Management and Program Analyst.

Mine Safety and Health Administration; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is seeking a Management and Program Analyst to support the Medical Qualification Program and safety initiatives. You will develop briefing materials, analyze medical screening gaps, and prepare formal reports on regulatory impacts, collaborating with leadership and stakeholders across agency lines.

Responsibilities include coordinating FOIA processes, managing medical reimbursement, and ensuring OSHA testing standards are met, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• 52 weeks of specialized experience at GS-11 level in the Federal Service.
• Experience in safety and occupational health data analysis to support decision making.
• Experience processing medical reimbursement claims, costs and insurance payments.
• Experience ensuring agency and medical providers comply with OSHA testing standards.
• Experience analyzing technical occupational safety and health data and statistics.
• Ability to advise on or resolve technical safety/OSH matters.
• Experience preparing responses regarding confidential documents and data.
• Experience coordinating FOIA request processes by evaluating, analyzing, and drafting responses.

Responsibilities

• Develop briefing materials, options, and recommendations for Directorate and Agency leadership to consider resulting from participation on committees and workgroups.
• Conducts analysis on gaps in employee participation in required medical screenings and informs personnel when medical appointments are missed.
• Reviews and evaluates safety and occupational health status and trends to identify areas of success and problem areas.
• Consolidate resource data, draw conclusions, and prepare formal reports on regulatory impacts on program effectiveness and administration.
• Develop implementation plans for management improvements to enhance administrative functions related to the Medical Qualification Program.
• Serve as MSHA liaison between management, employees, DOL, regional offices, and medical community involved with the MSHA Medical Review Program.
• Ensure agency and medical providers comply with OSHA standards for testing.
• Respond to inquiries from MSHA staff, DOL, Congress, and industry officials.
• Coordinate correspondence to employees about medical results and program areas.
• Conduct and participate in program audits, special projects, and studies.
• Develop new techniques and courses of action for current and future needs of medical screening and safety programs.

Skills

Safety analysis

Briefing & training

Medical documentation tracking

Medical reimbursement processing

OSHA testing compliance

Data analysis & statistics

Technical advisory on safety

Confidential document handling

FOIA coordination

Job description

• Develop briefing materials, options, and recommendations for Directorate and Agency leadership to consider resulting from participation on committees and workgroups.
• Conducts analysis on gaps in employee participation in required medical screenings and ensures employees and departmental personnel are informed when medical appointments are missed.
• Reviews and evaluates safety and occupational health status and trends; identifies areas in which program goals are being met, as well as problem areas where attention may be required.
• Correlate and consolidate resource data developed, draw conclusions, and prepare formal written reports on the impact of new regulations or proposed changes on program and organizational effectiveness, personnel, and administration of subordinate activities.
• Develop implementation plans for management improvements to ensure the continual improvement of the administrative functioning of the employee safety and health issues as they relate to the Medical Qualification Program.
• Serves as an MSHA contact between management, employees, DOL, OASAM regional offices, employee representatives and members of the medical community involved with the MSHA Medical Review Program.
• Ensures the agency and medical providers are complying with OSHA standards for testing.
• Respond to inquiries and administrative problems brought to BESH by MSHA staff, DOL, Congress, and Federal and State industry officials.
• Responsible for coordinating correspondence to employees and program areas regarding employee medical results.
• Conducts and participates in program audits, special projects, and studies.
• Establish new techniques and recommend appropriate courses of action to achieve results in meeting the existing and future needs of the medical screening programs and the safety program contracts.
• Develop, distribute, and provide training materials to support program area needs and help reduce the number and/or severity of occupational injuries and illnesses.
• Coordinate activities related to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request processes. This includes evaluating and analyzing documents and drafting responses to FOIA requests.
• Process medical reimbursement payments for MSHA personnel.
• Review and analysis of MSHA employee occupational health and compensation-related programs, as it relates to the employees' medical qualifications. They review requests for reimbursement, validating the requirement, cost, and insurance payments, and process the claim for payment in coordination with other MSHA A&M divisions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Duties

For GS-0343-12

• Develop briefing materials, options, and recommendations for Directorate and Agency leadership to consider resulting from participation on committees and workgroups.
• Conducts analysis on gaps in employee participation in required medical screenings and ensures employees and departmental personnel are informed when medical appointments are missed.
• Reviews and evaluates safety and occupational health status and trends; identifies areas in which program goals are being met, as well as problem areas where attention may be required.
• Correlate and consolidate resource data developed, draw conclusions, and prepare formal written reports on the impact of new regulations or proposed changes on program and organizational effectiveness, personnel, and administration of subordinate activities.
• Develop implementation plans for management improvements to ensure the continual improvement of the administrative functioning of the employee safety and health issues as they relate to the Medical Qualification Program.
• Serves as an MSHA contact between management, employees, DOL, OASAM regional offices, employee representatives and members of the medical community involved with the MSHA Medical Review Program.
• Ensures the agency and medical providers are complying with OSHA standards for testing.
• Respond to inquiries and administrative problems brought to BESH by MSHA staff, DOL, Congress, and Federal and State industry officials.
• Responsible for coordinating correspondence to employees and program areas regarding employee medical results.
• Conducts and participates in program audits, special projects, and studies.
• Establish new techniques and recommend appropriate courses of action to achieve results in meeting the existing and future needs of the medical screening programs and the safety program contracts.
• Develop, distribute, and provide training materials to support program area needs and help reduce the number and/or severity of occupational injuries and illnesses.
• Coordinate activities related to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request processes. This includes evaluating and analyzing documents and drafting responses to FOIA requests.
• Process medical reimbursement payments for MSHA personnel.
• Review and analysis of MSHA employee occupational health and compensation-related programs, as it relates to the employees' medical qualifications. They review requests for reimbursement, validating the requirement, cost, and insurance payments, and process the claim for payment in coordination with other MSHA A&M divisions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

Your must meet the Specialized Experience to qualify for Management and Program Analyst, as described below.

Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-11 in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience must include at least five (5) of the following:

• Conducts analysis in support of Safety and occupational health decision making, developing briefs and providing safety and occupation health training;
• Maintain and track receipt of all physical exams, audiograms and/or medical documentation;
• Process medical reimbursement claims, cost and insurance payments;
• Ensures the agency and medical providers comply with OSHA standards for testing;
• Analyze technical occupational safety and health data and statistics;
• Advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements;
• Prepare responses regarding confidential documents, report and communicate technical data both orally and in writing;
• Coordinate FOIA request processes by evaluating, analyzing, and drafting responses.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the required specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level.

Additional information

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This position is inside the bargaining unit. If the duty location is within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the position will be included in the Local 12, AFGE bargaining unit. If the duty location is outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the position will be included in the NCFLL bargaining unit.

All MSHA employees and their spouses, and minor children are prohibited by regulation from having any interest, direct or indirect, in any mine or mining company that may be directly affected by the work of MSHA through its investigations, technical research, or other activities. These interests are prohibited under the Department of Labor's Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations at 5 CFR 5201.105. Certain MSHA employees are required to file a financial disclosure report. For questions, please contact Kizzie Stokes at [e-mail] or 202-693-1000 X17907.

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