Program Analyst

Summary

The position is in ILEAD Strategic Planning, Integration and Innovation (SPII). The Strategic Planner serves as a primary consultant to the Associate Director on strategic and business planning. Leads and manages all aspects of ILEAD strategic and business planning activities. The incumbent ensures the integration of strategic planning processes with operational processes. Ensures that the ILEAD strategic and business plans align with strategic goals, priorities, and initiatives.

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Overview

• Accepting applications

• Open & closing dates

09/11/2024 to 09/25/2024

• Salary

$86,962 - $134,435 per year

Salary listed is based on the Rest of the US Pay Scale and may be adjusted based on the location of the selected employee.

• Pay scale & grade

GS 12 - 13

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Locations

1 vacancy in the following locations:

• Birmingham, AL

• Little Rock, AR

• Washington, DC

• Saint Louis, MO

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• Cleveland, OH

• Remote job

No

• Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy. Telework days will be determined by the duties of the position. You may be required to report a minimum of 2 days or more per pay period.

• Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

• Relocation expenses reimbursed

No

• Appointment type

Permanent

• Work schedule

Full-time

• Service

Competitive

• Promotion potential

13

• 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

• Financial disclosure

No

• Bargaining unit status

Yes

• Announcement number

CBZY-12536391-24-HB

• Control number

808937700

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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 announcement is only open to current, permanent VHA Human Capital Management (HCM) employees, including, Institute for Learning, Education and Development (ILEAD), National Center for Organizational Development (NCOD) and Workforce Management and Consulting (WMC), Station 131, and CTAP (Career Transition Assistance Plan for surplus/displaced employees) eligible employees. All other candidates will not be considered.

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Duties

This announcement is only open to current, permanent VHA Human Capital Management (HCM) employees, including, Institute for Learning, Education and Development (ILEAD), National Center for Organizational Development (NCOD) and Workforce Management and Consulting (WMC), Station 131, and VA CTAP (Career Transition Assistance Plan for surplus/displaced employees) eligible employees. All other candidates will not be considered.

The major duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• Coordinates and integrates strategic and business planning initiatives with management, and other national coordinators, providing program guidance, oversight, and evaluation.

• Reengineers and improves strategic planning processes. Originates new strategic and business planning techniques and establishes new criteria or approaches and methods for program implementation and assessment, requiring a substantial depth of research and analysis, which serve as precedents for others.

• Implements short and long-range strategies by HCM and VHA program policies and objectives. Evaluates the content of new or modified ILEAD, VHA, and VA guidance material; determine the impact upon ILEAD programs and resources; and recommend changes, expansion, or revisions. Directs complex studies and develops new approaches to identifying key strategic issues and resolving strategic planning issues and problems.

• Plans, leads, and carries out projects and studies to develop and integrate strategic and business plans and programs needed to enhance employee education training to fully meet ILEAD, VHA, and VA's mission requirements. Consults with other executive-level strategic planning officials to discern corporate strategic goals and objectives.

• Prepares reports, charts, and briefings on accomplishing strategic goals and objectives and makes appropriate adjustments to align strategic plans with corporate plans. Provides advice and guidance to AD on new and changing strategic plans.

• Provides advice and guidance to AD and ILEAD leadership on all actions necessary to ensure compliance with VA/VHA and ILEAD strategic and business plans.

• Analyzes and evaluates the administrative aspects of substantive, mission-oriented programs administered by ILEAD to assure accountability and promote organizational and program effectiveness.

• Independently performs a wide range of complex and time-sensitive special projects. The findings from these projects are reported to the AD for SPI and other leadership as applicable; they can have a wide-ranging impact on operations and education. Analyzes and develops recommendations for improvement in program operations and objectives.

• Performs analytical and evaluative work associated with planning, organizational and operational activities.

Promotion Potential: This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed above represent the full performance level of GS-13. At the GS-12 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-13. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds. The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible: May be available

Telework: 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 is authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Virtual: THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION

Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst/PD14390A and PD14389A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): 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, 09/25/2024.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 .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. 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 provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinating and integrating strategic and business planning initiatives with management, and other national coordinators, providing program guidance, oversight, and evaluation;

• Reengineering and improving strategic planning processes. Originating new strategic and business planning techniques and establishing new criteria or methods for program implementation and assessment;

• Performing analytical and evaluative work associated with planning, organizational and operational activities;

• Analyzing and evaluating the administrative aspects of substantive, mission-oriented programs to assure accountability and promote organizational and program effectiveness;

• Implementing short and long-range strategies concerning program policies and objectives. Evaluating the content of new or modified guidance material; determining the impact upon programs and resources; and recommending changes, expansion, or revisions;

• Directing complex studies and developing new approaches to identifying key strategic issues and resolving strategic planning issues and problems.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Strategic Thinking- Formulates effective strategies consistent with the business and competitive strategy of the organization in a global economy. Examines policy issues and strategic planning with a long-term perspective. Determines objectives and sets priorities; anticipates potential threats or opportunities.

• Creative Thinking- Develops new insights into situations and applies innovative solutions to make organizational improvements; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes.

• Organizational Performance Analysis- Knowledge of the methods, techniques, and tools used to analyze program, organizational, and mission performance; includes methods that deliver key performance information (for example, comparative, trend, diagnostic, root cause, predictive) used to inform decisions, actions, communications, and accountability systems.

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

• Knowledge Management- Knowledge of the value of collected information and the methods of sharing that information throughout an organization.

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.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: Work is performed while sitting at a desk, at conferences, briefings, meetings, in classrooms and the equivalent. The work is primarily sedentary but may require prolonged standing in front of groups. Must work multiple projects simultaneously and handle occasional high levels of stress and conflicting priorities. Work may also involve occasional travel and may include prolonged standing, walking, and transport of instructional supplies and/or equipment in excess of 30 lbs.

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

Education

There is no educational substitution for required experience at this grade level.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced 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 for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

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

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

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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.

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 contact for 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.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

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

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.

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