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Program Analyst — NOAA Office of Coast Survey Support (1-Year Contract)
Location: Washington, DC / Maryland (Silver Spring area)
Salary: $90,000 - $105,000/year
Job Type:
Full-time, 1-year position
Employment is contingent on contract award.
About the Role:
Join the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey (OCS) as a Program Analyst supporting advisory committee operations and directorate-level engagements. You'll bring structure and organization to federal committee processes, meeting planning, and correspondence, playing a key role in how OCS coordinates with stakeholders and complies with federal advisory requirements.
What You'll Do:
- Facilitate advisory committee meeting planning, including agenda setting, materials distribution, note-taking, and follow-up
- Maintain accurate and organized membership records for advisory committees
- Draft and manage controlled correspondence, including memos, point papers, and draft letters
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for advisory committee activities
- Identify problems, propose practical solutions, and defend recommendations to leadership
- Support engagements and priorities for the Coast Survey Director
- Apply working knowledge of federal administrative practices, especially the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's or Master's degree (Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of relevant professional experience may substitute for a Master's degree)
- Minimum 1 year of professional experience working with federal agency policies, meeting planning, and/or Congressional engagement; minimum 3 years of total related work experience
- Strong organizational skills with close attention to detail
- Understanding of administrative/management principles, practices, and procedures
- Familiarity with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear guidance documents
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and support senior leadership
Why Apply
This role offers direct, high-visibility experience supporting federal advisory committee operations and senior leadership engagement — ideal for a candidate who wants to deepen their federal program management expertise while contributing to a mission-critical national mapping and charting program.
This is a 1-year term position supporting a federal contract.
How to Apply:
Please submit resume along with your response. Ensure that the resume addresses the following attributes:
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of a field of administration or management; organized, detail oriented, comprehensive and detailed knowledge.
- Understanding of a recognized organizational administrative or management function, including policies, precedents, and procedures; ability to apply this knowledge to achieve administrative or program objectives.
- Familiarity with federal advisory committee act.
- Ability to identify problems, propose solutions, and defend recommendations, and
- Ability to write and communicate clear guidelines.
- Facilitate meeting planning including agenda setting, distribution, note taking, follow up.
- Follow controlled correspondence instruction including preparing memos, point papers, draft letters, etc.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures.
This is a 1-year position supporting a federal contract.
Pay: $90,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Health savings account
Education: Bachelor's (Required)
Experience: Federal agency policy or Congressional engagement: 1 year (Required)
Language: English (Required)
Work Location: In person