Summary

The Senior Management Analyst serves in the Office of Executive Review (OER), Office of the Under Secretary for Benefits (OUSB), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). Performs a variety of analytical, planning, and evaluative, and advisory work related to the coordination and management of legislative functions and executive communications, including facilitating responses to Congressional inquiries.

Duties

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Manage Complex Executive Review Actions: Independently coordinates, analyzes, and completes highly complex tasks requiring integration of multiple documents, inputs, and reviews across VBA offices, including congressional correspondence, legislative matters, and regulatory actions.

Oversee Quality and Timeliness of Official Correspondence: Reviews, validates, and consolidates responses to formal and informal inquiries to ensure accuracy, completeness, compliance with agency processes, and timely submission to leadership and external stakeholders.

Develop and Consolidate Senior-Level Decision Documents: Prepares, reviews, and consolidates VBA comments, briefing materials, position papers, and sensitive documents such as equitable relief packages-for approval by senior leadership in the OUSB.

Lead Legislative Analysis and Coordination: Monitors, reviews, and analyzes proposed legislation affecting VBA; tracks bills through congressional processes; coordinates technical assistance and legislative proposal packages; evaluates implications; and briefs senior leadership on impacts and recommended actions.

Coordinate Regulatory Development and Oversight: Monitors and reviews regulatory actions initiated by VBA program offices; ensures regulatory documents meet substantive, legal, and administrative requirements; identifies process gaps; and coordinates responses to regulatory concerns raised inside or outside VA.

Facilitate Cross-Agency Collaboration and Conflict Resolution: Serves as liaison among internal and external offices to reconcile differing positions, resolve operational conflicts, and secure timely concurrence on legislative, regulatory, or policy matters.

Prepare and Support Congressional Engagements: Coordinates and develops testimony, briefing books, and position statements; prepares senior VBA officials for congressional hearings; and supports briefing efforts with congressional staff and members on issues involving VBA programs and benefits.

Lead and Participate in Cross-Functional Teams: Serves as team leader or member on task forces and working groups; represents VBA on VA-wide initiatives; provides updates to leadership; and advances collaborative solutions across multiple program offices and administrations.

Provide Training, Mentoring, and Technical Guidance: Supports the development of junior staff, provides feedback on work products, trains others on processes and standards, and offers expert technical advice on proposed policies, procedures, and management practices.

Conduct Management, Quality Assurance, and Special Studies: Develops internal controls, quality management practices, and process improvements for OER and OUSB; conducts sensitive or confidential studies; recommends corrective actions; and may serve as Acting Director, OER, when assigned.

Promotion Potential: No

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible: Compressed Not Available

Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval. Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position

Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Position Description/PD#: Management Analyst; PD37787A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

This is not a bargaining unit position

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Conditions of employment

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Additional Conditions of Employment are as follows:

• 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 or trial period
• 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 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.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:08/31/2026.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: As a current Federal GS employee you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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

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.

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

GS-14 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Specialized experience demonstrates ability to manage high visibility, executive correspondence, and internal coordination functions in support of senior leadership. Managing internal actions related to Congressional briefings and communications ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with enterprise processes and requirements. Leading interdisciplinary teams or workgroups; coordinating studies; managing complex projects; and providing authoritative advice, briefings, and reports to senior executives.

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: Work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required.

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

There is no education substitution for the GS-14 grade level.

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 your current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. 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/.

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.

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.

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/documents/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf

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

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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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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 windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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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.