Program Control Manager Jobs in Washington, DC (NOW HIRING)

Summary
The incumbent serves as a Program Control Analyst, supporting the Governance and Integration Lead under the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) Program Lead. The Program Control Analyst incumbent is responsible for providing program support for risks, issues, quality, and schedules, contributing to the mission of the Service. The Program Control Analyst develops methodologies and tools to ensure proper controls are in place to increase efficiency and drive successful DGIB program implementations.
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Duties
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Specific duties include:
The incumbent is responsible for proactively analyzing current processes and recommending new opportunities to streamline DGIB PMO operations, including developing new processes and tools and identifying opportunities to automate existing processes.
The incumbent will work closely with the Governance and Integration Lead and impacted stakeholders to create new processes to identify, manage, and escalate risks, track and manage action items, review quality standards, metrics, and controls, and integrate the DGIB SAFe roadmap with the critical path of the Integrated Master Schedule. The incumbent will also assist in establishing a more robust risk and issue culture through outreach and training to impacted areas.
The incumbent is responsible for management of the day-to-day program reporting, including progress, risks, mitigation strategies, action item tracking, and tracking other issues affecting the successful completion of business plans and milestones related to Education.
The incumbent will provide program management office (PMO) support to the Governance and Integration Lead, including the integration of PMO processes.
The incumbent will manage the risk management process, ensuring program risks, issues, and mitigations are identified, impact dates are known, risks/issues are appropriately escalated, and risks/issues are routinely tracked and managed.
The incumbent will also be responsible for proper communication and escalation of risks and issues to impacted organizations and leadership. The incumbent will ensure strategic risks/issues are being examined both individually and collectively to determine trends and potential program risks. The incumbent will also review quality management and ensure each quality measure has clear accountability.
The incumbent will be responsible for managing the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), ensuring program reviews are regularly conducted to ensure effective program execution. Management of the IMS will also include ensuring the IMS has a critical path, includes internal and external dependencies, and all key activities and milestones are being tracked, including critical risks and issues.
The incumbent will identify opportunities to streamline the integration of the managed services vendor (MSV) roadmap and the IMS. The incumbent will proactively identify and analyze critical trends and issues impacting the timing and sequence of key program events and milestones.
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The grade progression for this position is GS-11, GS-12, GS-13.
Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst (Program Control); Management & Program Analyst (Program Control); GS-13- 41446A; GS-12- 41447A; GS-11- 41448A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
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Conditions of employment
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements I-9 Acceptable Documents.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:06/01/2026.
TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

• For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 level.
• For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level.
• For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level.

The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
GS-11 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as assisting with program activities and operations; preparing reports; tracking actions items; reviewing data; and supporting program objectives and schedules.

• Education Substitution: GS-11: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. Education must be related to the position being filled.
• Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11.

GS-12 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as performing analytical work associated with program activities and operations, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data and supporting program effectiveness.

GS-13 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as performing analytical and evaluative work associated with program activities and operations; analyzing and evaluation program effectiveness; and improving operational efficiency and program objectives.

Volunteer Experience: 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.
Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some physical effort may be required to perform the duties of the position. The incumbent may sit to much of the work and extensive use of the computer is required. Some standing, walking and light lifting may be required.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Education
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications. Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.
Additional information
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer (TJO). Please visit the Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf for more information.
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement.
To determine if you need a RA, please review the
Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.
https://appsupport.usastaffing.gov/hc/en-us/sections/28980686389652-Reasonable-Accommodation-Information)
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