Summary

This position is located in the Veterans Benefits Administration Compensation Service and reports to the Supervisory Program Analyst, under the Assistant Director for Systems Support and Operational Review. As a member of the Systems Support and Operational Review Division, the incumbent serves as a Senior Program Analyst, Consultant, and Advisor for the office, which is the coordinating body, and focal point for Compensation Service business applications and Information Technology.

Duties

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Specific duties include:

• Serves as a primary point of contact for Compensation Service on business matters relative to Compensation Service business systems. Works as a team leader and senior program manager, to lead and mentor project managers in developing, revising and implementing large Compensation Service initiatives that improve and/or enhance current processes. Represents the Chief(s) and/or Assistant Director at meetings and workgroups involving the planning, analysis and requirements, specification, design, testing, training, implementation and post-implementation activities for existing and future business systems for Compensation Service.
• Performs and directs significantly complex activities concerned with the facilitation of the nationwide implementation of Compensation Service business system initiatives in support of VBA. This requires the promotion and assurance of standardization and consistency of validated concepts; development of test site criteria from which to monitor performance of baseline indicators or other established measures; facilitation of the deployment process of major new work design components for VBA field stations and coordination of highly enterprising activities related to the design and development of enhanced Compensation Service business applications and initiatives.
• Works with senior executives, managers, technical staff and subject matter experts to implement Compensation Service business system initiatives. Analyzes and identifies program areas which can be improved by automation or changes in policy or procedures. Recommends the changes required, whether automated or not, to institute those improvements. Coordinates and encourages the sharing of knowledge and experience, and documents "best practice" implementation strategies to effectively facilitate the implementation of various components.
• Ensure integration of Compensation Service efforts amongst VBA business lines; assist in the concurrent deployment of primary components of new and/or novel work processes. The incumbent performs significant internal and external coordination of Compensation Service implementation initiatives concurrently and sequentially; develops comprehensive recommendations for products to be initiated, curtailed or rescheduled; and evaluates management proposals concerned with changes to existing organizational structures to assure that the optimum mix of operating costs are viable, and the proposed program structure is consistent with the Compensation Service and VBA strategic business system vision.
• The incumbent performs project management and analysis tasks; and keeps assigned activities on track at all phases. Furnishes expert advice and technical assistance on issues concerned with proposed policies and procedural changes that may significantly affect the data processing of Veterans' claims and services. Develop effective and efficient internal management controls and administrative processes to effectively resolve problematic issues. Ensures that project objectives and timelines are being met by monitoring progress against a formal plan; establishes project milestones and target dates, or intermediated dates on projects when completion dates are mandated by higher authority; revises dates to agree with new information and dependencies; and negotiates with management and sponsors/users to change and formalize new dates. Prepares reports on project status; initiatives meetings and prepares written correspondence relative to the project; distributes information to project members; integrates the work of a project team that spans multiple organizations and locations.
• Prepares documentation necessary to develop reports for all levels of management and operations and identifies the data elements needed to complete the reports; develops communications with claimants and other clients and identifies the data elements needed to complete the communication.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible: 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 & Program Analyst; 39580A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

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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 probation, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

• 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

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.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:09/30/2026.

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.

• 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.

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

GS-14 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position(s), and that is typically IN OR RELATED TO the work of the position to be filled. The applicant must demonstrate at least 1 year of experience developing stakeholder communications (i.e., preparing stakeholder responses, briefing papers/presentations, communicating highly technical information, etc.) and demonstrated experience serving as a technical advisor to leadership, expressing information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; making clear and convincing oral presentations and responding appropriately.

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: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight 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

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), va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf for more 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 (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.

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.

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

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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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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