
Management Analyst
Fort Belvoir, VAFull-time$102–133K/yrPosted today
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Job overview
The Management Analyst provides administrative and management advice on personnel, management analysis, and program improvement initiatives. The role oversees projects and reports, develops methods for collecting and presenting information, reviews program objectives and operations, and manages command staffing operations. The position also delegates and reviews work, establishes standard operating procedures, and evaluates proposed changes to missions and operating procedures.
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Summary
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Duties
- Provides administrative and management assistance and advice in all areas of personnel, management analysis, and program improvement initiatives.
- Oversees special projects, requests, and various reports to determine the best method and procedure for collecting, analyzing and presenting information.
- Prescribes statistical, charting, and presentation techniques, identifying data required and assures the preparation of concise narratives to accompany presentations.
- Delegates work to lower graded personnel based on priorities, schedules, and workload and reviews completed work for compliance with existing guidance.
- Conducts critical review of objectives, coordinates with program managers, and maintains progress statistics, workload analysis, operational impact and resource utilization.
- Establishes internal standard operating procedures to affect efficient and uniform work practices throughout the organization.
- Analyzes and evaluates proposed changes in mission, operating procedures and delegation of authority.
- Manages command staffing operations and systems, conducting thorough reviews and evaluations of all staffing actions and packages submitted to the command.
Qualifications
To qualify for a Management Analyst, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Plans and directs program and administrative operations. Conducts critical review of the objectives, work operations, and progress of programs and projects to determine best method of procedure. Creates presentations from compiled analysis, research, and data. 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, 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.
Education
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. How You Will Be Evaluated
The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The rating you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire and USA Hire assessments. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documentation is reviewed and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Other Information
As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement. Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids. ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found at: USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,057 open Program Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$102–133K/yr
- Virginia median$95–142K/yr96 salary ranges
- US median$90–130K/yr654 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $118K, is 3% below the Virginia median midpoint ($122K) — in the middle half of Program Analyst salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 206 open Program Analyst jobs in Virginia and 1,057 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Serco53 open
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- Office of the Secretary of Defense8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Program Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (952 postings).
- Education
- 332 of the 1,057 open Program Analyst jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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