Management Analyst

Summary

The Management Analyst position is located in the Northeast District Office in St. Louis, MO. The employee assists District leadership by carrying out a complete range of administrative, project management, and analytical functions. This position has the responsibility of analyzing, evaluating, and advising management on the effectiveness of work methods and procedures and developing recommendations for improvement.

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Overview

• Accepting applications

• Open & closing dates

04/17/2024 to 04/24/2024

• Salary

$89,054 - $115,766 per year

• Pay scale & grade

GS 12

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Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

• Saint Louis, MO

• Remote job

No

• Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy.

• Travel Required

25% or less

• You may be expected to travel for this position.

• Relocation expenses reimbursed

No

• Appointment type

Permanent -

• Work schedule

Full-time -

• Service

Competitive

• Promotion potential

12

• Job family (Series)

0343 Management And Program Analysis

• Supervisory status

No

• Security clearance

Other

• Drug test

No

• Position sensitivity and risk

Moderate Risk (MR)

• Trust determination process

Suitability/Fitness

• Announcement number

394-24-JW-12386982-NBU

• Control number

787092300

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This job is open to

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

• Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of this agency.

Clarification from the agency

This vacancy is open to current, permanent (career/career conditional) employees of the Veterans Benefits Administration in the Northeast District Office, employees of the Veterans Benefits Administration in the St. Louis Regional Office and CTAP eligible only.

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Duties

Major Duties:

Specific duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for coordination of program initiatives, projects and policy changes to all business lines and staff offices, aligned under the Northeast District Office, on matters relating to the administration of a comprehensive array of Veteran's benefits and administrative services.

• Directs the staff's efforts in planning, organizing, and conducting difficult and complex organizational studies of VBA field offices to determine strengths, weaknesses, and best practices to include changes to meet organizational objectives.

• Reviews and evaluates planned management goals and objectives of Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) for Regional Offices.

• Provides direction and consultation in the development of achievable performance measures that also assure the quality and consistency of benefits delivery at Regional Offices in the District.

• Conducts comprehensive studies and site visits concerned with the identification of VBA operational issues and adherence to policies, generating reports addressing corrective actions needed and anticipated results.

• Monitors, tracks, and evaluates operational workload indicators and workload systems for the Regional Offices under the jurisdiction of Northeast District.

• Prepares and reviews reports for the Northeast District Director concerning Regional Offices workload and performance.

• Serves as a liaison with VBA program analyst to facilitate the development of strategic plans and project management.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job

• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

• Selected applicants may be required to complete a probationary period.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/24/2024.

Applicant must be a current employee of the Veterans Benefits Administration in the Northeast District Office, a current employee of the Veterans Benefits Administration in the St. Louis Regional Office, or CTAP eligible.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-12 Specialized experience is defined as: experience with management and organization principles and practices of the VBA Regional Offices, provided the knowledge of quantitative and qualitative techniques to analyze, evaluate, and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of organizational operations for VBA Regional Offices, prepares and reviews reports concerning workload, performance and anticipated needs. The applicant must document knowledge of basic federal rules, laws, and regulations.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards associated Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR), and Individual Qualification Standards (IQS) covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here.

Education

There is no educational requirement or substitution at the GS-12 grade level.

Additional information

This is not a remote position. You must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location.

The duty location is determined to be within the commuting distance of the Northeast District Office in St. Louis, MO.

Work Schedule: Standard 5-day, 8-hour, full time (40 hours a week) schedule; Monday

• Friday. Hours may vary to effectively carry out the mission.;

Title/PD#: Management Analyst, GS-12 PD# 41792-A

Promotion Potential: This position does not have promotion potential.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts; driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Please contact the special placement coordinator or the human resources specialist listed on this vacancy for more information regarding applying for consideration under schedule A or as a 30% disabled Veteran.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. A well-qualified candidate is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualifications requirements for this position. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility can be found here.

VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Applicants who do not fully address the specialized experience needed for the position (as described above in the job announcement) in their resume or who do not possess the education to substitute for it will not be referred for consideration.

After you have met the minimum qualifications, you will be rated on the following competencies based on your application for this position:

Rating Factors

• Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.

• Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.

• Oral Communication: Expresses ideas and facts to individuals or groups effectively; makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others; facilitates an open exchange of ideas.

• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and develops outcomes.

• Writing: Uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling to communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing.

If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job-related information, which may include, but is not limited to responses to the knowledge, skills, and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or an interview.

Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

Notice to Applicants: It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.