Program Analyst (Special Projects Officer)

Summary LOCATION: LOCATION: This position is located in the Office of Hearings Operations Regional Office, Boston, MA, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Suite 565, Boston, MA. TOUR OF DUTY: Flextime | Full-time | Alternate work schedules may be available; Incumbent may be required to travel. TYPE OF POSITION: Competitive Service - Permanent. Responsibilities The position description number for this position is 9E7270. A summary of the major duties are listed below. You may also view the full position description on the Agency intranet at the following link: PD Search The incumbent serves as an advisor to the Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge (RCALJ), the Regional Management Officer (RMO), and other management officials, providing high level coordinative, evaluative and analytical services relating to region-wide special studies, projects, and evaluations on a variety of matters relating to the programs administered by the agency, development and implementation of new program initiatives, and attainment of program goals and objectives. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-12 level, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of specialized experience include exhibiting comprehensive knowledge of the organizational structure, major issues, program goals and objectives and functions of OHO components and their interrelationships with other SSA components; exhibiting expert knowledge of Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act in order to assess/revise/develop new policies and procedures; exhibiting comprehensive knowledge of program analysis principles, and techniques of analysis and evaluation; providing technical advice to employees in OHO and other SSA components; and presenting ideas and recommendations clearly both orally and in writing. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks at GS-12. Time in grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Education Additional Information Position to be filled under the provisions of the Management Officials Promotion Plan. The best-qualified list for this vacancy may be used to fill the same or similar positions in a component(s) under the same Deputy Commissioner. Additional selections may be made within 6 months of the date the best qualified list is issued. Applications for noncompetitive consideration will be accepted from SSA employees in the area of consideration who are currently serving under the following types of appointments: Schedule A, Reg. 213.3102 (U) appointments for individuals with disabilities; and time limited appointments for veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Applicants serving under these provisions do not need to submit copies of your disability or Veteran's documentation. However, you must submit a current SF-50 that provides information on the appointment authority under which you were hired. Otherwise, you will not receive non-competitive consideration. NOTE: Excepted service employees serving under Schedule A appointments for Attorney positions or Pathways Programs appointments (Presidential Management Fellows, Recent Graduates, and Interns) are not eligible for consideration. LOCALITY PAY: Salary will be set in accordance with locality pay provisions. Candidates currently receiving a higher locality pay than the office applied for are advised that should they be selected, they will lose entitlement to the higher locality pay. OTHER NOTES: This is not a career ladder position; GS-13 is the full performance level. This is a non-bargaining unit position. This position is eligible for telework. Relocation expenses will not be paid.