiencies, and implementing solutions to improve workflow.
• Authoring policy memoranda, briefing papers, directives, or agency-wide standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Utilizing diverse purchase vehicles (Contracts, Interagency Agreements, MOUs) to procure large-scale agency services and supplies.
• Leading cross-functional committees and multi-agency working groups to align resource management goals.

Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level.
Specialized Experience: To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience one year of specialized experience, in at least 5 out of 6 of the statement listed below, equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the federal service (or similar experience in the private or public sector). This experience must demonstrate the ability to work independently to perform the following duties:

• Advising executive leadership, and external entities on the strategic integration of administrative, financial, and human capital regulations or procedures.
• Directing long-range budget formulation, strategic financial programming, or federal appropriation forecasting for agency accounts, to defend funding requests before department-level budget officials.
• Formulating, drafting, or authorizing official agency-wide policies, strategic directives, operational mandates, or highly sensitive executive briefing packages for agency heads.
• Overseeing emergency preparedness reporting, including Continuity of Operations (COOP) data and post-catastrophic event coordination for agency leadership.
• Negotiating, structuring, or overseeing the execution of, acquisition strategies, to include Interagency Agreements or Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) that impact multi-year agency operations.
• Briefing agency executives using synthesized technical packages, executive summaries, or strategic research reports to drive organizational policy.

Note: There is no education substitution for this 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.
Education
There is no education substitution for the GS-12/13 grade level.
Additional information
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.
Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or more of continuous active service are eligible for consideration under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA).
Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period.
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Refer to PUBLIC LAW 114-47-AUG. 7, 2015 for more information.
If selected, you will be required to submit Form OGE-450 within 30 days of your initial appointment date, and annually thereafter. Selectee is subject to financial Disclosure Requirements in accordance with 5 CFR, Part 2635, Sub part E regarding business or personal transactions with applicants, borrowers, or business contacts who have or who are seeking business with this Agency. Selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a National Agency Check and Inquiry (NACI) and a credit report.
If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.