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Supervisory Program Analyst (Staff Chief for Engagement and Response)
Office of Budget and Program Analysis · Posted 16 days ago
On-site Washington, DC $169K – $197K Apply by Sep 29, 2026 Management And Program Analysis ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Budget and Program Analysis (OBPA). Oversees OBPA's Engagement and Response Branch, which serves as the Department's primary liaison to Congressional Appropriations Committees, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and other oversight partners. Serves as the Department's senior analytical authority for coordinating USDA's engagements.
What You'll Do
- →Works closely with agency leadership, program managers, analysts, and policy specialists to clarify assumptions, verify impacts, and ensure alignment across evaluative products.
- →Serves as liaison to Congressional Budget Office for scoring and legislative cost estimates, and coordinate briefings for Appropriations staff.
- →Ensures the branch supports senior officials in hearings, briefings, and technical assistance engagements with Appropriations Committees.
- →Interprets legislative proposals and appropriations language to assess projected changes in program operations.
- →Directs comprehensive assessments of resource requirements, identifying emerging program needs, and evaluating how proposed program changes, legislative directives, and shifting national priorities impact USDA’s budget posture.
- →Assesses the policy implications of emerging funding trends, Congressional directives, and Executive Branch initiatives, translating these into actionable guidance for USDA program offices.
- →Oversees development of strategies to shape General Provisions in appropriations bills.
- →Leads Department-wide efforts to ensure that all information provided to external decision-makers is accurate, reliable, consistent, and analytically defensible.
- →Provides senior leaders with deeply informed, data-backed advice that guides both near-term and long-term budget strategies.
- →Leads sophisticated, Department-wide evaluative efforts that assess and interpret the effectiveness, efficiency, and outcomes of USDA programs and major policy proposals.
- →Applies advanced evaluative concepts such as impact modeling, scenario analysis, trend forecasting, and workload-to-resource correlation to identify strengths, vulnerabilities, and strategic opportunities in current and proposed programs.
- →Advises senior leadership on policy risks, constraints, and opportunities to strengthen USDA’s strategic posture and ensure alignment between policy development and program performance outcomes.
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/.
- ✓If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type.
- ✓Refer to Next Steps section for additional information.
- ✓Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable.
- ✓New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 537d418e-b31c-4f98-a6a2-5c98d3774f2d
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