As a Sr. Program Specialist you will serve as a primary VA expert coordinating processes related to, learning solutions, collection, management, and reporting of enterprise data related to training and employee development, content development for online communications portals, knowledge management sites, community of practice collaboration sites, customer-facing resource platforms.

Duties

Develops and manages enterprise-level program related to budgets. Liaison with other VA entities to ensure effective collaboration between the business owners, stakeholders, internal and external customers. Develop, gather, validate, and manage Department- wide requirements for learning solutions. Perform complex technical studies and special projects related to various organizational operations which may be of a highly confidential and complex nature and have nationwide impact. Lead and direct activities and work in all areas of administration and management covering broad sensitive issues affecting VA.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A probationary period may be required for employees and supervisors

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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. The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards, associated individual occupational requirements (IOR), and individual qualification standards covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-13) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as work that involves (1) Developing organizational business plans; (2) Evaluating new legislation and its impact on agency policies; (3) Preparing various high-level correspondence for senior level officials; (4) Managing program-related budgets for an agency.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-14 level.
Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts; driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

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
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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. Please contact the special placement coordinator or the human resources specialist listed on this vacancy for more information regarding applying for consideration under schedule A or as a 30% disabled veteran.

Displaced federal employees: The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. A well-qualified candidate is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualifications requirements for this position. A score of 85 or above on the assessment questionnaire is considered well qualified. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility can be found here.

Service credit for leave: Veterans Affairs offers creditable service for annual leave accrual for non-federal work experience to eligible employees. For more information about crediting experience for annual leave visit here.

Contacts

• Address Human Capital Services Center 810 Vermont Ave Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: John Tipton
• Phone: 313-596-7200
• Email: [email protected]