Program Anaylst

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13.

If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

As a Program Anaylst, you will:

• Serve as an expert advisor on all aspects of quality assurance for the voucher rental assistance and homeownership programs, including Public Housing Agencies (PHA) performance, cost containment data integrity, and Departmental requirements.
• Perform complex, comprehensive remote and on site monitoring reviews and analysis of the program policies, procedures and practices of individual PHA in the implementation of the voucher programs.

Use information from these analytical reviews to identify programmatic errors, management weaknesses, inappropriate administrative policies and procedures, cost or financial management errors, and data integrity problems.

• Analyze data from a variety of systems in making determinations regarding the compliance and performance requirements of the PHAs in administering voucher rental assistance and homeownership program funds for maximum benefit in their local communities.
• Perform complex review and analysis of a wide variety of performance, leasing, financial and market data to determine the effectiveness of PHAs performance and or the programs operations.

Utilize a variety of computer applications to gather and analyze data and project future trends, costs and activities.

• Recommend appropriate solutions to complex operational problems and takes an active role in presenting, implementing, and or overseeing the needed changes.

Provide expert technical assistance to PHAs, HUD field and Headquarters staff, and others as necessary on issues relating to the quality assurance function and on the development and implementation of program design and operation corrections and improvements.

• Initiate and/or lead or participate in team assignments as needed to develop solutions to complex issues identified by monitoring or program analysis.

Review and analyze statutory, regulatory and administrative policies associated with the programs to identify changes required to foster improved program performance, integrity, accountability at the PHA and national level, cost-effectiveness and greater service to the public.

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