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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.\nWhat You'll Do\n- Facilitate advisory committee meeting planning, including agenda setting, materials distribution, note-taking, and follow-up\n- Maintain accurate and organized membership records for advisory committees\n- Draft and manage controlled correspondence, including memos, point papers, and draft letters\n- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for advisory committee activities\n- Identify problems, propose practical solutions, and defend recommendations to leadership\n- Support engagements and priorities for the Coast Survey Director\n- Apply working knowledge of federal administrative practices, especially the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)\nWhat You'll Bring\n- Bachelor's or Master's degree (Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of relevant professional experience may substitute for a Master's degree)\n- 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\n- Strong organizational skills with close attention to detail\n- Understanding of administrative/management principles, practices, and procedures\n- Familiarity with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)\n- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear guidance documents\n- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and support senior leadership\nWhy Apply\nThis 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.\nThis is a 1-year term position supporting a federal contract.\nHow to Apply\nPlease submit resume along with your response. Ensure that the resume addresses the following attributes:\n- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of a field of administration or management; organized, detail oriented, comprehensive and detailed knowledge.\n- 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.\n- Familiarity with federal advisory committee act.\n- Ability to identify problems, propose solutions, and defend recommendations, and\n- Ability to write and communicate clear guidelines.\n- Facilitate meeting planning including agenda setting, distribution, note taking, follow up.\n- Follow controlled correspondence instruction including preparing memos, point papers, draft letters, etc.\n- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures.\nThis is a 1-year position supporting a federal contract.\nPay: $90,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year\nBenefits:\n401(k)\n401(k) matching\nHealth savings account\nEducation:\nBachelor's (Required)\nExperience:\nFederal agency policy or Congressional engagement: 1 year (Required)\nLanguage:\nEnglish (Required)\nWork Location: In person","company":"Rapid Offset Technologies","rawCompany":"rapid offset technologies","city":"Silver Spring","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-10T15:10:57.184Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"11-9151.00","title":"Social and Community Service Managers","slug":"social-and-community-service-managers"},{"code":"13-1111.00","title":"Management Analysts","slug":"management-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"921190","title":"Other General Government Support","slug":"other-general-government-support"},{"code":"541690","title":"Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services","slug":"other-scientific-and-technical-consulting-services"},{"code":"541611","title":"Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services","slug":"administrative-management-and-general-management-consulting-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Program Analyst","description":"Program Analyst — NOAA Office of Coast Survey Support (1-Year Contract)\nLocation: Washington, DC / Maryland (Silver Spring area)\nSalary: $90,000 - $105,000/year\nJob Type: Full-time, 1-year position\nEmployment is contingent on contract award.\nAbout the Role\nJoin 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. 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