Management and Program Analyst

Summary

Job Title

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Design and conduct comprehensive management studies of internal administrative operations, organizations, and/or management activities which directly influence thefocus and/or direction of NPS programs or policies.
• Analyze and evaluate management policies, procedures, guidelines, and processes in which the proposals and recommendations developed by the incumbent involve substantial resources, require extensive changes in established procedures, or may be in conflict with the current desires of management.
• Provide park and/or program managers with analyses, assessments, and evaluations with special attention to performance measures, indicators, and data.
• Prepare detailed action plans and schedules for long- and short-range project accomplishment in which the projects require the incumbent to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations.
• Perform quantitative or qualitative program analysis that directly influences the focus and/or direction of NPS programs or policies.
• Prepare recommendations for legislation to change the way NPS programs are carried out; evaluate the content of new or modified legislation for projected impact upon NPS programs and resources; and/or translate basic legislation into NPS program goals, actions, and services.
• Develop new methods for the administration of surveys that determine programmatic compliance with regulations, procedures, and strategic objectives.
• Analyze information requirements to develop new or substantially altered program or administrative reporting systems that identify meaningful performance factors and metrics.
• Analyze budget projections assessing validity of assumptions and consistency of estimates. May advise management on other fund source programs with a defined funding cap (e.g., cyclic maintenance).

Job Description

Job Title

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Design and conduct comprehensive management studies of internal administrative operations, organizations, and/or management activities which directly influence thefocus and/or direction of NPS programs or policies.
• Analyze and evaluate management policies, procedures, guidelines, and processes in which the proposals and recommendations developed by the incumbent involve substantial resources, require extensive changes in established procedures, or may be in conflict with the current desires of management.
• Provide park and/or program managers with analyses, assessments, and evaluations with special attention to performance measures, indicators, and data.
• Prepare detailed action plans and schedules for long- and short-range project accomplishment in which the projects require the incumbent to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations.
• Perform quantitative or qualitative program analysis that directly influences the focus and/or direction of NPS programs or policies.
• Prepare recommendations for legislation to change the way NPS programs are carried out; evaluate the content of new or modified legislation for projected impact upon NPS programs and resources; and/or translate basic legislation into NPS program goals, actions, and services.
• Develop new methods for the administration of surveys that determine programmatic compliance with regulations, procedures, and strategic objectives.
• Analyze information requirements to develop new or substantially altered program or administrative reporting systems that identify meaningful performance factors and metrics.
• Analyze budget projections assessing validity of assumptions and consistency of estimates. May advise management on other fund source programs with a defined funding cap (e.g., cyclic maintenance).