Summary

The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Management Analyst (SMA) located in Education Service (EDU). The incumbent serves as Supervisor for the EDU, Executive Review Team, and Senior Advisor to the Executive Management Officer (EMO), on matters relating to Veteran's education benefits, legislation and legislative activities; EDU's internal coordination of responses to a variety of congressional inquiries; executive correspondence; routine taskers and/or written communication.

Duties

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Specific duties include:

• Manages and oversees communications of an exceptionally complex nature and special projects as assigned. Coordinates responses with policy offices inside and outside VA, including VBA internal business lines as well as VBA Executive staff, General Counsel, Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs (OCLA), National Cemetery Administration, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans service organizations and others, as appropriate.
• Forecasts and estimates program requirements, reviews work methods, identifies trends, problem areas, inefficiencies, and inconsistencies in operations, primarily in the coordination of assignments and responses.
• Leads discussions, meetings, conferences and conference calls with agency administrators, senior subject matter and technical personnel, and other federal agency officials to secure and provide information; investigate fact; present conclusions, recommendations, and alternatives; obtain concurrence; develop alternate courses of actions; and mutually resolve problems.
• Advises EDU Senior Leadership of unique conditions and issues, which affect program activities, and provides guidance on interpretation and implementation of new and revised legislation, policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Plans and assigns work, sets priorities, advises employees on program goals and objectives, and makes decisions on work problems presented by subordinate employees.
• Counsels employees on work and management policies, effects minor disciplinary actions such as reprimands and warnings, and recommends other action in more serious cases. Initiates personnel actions for recruitment, reassignment, promotion, reclassification, etc. Interviews and selects employees for vacant positions.
• Performs a variety of duties to carry out, administer, or advise on work connected with assuring the quality of work transactions, business processes, and delivery of services needed to carry out federal government programs and functions.
• Serves as the EDU correspondence management representative with the EDU and the Executive Review team. Assists in reviews of internal and external communication products requiring approval of the EMO, Deputy Directors or Executive Director. Serves as the EDU Plain Language expert and applies the appropriate style guide in reviewing a diverse portfolio of written communication, including letters,
  invitations, regulations, notices, policy documents, outreach materials, etc. Directs staff to serve as written communication experts in support of multiple diverse programs, as tasked by the EMO.
• Oversees the preparation and compilation of all VIEWS requests. Responsible for VBA's input into VA and VBA's current electronic document tracking systems. Develops improved processes to meet agency timeliness deadlines and quality expectations and trains EDU Executive Review staff to ensure staff are functional in the Department's electronic document systems.

Promotion Potential: None.

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday

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#: Supervisory Management & Program Analyst; PD38915-0

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

This is not a bargaining unit position

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 probationary, 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
• Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.
• 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:09/14/2026.

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 and

GS-14 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Supervisory experience at a VBA Regional Office or VBA Central Office; AND; Preparing written communication involving departmental policy/programs; preparing speeches/correspondence for high level officials; preparing technical reports, correspondence and recommendations; and consolidating complex information from a variety of sources in final form for presentation (either orally or in writing) in a clear and understandable manner to higher-level officials, subordinate managers, and employees.

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 physical effort may require.

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 educational substitution at 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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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.