Health System Specialist - VA Convergence Center

Summary

The position serves as a Health System Specialist for the VA Convergence Center (VC2) and will report directly to the Chief of Research and Clinical Innovation (R&CI)/Executive Director, VA Convergence Center (VC2).

Duties

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The duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Monitors expenditures against the VA Convergence Center budget to ensure funds are used in accordance with Department of Veterans Affairs financial regulations and program priorities.
• Processes cost transfers with fiscal staff to ensure costs are charged to the correct funding source.
• Prepares budget reports for review by the Chief and Deputy Chiefs of the VA Convergence Center.
• Prepares statements of work for VA Convergence Center acquisitions in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
• Coordinates contract actions with procurement staff to advance them through execution.
• Monitors contractor performance against contract requirements.
• Coordinates contract actions with procurement staff to advance them through execution.
• Monitors contractor performance against contract requirements.
• Prepares project status reports for VA Convergence Center leadership to communicate progress and upcoming milestones.
• Develops project plans, timelines, and deliverables with Center staff and stakeholders to keep initiatives on schedule and aligned with program priorities.
• Tracks project risks, dependencies, and action items and escalates issues to leadership to enable timely resolution.
• Coordinates personnel actions, including recruitment, onboarding, position descriptions, and separations, with VA Human Resources staff to ensure Center staffing needs are met in accordance with VA and Office of Personnel Management policies.
• Maintains staffing rosters and position tracking for the VA Convergence Center to support workforce planning and budget alignment.
• Coordinates required training, performance management timelines, and personnel documentation to ensure staff compliance with VA requirements.
• Builds strategy for the VA Convergence Center team by identifying priorities, opportunities, and risks, and recommending approaches that align team activities with program goals.
• Serves as a communication representative for the team, conveying information, updates, and decisions to Center leadership, VA offices, and external partners to ensure consistent and timely messaging.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist - VA Convergence Center/PD035220

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

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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. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/20/2026.

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. 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.

Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR)

• Education:
  
  • Major study hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR
• Specialized Experience:
  
  • Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following:
    
    • Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems;
    • Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and
    • Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement.
• Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included:
  
  • Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements;
  • Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and
  • Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program.

In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirement you must also meet grade requirements as described below:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: planning, directing, and evaluating administrative and operational activities within an integrated healthcare system; coordinating office management, business processes, fiscal management, and human resources; managing projects and supporting healthcare innovation implementation; collecting and analyzing data to assess program performance and inform operational improvements; and advising executive leadership on policy, regulatory requirements, resource allocation, and organizational priorities.

Preferred Experience: Preferred candidates will have experience coordinating personnel actions, supporting research projects, administering grants, managing budgets, and meeting reporting requirements.

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

• Attention to Detail
• Communication
• Contracting/Procurement
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Financial Management
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Managing Human Resources
• Project Management
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

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: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements.

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

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

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.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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