Security Clearance Required

: Top Secret security clearance.
Duration Appointment: FMA not to exceed 5 years.
Marketing Statement: We encourage you to read and understand the Eight (8) Qualities of Overseas Employees before you apply (https://careers.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Eight-Qualities-of-Overseas-Employees.pdf )

Summary: The U. S. Mission in Uganda is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the position of Management Analyst.

The work schedule for this position is: Full Time, 40 hours per week.

Start date: Candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time following receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Supervisory Position: No

Duties: The position coordinate special projects to include VIP visits, including POTUS and CODELs. The position coordinates the preparation of Annual Management Reports that include Financial Filers, COLA and Post differential, consumables, and education reports. The position will manage the Collaborative Management initiative (CMI), and will be responsible for monitoring, coordinating, evaluating, and reporting metrics. The position is supervised by the Management Counselor.

Download: Detailed Position Description | PD – Management Analyst

Qualifications and Evaluations

Education: Completion of 2 years of college studies is required.

Requirements:

EXPERIENCE: Three years of administrative or clerical working experience in project coordination/project management is required.

JOB KNOWLEDGE: Must be able to demonstrate the ability to quickly acquire knowledge and understanding of not only the Management Office’s role in the Embassy, but the Management Office’s functional relationship with the Mission’s other sections and agencies.

Evaluations:

LANGUAGE: Level IV (Fluent, speaking/reading/writing) in English is required. This may be tested.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:  Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Must have excellent writing, proofreading, and editing skills. Must be able to effectively use computer software (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project or similar software) and the Internet. Must be able to manage multiple tasks with a high degree of accuracy and attention-to-detail, cope with various personalities in addressing competing requests, keep tight deadlines, function in a stressful environment, and manage large numbers of people.

Qualifications: All applicants under consideration will be required to pass medical and security certifications.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO): The U. S. Mission provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.

Other information:

HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS: Applicants in the following hiring preference categories are extended a hiring preference in the order listed below. Therefore, it is essential that these applicants accurately describe their status on the application. Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not eligible for a hiring preference.

HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER:

(1) AEFM / USEFM who is a preference-eligible U. S. Veteran*
(2) AEFM / USEFM
(3) FS on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights **

* IMPORTANT: Applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U. S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”), equivalent documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active-duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.

** This level of preference applies to all Foreign Service employees on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights back to their agency or bureau.