Total 94 business management project planning job vacancies in Others category in US CA Remote

This role is the ideal next career step for you if:

• You want to play a key role in providing expert level advice facilitating the efficient collection, management, and analysis of information data related to the patent prosecution process.
• You're proficient in identifying problems and deficiencies in reissue, utility, design and provisional application submissions and generate notices to inform applicant of problems and deficiencies identified.
• You adept providing expertise reviewing incoming applications content submitted.
• You possess strong, efficient techniques preparing data and recommendations in narrative, spreadsheet, graph, or chart form.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will as a Management and Program Analyst. Typical assignments include:

• Tracking timelines and coordinates with program leads/staff on the development of various deliverables and documents to ensure effective and efficient execution of projects.
• Assisting with planning and program management for initiatives, including supporting policy and guidance development.
• Coordinating with stakeholders and facilitating discussions to identify the strategies needed to build and improve capabilities necessary for national preparedness.
• Developing relationships with regional partners and other States, Tribes, Territories and Local government partners to improve strategies focusing on capability shortfalls and gaps.
• Providing input into designs, implementation, and evaluation of proactive strategies to communicate the Agency's mission and programs to agency partners.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

• Reporting and Data Management: Collects and analyzes a myriad of data and information and consolidates into a format that will be included in and become part of a larger study. Statistical data and analyses are generated on a daily, weekly, monthly, or annual basis, depending on the organization's needs.
• Administrative Management: Perform analyses of quality control processes involving controversial or complex administrative or programmatic issues or problems. Provide recommendations on difficult issues or problems impacting major programs, its organizational structure, or the use of new technology in operational processes. Monitor organization's strategy for changes in regulatory developments, workforce conditions, emerging priorities and directives from higher authorities and evaluates their impact on the program and its resources and provides interpretative guidance to subordinate activities.
• Special Projects: Manage special assignments at the direction of the supervisor to support goals and objectives. This includes working through pre-established plans and ensuring completion of work through efficient management of resources and tactful problem-solving skills.

• Provides resolutions to problems and issues related to assigned programs and projects.
• Executes program management, analysis, and project management responsibilities in support of the Army People Strategy.
• Advises leadership on areas of Army and organizational emphasis, critical trend analysis, and necessary program adjustments that are normally accepted without significant change.
• Develops briefings to market employment opportunities in the Army at academic institutions, professional associations, job fairs, and other venues.
• Manages research studies and analysis to synthesize and interpret results in order to make recommendations, develop guidance, and adjust programs.
• Serves as a process and team facilitator to analyze models to determine trends and requirements for the formulation and development of primary and alternative plans, policies and milestones.
• Utilizes analytical methodologies to collect, assess, and interpret data, facilitating informed decision-making and drawing conclusive insights.
• Collaborates across internal and external stakeholders, prepares reports, and conducts briefings to gain leadership support and ensure alignment with Army goals.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position, you will manage a team of Program Delivery Managers (PDMGs) developing projects on DRs, verify project eligibility, train and assist PDMGs when needed, understand PA policy and project development, work with leadership DR timelines, review projects, untangle complicated eligibility issues, maintain team morale, conduct sit-withs, liaise with PA Group Supervisor, ensure directives are followed.

Typical assignments include:

• Using customer service skills to facilitate the delivery of all aspects of the Public Assistance program to applicants; to include applying policy and procedure to damage assessments, disaster surveys, and public assistance recovery operations.
• Meeting with applicants throughout all phases of the disaster recovery process to provide advice, guidance and technical assistance on laws, policies and regulations.
• Managing recovery programs and projects, communicating requirements for assistance, managing applicant expectations, and using Federal Emergency Management Agency's delivery model to track projects.
• Coordinating with stakeholders on emergency management initiatives; to include participating in informational meetings and gatherings to the general public to communicate program eligibility requirements to larger audiences.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4 year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

• Duties are listed at the full performance GS-12 level
• Provides Regional advice and guidance to line and staff officers and other program managers in all aspects of the unit's grants and agreements to federal and non-federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; and other varying entities.
• Provides advice and guidance on the administrative aspects of partnership agreements including cooperative agreements, cost-share agreements, participating agreements, collection agreements, interagency agreements, and cooperative fire agreements.
• Exercises full and final authority to negotiate grants and agreements within the limits of delegated authority, reviews all reimbursement requests for appropriateness, and processes payments.
• Provides interpretation of laws and regulations concerning use of Federal funds and qualifying program expenditures. Determines appropriate legislative and program authority prior to execution of each grant or agreement.
• Develops instruments within the delegated authority, circularizes requests for proposals for grants and agreements, reviews and analyzes responses, and makes or recommends acceptance by higher authority as appropriate.
• Monitors and analyzes the effect of changes in laws, regulations and policies pertaining to grants and agreements, administration and management, and performance reporting.
• Plans and conducts annual meetings or workshops for agency personnel for maintaining partnership agreement and grant expertise
• Approves all official correspondence sent to partners, program personnel, and other interested parties relating to any specific case.
• Terminates grants and agreements as the situation dictates. Closes out grants and agreements within the established closeout procedures.

• As a Grants Management Specialist, some of your duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:
• Serve as one of the principal experts on grants compliance and oversight issues as they relate to DHHS, PHS, and NIH policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Analyze cases of noncompliance and studies of special problems or issues of interest to NIH or the Department.
• Prepare briefings and reports on the findings of the analyses and provide recommendations to management in the development and/or modification of policies.
• Initiate DGCO audit oversight activities for OPERA, OER, and NIH on a variety of complex grants management issues.
• Work closely with NIH and grantee institutions to assist with audit follow-up activities and to resolve compliance issues including the development and evaluation of corrective action plans.
• Assist other Federal agencies by analyzing data, identifying compliance issues, interpreting policy requirements, and recommending appropriate courses of action.
• Work closely with NIH and grantee institutions to assist with audit follow-up activities and to resolve compliance issues including the development and evaluation of corrective action plans.
• Actively participate in staff development and training of NIH grants management staff and assist the Director, DGP in establishing and maintaining a vigorous program of education and career development.
• Provide grants compliance leadership and advice for functions used primarily by the Grants Management and Program business areas.

This is a Bargaining Unit position.
The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. If management requests additional certificates, applicants will continue to be reviewed in groups of 50 in the order they applied.

• Significant knowledge in the pay and leave entitlements of USC code Title 5 and Title 38 (physicians and nurses) which covers: pay systems; salary and wages, pay administration; recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive; student loan repayments; leave administration; and work schedules.
• Maintain expert knowledge of processing of DCPS, RSD/HR Smart reports to perform quality control checks and ensure team is performing quality control checks timely and accurately.
• The employee also is a technical authority with responsibility for these types of actions:

• Expands and improves the crop insurance program throughout the region using various resources by staying abreast of agricultural developments and conditions.
• Assess the need and interest for agricultural risk management tools for producers of specific agricultural commodities.
• Research, assemble and release crop insurance actuarial materials (rates, coverage levels, prices, program dates, codes).
• Participate in rating determinations. Utilize agricultural principles, concepts, methods and practices to ensure compliance with actuarial soundness statutes.
• Perform outreach activities to support the successful development and delivery of agricultural risk management tools and education.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will support activities for all disaster declarations and field activations

Typical assignments include:.

• Serving as Field Staff to participates in Preliminary Damage Assessments, JFO Operations, Applicant Briefings, Recovery Scoping Meetings, Initial Project Development, Recovery Transition Meetings, general correspondence.
• Monitoring spend plan compliance, provide cohesive eligibility recommendations, facilitates resolution of issues, scope of Work revisions, preparation of PW versions, review of alternate/improved/time extension project requests.
• Conducting program audit reviews/final cost adjustments, conducting analysis of closeout documentation and quarterly reporting requirements.
• Working with state counterparts to ensure all permanent work projects have been reviewed for any potential mitigation measures that will reduce any future loss from a similar event through mitigation efforts governing the program.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4 years, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

As a Supervisory Financial Management Analyst, you will perform the following duties:

• Provide advice and guidance to management on financial management issues, developing and interpreting policies and procedures, conducting studies, analyses, and program reviews, coordinating special projects, and assisting Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) management in planning and managing financial activities. Serve as principal liaison with financial staff in OFCO to keep informed of changes in policies and procedures or other matters affecting financial management. Serve as liaison with Inspector General and General Accounting Office audit teams, providing information as requested.
• Participate in the planning and directing of a comprehensive financial services program designed to identify and obtain the financial resources needed by the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) and to oversee the use of those resources. Participate in the development and review of financial terms and conditions contained in interagency and intra-agency agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other formal agreements with FAS customer agencies. Monitor the completion of Certification of Funds to ensure we are meeting our performance goals.
• Plan and coordinate special projects that address a broad range of financial management program areas. Project cover topics such as evaluating the feasibility of extending delegated authorities to additional components, assessing the effectiveness of cost allocation procedures, or improving the accessibility of information on funds availability. Serve as an executive leader on project teams requiring additional staff. Direct and review work assigned to team members and present project results and recommendations to management in the FAS Financial Services Division and in the organizations affected. Oversee the implementation of approved actions.
• Responsible for supervising a team of Supervisory Financial Management Analysts. Assist the supervisors in carrying out management responsibilities including developing budgets and expense projections, implementing organizational changes, assigning work, monitoring and evaluating performance, and preparing reports of FAS Financial Services Division activities and accomplishments. Ensure proper communication with, and provision of customer service to client agencies regarding issues such as questions on bills, funding document balances, task order status, and account reconciliation.
• Represent the FAS Financial Services Division on government wide committees and working groups and at conferences and meetings to exchange information, to address issues of importance to the program, and to keep abreast of trends and developments in the field.

This is a bargaining unit position.

Areas of Consideration for Remote Positions:

1st - The Administration or VA Staff office posting the vacancy.
2nd - Any other internal candidates of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
3rd - All other Status eligibles.

The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 100 applications. The first 100 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (100 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. If management requests additional certificates, applicants will continue to be reviewed in groups of 100 in the order they applied.

Note: Submitting multiple applications will change the order in which your application is reviewed.

• Expands and improves the crop insurance program throughout the region using various resources by staying abreast of agricultural developments and conditions.
• Assess the need and interest for agricultural risk management tools for producers of specific agricultural commodities.
• Research, assemble and release crop insurance actuarial materials (rates, coverage levels, prices, program dates, codes).
• Participate in rating determinations. Utilize agricultural principles, concepts, methods and practices to ensure compliance with actuarial soundness statutes.
• Perform outreach activities to support the successful development and delivery of agricultural risk management tools and education.

As a MANAGEMENT ANALYST (VICTIM ASSISTANCE) at the GS-0343-11 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Assists in drafting and revising policy documents and supports policy development initiatives.
• Completes special projects/surveys by compiling and analyzing information, conducting research into reports, publications, regulations and developing and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.
• Serve as a member on various committees or task groups, at times will lead these committees or task groups, for the purpose of developing DoD positions or recommendations concerning sexual assault prevention and response program.
• Manages, plans, schedules and supports studies and projects to directly improve the capability and proficiency of the Victim Assistance Program.
• Provide analytical and evaluative methods and practices to analyze issues concerning the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the program.
• Coordinates with the Director, Deputy Director, Senior Victim Assistance Advisor, DoD organizations, lateral agencies, higher headquarters, and staff support personnel to consolidate information to accomplish assignments.
• Supports oversight of victim assistance and response program implementation activities, development of recommendations and courses of action for guidance to the Services and reviews policy execution and implementation for victim assistance programs at all levels with the Department of Defense, including the Services and National Guard Bureau and host nations.
• Prepares and updates briefing material for use by the Director, Deputy Director, Senior Victim Assistance Advisor and other SAPRO staff members.
• Maintains accurate records and documentation and ensures accessibility of records. Attends training conferences and workshops to remain current regarding the latest developments and initiatives in victim assistance programs.
• Represent the Director, SAPRO, and Senior Victim Assistance Advisor at various meetings, conferences, working groups, and seminars where it is necessary for interpretation and articulation of official OSD policies pertaining to assigned areas.
• Assist with development of learning objectives, competencies, learning/training needs, D-SAACP management, and assessment and oversight as required by the USD(P&R) portfolio.

As a Supervisory Financial Management Analyst, you will perform the following duties: 

• Oversee, manage and direct staff regarding reviews and analyses of systems and procedures related to Public Buildings Service (PBS) financial management activities to assure the accuracy, utility, and validity of the systems, procedures and reports. Oversee, review and coordinate the issuance of various PBS financial management reports. Oversee and provide support and assistance to other regional staff and operational elements in the design, conduct, and/or review of internal controls required for accurate financial reporting.
• Review independent audit opinions, Office of the Inspector General and Government Accountability Office audits for deficiencies noted in financial management procedures, and other reports as needed and oversee the development, implementation, and reporting of corrective actions. Oversee and coordinate responses and follow-up of the annual audit of the financial statements.
• Oversee and develop requirements for contractual support of selected divisional activities and administer resulting contracts to assure that products are responsive, complete, and timely. Oversee and ensure the conduct of evaluations of programs and/or, in conjunction with program managers, conduct program evaluations to assess the performance of programs. Oversee and conduct risk analysis.
• Supervise a professional staff in the performance of financial management work. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work; and assign work based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments and the capabilities of employees. Evaluate work performance of subordinates; give advice, counsel or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters; and provide or arrange for needed development and training.