Supervisory Program Analyst

Summary

This position is located in a Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Office of Mission Support (OMS). The incumbent serves as Supervisory Program Analyst within the Administration Division.

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Overview

• Accepting applications

• Open & closing dates

08/13/2024 to 08/23/2024

• Salary

$139,395 - $181,216 per year

• Pay scale & grade

GS 14

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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

Yes

• Security clearance

Other

• Drug test

No

• Position sensitivity and risk

High Risk (HR)

• Trust determination process

• Suitability/Fitness

• Financial disclosure

No

• Bargaining unit status

No

• Announcement number

101-OMS-12506238-24-JR-NBU

• Control number

804455700

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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.

• Land & base management

Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management 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, Veterans Employment Opportunities Act, 30 percent or more veterans, Schedule A, current/permanent VA employees who are CTAP eligible, ICTAP eligible current/former federal employees, Land Management, Reinstatement, Transfer employees in Competitive service, Interchange eligibles, Appointment of qualified former VA career/career-conditional employee, Military spouses, and Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista.

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Duties

Specific duties include:

• Oversees the analytical review, process, coordination tracking, distribution, stocking, and maintenance of all administrative issues, and recurring publications.

• Serves as primary advisor to the Executive Director, Deputy Director, Executive Management Officer, and Assistant Directors of OMS regarding VBA program issues and is the principal representative and liaison to corresponding business lines, staff offices and regional offices.

• Coordinate with all publication riders and ensures appropriate liaison with the VA printing and procurement staff elements, outside vendors, Government Printing Office (GPO), publishing companies, etc. Monitors, reports and advise on compliance matters, including appeals and litigation of FOIA cases, and legislation affecting the FOIA and Privacy programs and provide advice and guidance on an array of complex, sensitive, and critical issues essential to advance the agency's mission.

• Oversees and directs the VBA Central Office and Regional Office vehicles assigned to the Fleet Management program Provides world class customer service and ensures all customer's issues and requests are properly addressed and forwarded to the appropriate contact for resolution. Cognizant in providing quality customer service through effective verbal and non-verbal communications and ensuring issues that arise have been properly notified and completed.

• Oversees the program of the VBA Equipment Inventory Listing (ElL) program and the assigned VBA ElL Official, who is accountable for maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all IT and non-IT equipment assigned to VBA business lines and staff offices. Duties include ensuring assigned VBA ElL Official are provided guidance and training on VA Property program System.

• Oversees the VBA Mail program. The primary responsibilities are promoting, leading, overseeing and providing policy guidance that facilitates the Department-wide Mail program and implements the provisions found in the Federal Property Program Regulations.

• Oversee the budget for all printing requisitions including projections and tracking of funds allotted for VBA printing. The incumbent must possess mastery knowledge of the federal budgetary process and ability to manage, formulate, present, execute and analyze organizational budgets.

• Serves as the VBA liaison to VA and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the control and program of forms (with other governmental agencies) and in the preparation/development of the Information Collection Budget. The incumbent establishes and maintains processes to ensure that internal use VBA forms are made available nationwide using Intranet and Internet technologies.

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

• 4:30 pm

Compressed/Flexible: Available

Telework: Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Analyst; GS-0343-14 PD# 38364-0

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

• Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:08/23/2024.

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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level.

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

GS-14 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience:

• Specialized experience is defined as experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service related to all forms program, administrative issues directives, Equipment Inventory Listing (EIL), publications and mail program, printing, and fleet that supports VBA Central Office and the regional offices. Examples of specialized experience include:

• Assist in establishing national policies and procedures consistent with Congressional mandates while providing leadership and direction to subordinates

• Develops Division goals to support OMS Strategic Plan. Collaborate with Congressional mandates while providing leadership and direction to subordinates.

• Possesses knowledge of Mail, Fleet, Publication and Forms regulations, policies, and procedures.

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.

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 (TJO). Please visit the Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), https://www.va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window

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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:

• Leadership: Inspires, motivates and guides others toward goal accomplishment; coaches, mentors, and challenges subordinates; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations; models high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect for the individual by applying these values to daily behaviors.

• Managing Human Resource: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their

performance.

• Planning and Evaluating: Determines objectives and strategies; coordinates with other

parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors and evaluates the progress and outcomes of operational plans; anticipates potential threats or opportunities.

• Project Management: Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program

area; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies.

• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of

information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

• 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

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.