Management Analyst

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/18/2026.CTAP is designed to improve your chances of finding a new job in your agency through selection priority. To receive selection priority, you must: Be "surplus" or "displaced"; Have a current performance rating of at least "fully successful" (Level III) or equivalent; Occupy a position in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; Apply for a specific vacancy at or below your current grade level with no greater promotion potential than your current position; Meet the application deadline in the announcement; and Be found "well qualified" for the job. You are "surplus" if you: Are in the competitive service; Are in tenure group I (career) or tenure group II (career-conditional); and Have an official notice from your agency saying that your position is no longer needed. This notice could be: a "Certificate of Expected Separation" (CES); an agency certification that you are in a surplus organization or occupation; a notice that your position is being abolished; or a letter saying you are eligible for discontinued service retirement. You are "displaced" if you: Are in the competitive service; Are in tenure group I (career) or tenure group II (career-conditional); and Have an official notice from your agency saying you will be separated by reduction in force. This notice could be: a specific reduction in force separation notice; or a notice of proposed removal because you declined a directed reassignment or transfer of function out of the local commuting area. You are generally NOT eligible for selection priority if you are: In the excepted service; Downgraded or reassigned due to reduction in force, but not separated; In a different local commuting area from the vacancy; In a temporary or term position in the competitive service; In an agency that is not in the Executive branch; In an agency that does not follow OPM hiring procedures (this includes Postal Service, legislative and judicial branch agencies); or In the Senior Executive Service (SES). For additional information on CTAP, see https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf. 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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 level in Federal service, that equipped with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to this position. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience with budgeting planning and execution to include oversight of financial resources related to staff salaries, space leases, employee travel, equipment purchases, purchase card management; managing personnel actions and oversight of Human Resources activities such as staffing, performance management and employee relations matters; experience analyzing and evaluating statistical data using information technology and data management systems, experience interpreting and applying laws, policies, and regulations to a complex multi-mission program; experience with communicating ideas clearly both orally and in writing to effectively present findings, make recommendations to a wide range of audiences. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. There may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying/traveling with items such as books and portable laptop. For more information on these qualification standards, p…