I.M. Systems Group, Inc. (IMSG) www.imsg.com is looking to hire a Program Analyst with a background in commerce and transportation focusing on charting, mapping, and coastal zone management for NOAA’s Office of Program Planning & Integration (PPI). This position is based in Silver Spring, MD.
This office was created to address the need to 1) foster strategic management among NOAA Line and Staff Offices, Goal Teams, Programs, and Councils, 2) support planning activities through greater opportunities for active participation of employees, stakeholders, and partners, 3) build decision support systems based on the goals and outcomes set in NOAA’s strategic plan, and 4) guide managers and employees on program and performance management. The Program Analyst will provide NOAA’s Line & Staff Offices with the unique opportunity to influence emerging policy and internal processes. The analyst works closely with their assigned Goals and councils and is in a position to liaison on important Line Office areas of concern. Decision support services for hazard resilient communities, commerce, and transportation: Our communities, commerce, and transportation networks are vulnerable to a variety of hazards. NOAA provides products and services that can be used to mitigate many types of high impact events. Coastal communities, for example, are subject to some of the most extreme threats that nature has to offer: hurricanes, tsunamis, contaminant releases, inundation from rising sea and lake levels, erosion, coastal storms, and associated flooding. With coastal populations expected to grow from 153 million in 2003 to an estimated 160 million in 2008, risks to life, property, and coastal habitats will only increase in the future. Similarly, commercial enterprises and the air, surface and marine transportation networks they depend on to fuel the U.S. economic engine must deal with the same threats, but often on a broader regional or national scale. For example, a high impact weather event in one location may cause a ripple effect across industries and transportation modes nationwide, resulting in gridlock and ultimately higher costs to consumers for goods and services. Job Duties and Requirements: • Understand NOAA’s organization structure and the relationship with the NOAA strategic goals. • Basic knowledge of the budget structure including Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES) processes, and management priorities for their Line/Staff Office. • Possess strong background in the natural sciences and technical knowledge pertaining to the Line/Staff Office missions in order to promote effective and efficient communication with scientists and managers working in NOAA programs. • Ability to review, analyze and recommend improvement to systems, processes and measures of performance. • Ability to acquire and synthesize information into goal, program and NOAA planning documents such as the NOAA Strategic Plan, program assessments and Annual Guidance Memorandum. • Work well in a team environment. • Ability to manage time given varying priorities and short deadlines, and • Be receptive to focusing on NOAA by learning the “corporate NOAA view” and establishing, and promoting, connections across line offices for the betterment of NOAA. • Have good interpersonal and communication skills, as they will be required to network with an array of individuals and groups internal and external to NOAA. • Be able to develop concise and informative analyses, talking points, visual presentations and one page memos for use by PPI leadership on a variety of subjects incorporating the corporate NOAA view. This entails coordinating with Line/Staff Offices, councils, goals team leads and program managers, doing extensive subject matter research and maintaining awareness of the significant public affairs issues in the topic areas. • Be able to conduct special evaluation studies which provide information on specific topical areas, program plans, performance and/or requirements. • Possess reasonable data handling skills to efficiently complete studies that pool and report data from various sources in various forms. • Ability to consult with program staff and other professionals to obtain required data and information. • Can readily acquire, review and apply appropriate literature to interest areas and • Develop well-constructed and appropriate evaluation criteria and executes studies. • Provide staff support to sector-specific task teams, and prepares and presents written and oral reports to PPI and NOAA Senior Leadership. Education Requirements: • Requires a minimum of a Masters degree. • Job experience in one of these desired areas is preferred: Atmospheric/Ocean Engineering, Civil/Mechanical Engineering with specialty in atmospheric studies, Marine related engineering, Atmospheric/ocean sciences, or Systems Engineering. • Operational experience in one of the Line Offices a plus. To Apply: Please send your resume in word format to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following subject heading: NOA07017 Program Analyst – Commerce and Transportation. IMSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
