Management & Program Analyst

Summary

The incumbent serves as a Management and Program Analyst on the Executive Management Operations (EMO) team for the Office of Mission Support (OMS). The incumbent provides guidance and assistance in matters of management practices and procedures related to office process and management planning/improvement work, administrative and support services, customer service, program and project management, and information and knowledge management.

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Overview

• Accepting applications

• Open & closing dates

05/13/2024 to 05/23/2024

• Salary

$99,200 - $128,956 per year

• Pay scale & grade

GS 12

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Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

• Washington, DC 1 vacancy

• 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

None

• Job family (Series)

0343 Management And Program Analysis

• Supervisory status

No

• Security clearance

Other

• Drug test

No

• Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

• Trust determination process

Suitability/Fitness

• Announcement number

101-OMS-12410396-24-JR-NBU

• Control number

790875400

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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.

• Federal employees

• Competitive service

Current or former competitive service federal employees.

• Individuals with disabilities

• Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of this agency.

• Military spouses

• Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

• Veterans

Clarification from the agency

This vacancy is open to current permanent employees of the Department of Veterans Affair (VA), Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA), non-competitive eligible

• 30 percent or more eligible and Schedule A, current/permanent VA employees who are CTAP eligible, ICTAP eligible current/former federal employees, Reinstatement, Transfer employees in Competitive service, Appointment of qualified former VA career/career-conditional employee, Military spouses, and Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista .

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Duties

Specific duties include:

• Supports the Supervisory Program Analyst and Executive Management Officer in coordinating office activities within the OMS staff and with other top VBA management officials. Plans and conducts complicated, comprehensive analytical studies of organizations or significant segments of several major management functions to improve organizational structure and efficiency.

• Reviews correspondence received by OMS via electronic and paper mail. Directs electronic and paper mail to appropriate liaison/subject matter expert in OMS and takes direct action on correspondence as instructed by the Supervisory Program Analyst and/or Executive Management Officer to include congressional inquiries and appointment requests from internal and external stakeholders. Assists in the management, documentation, and tracking of congressional, departmental, and internal inquiries and assignments while utilizing approved and appropriate systems and processes.

• Collects and analyzes pertinent organizational data and information and develops statistical and narrative data to justify any changes and recommendations. Prepares and presents briefings on programs and projects under their purview. Provides qualitative and quantitative recommendations, information, and results for assigned work. Responsibilities include establishment of workflows, both automated and manual, and development of requirements for automated tracking and reporting means.

• Effectively manages and coordinates assigned programs, special projects, and/or initiatives within OMS, VBA Central Office (VBACO) and VA Central Office (VACO) and conducts management studies in organizational performance and data analytics. Project results are consistently characterized as timely, accurate, complete, relevant, and are submitted with only minor changes.

• Ability to organize and lead study teams. Ability to develop and utilize appropriate data collection techniques.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 8 am

• 4:30 pm

Compressed/Flexible: Not Available.

Telework: Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst; GS-0343-12 PD# 39664-0

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.

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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

• You may be required to serve a probationary period

• Subject to background/security investigation

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

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:05/23/2024.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees, former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, or a current federal employee applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment must meet time in grade requirements. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

NOTE: This does not apply to Non-Federal Applicants, or applicants applying for consideration under Non-Competitive Authority (i.e.... "30% or more Disability", VRA, and/or Schedule A).

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade.

• For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

GS-12 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience:

• The incumbent must possess a marked degree of analytical ability and a comprehensive understanding of data and administrative reports and statistics, including their content, meaning and use in decision-making. Must be a self-starter and have a marked degree of originality, creativity, and ingenuity.

• Plans, executes, and manages complex, high visibility, high priority, and multi-faceted projects: Collects, analyzes, and manages pertinent organizational data and information; develops statistical and narrative data to justify changes and recommendations.

• Project Communication (written proposals, reports, memorandums, training materials, and status briefings).

• Provides effective workload management for leading project teams, project tracking/reporting, and project execution/close-out (builds strong work relations and partnerships for optimal organizational performance).

• Use of available systems and resource information systems, MS Suite software systems and analytics to provide milestones, testing, charts, graphs, benchmarks, reports, cost analysis, updates, and briefings for successful program and project completion/closure.

Volunteer Experience: 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.

Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.

Physical Requirements: Position is sedentary.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

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.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Click here for more information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility.

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. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.

Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

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.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

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 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:

• Project Management: Applies principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing projects and resources, including technical performance.

• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral

presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

• Teambuilding: Manages group processes; encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.

• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

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