Program Analyst

The position is located in the Area Director's Office of the Agricultural Research Service, Midwest Area located in Peoria, IL. In this position you will be serve as a facilitator and coordinator for the planning, implementation, management and evaluation of an array of research documentation and monitoring activities for an Area and/or Locations. USDA employees: Please refer to the Next Steps section. Major duties: Serves as a major resource in conducting studies and projects, gathering data, analyzing facts, and developing recommendations impacting research projects and programs. Collects, analyzes, and evaluates data concerning research projects and programs for assigned Locations. Summarizes and makes recommendations for improvement in documentation to scientific staff. Ensures customer service goals and activities are met in a timely manner. Designs databases, spreadsheets, and other automated means and methods that provide for tracking, integration, comparison, data management and analysis, reporting, and timely submittal of program documents. Requirements: You must be a US Citizen or US National. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. The U.S. Government utilizes Trusted Workforce 2.0 to implement Continuous Vetting (CV) as a-whole-of government approach to personnel security. If selected for this position, you will be subject to continuous automated record checks of criminal, financial, and public record databases throughout your period of eligibility or employment, replacing traditional periodic reinvestigations. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period depending on your appointment type, unless previous federal service is creditable. During this time your employment will be evaluated, and 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 or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.