Supervisory Management & Program Analyst

Summary

The Supervisory Management and Program Analyst serves as the Deputy Executive Director within the Executive Director's Office (EDO) of Strategic Investment Management (SIM), which is organizationally aligned with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The incumbent serves in a senior management position and provides executive level assistance and advice to the Executive Director, SIM.

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Overview

• Accepting applications

• Open & closing dates

06/25/2024 to 07/05/2024

• Salary

$163,964 - $191,900 per year

• Pay scale & grade

GS 15

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Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

• Washington, DC

• Remote job

No

• Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy.

• 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

None

• Job family (Series)

0343 Management And Program Analysis

• Supervisory status

Yes

• Security clearance

Other

• Drug test

No

• Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

• Trust determination process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

• Announcement number

CBZY-12435929-24-AC

• Control number

796971700

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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

Open to Veterans Administration (VA ) employees and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) eligible only.

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Duties

This announcement will close on 07/05/2024, the first 50 applications received will receive first consideration. Applications received after the initial cut-off number has been reached will not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

• The incumbent is responsible for planning program strategies, providing expert advice, monitoring performance, developing initiatives.

• Participates in senior management business and strategy development and implementation.

• Exercises managerial authority to set short, medium, and long-range goals and objectives, determine program emphasis, and conduct organizational performance reviews.

• Identifies opportunities to collaborate with VHA Program Offices, and key stakeholders across VA to achieve affordable outcomes.

• Provides guidance, support, and education to VHA organizations regarding SIM's processes, policies, and services.

• Ensures ongoing development and implementation of policies and procedures that guide and support provision/administration of SIM and the services it provides VHA.

• Oversees, plans, organizes, and directs the work of the organization overseen and its program functions in support of SIM.

• Represents SIM in negotiations, conferences, and discussions with VHA and VA senior management officials.

• Develops policy covering programs, activities and functions for which SIM has responsibility.

• Serves as SIM's expert on program and issues, with an extensive knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and policies.

• The incumbent works toward the resolution of complex and sensitive issues which impact the effectiveness of the SIM in particular and VHA organizations in general. Such assignments require a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality by the incumbent.

• The incumbent supervises the Executive Director's Operations staff, which includes at least six employees.

• Resolves disciplinary problems and grievances.

• Performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities, to include hiring, training/coaching, counseling, and evaluating performance of subordinate supervisors and staff.

• Establishes work objectives, sets priorities, schedules work, assigns tasks, coordinates operations, monitors work progress, and initiates corrective actions as required to ensure that the work assigned is accomplished efficiently and in a timely manner.

• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 8:00 am

• 4:30 pm

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

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Management & Program Analyst/PD294150

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved.

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

• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/05/2024.

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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Selective Placement Factor (SPF): To qualify for this position applicants must possess the SPF and applicants who do not meet a SPF are ineligible for further consideration.

• Must possess professional knowledge and experience in operational budgeting, program management, and resource management.

Applicants qualify based on experience as described below:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Exercise managerial authority to set short, medium, and long-range goals and objectives, determine program emphasis, and conduct organizational performance reviews.

• Participates in senior management business and strategy development and implementation.

• Oversee, plan, organize, and direct the work of the organization overseen and its program functions in support of SIM.

• Provide management and oversight responsibilities for key programmatic functions including strategy formulation, communications, education advancement, process improvement, cross-functional integration activities, and position and personnel management.

• Mastery of program and organizational analysis principles, methods, practices, and techniques; analytical methods; and interpersonal relations practices. Skill to apply thismastery in developing new methods and approaches in planning, integrating, and evaluating data management for the agency.

• Develop policy covering programs, activities and functions for which SIM has responsibility.

• Serve as SIM's expert on program and issues, with an extensive knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and policies.

• Recognized authority in analysis and evaluation of programs and issues. Responsibility and authority to plan, schedule and carry out major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of program or organizational effectiveness.

Preferred Experience: Professional knowledge and experience planning, implementing, evaluating change in an organization.

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

Leadership

Administration and Management

Analytical Thinking

Organizational Awareness

Change Management

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 in a normal office setting. The incumbent may be expected to work beyond normal duty hours when required by pending issues. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work environment involves everyday risks and discomforts that require normal safety precautions. The responsibilities of the position require occasional travel and may subject the incumbent to various resultant environment changes.

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 at this grade level.

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 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.

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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.

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.