The Supervisory Program Specialist will serve as the Chief Officer, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) for the VA Healthcare System. Individual is the top technical expert on D&I. Responsible for leading, planning and executing policy/operational aspects of the D&I programs within the VA Healthcare System. The VA is committed to fostering a corporate culture that embraces diverse values and sustains a management framework that supports a diverse, inclusive environment as a business imperative.

Duties

The Chief Officer, D&I is viewed as a key authority for interpreting and applying the D&I policies and guidelines that directly impact employees within the VA Healthcare System and services provided to Veterans. Duties include but are not limited to: Development, advancement, and promulgation of D&I strategies, training, and enlightenment to drive cultural shifts in the hospitals approach, and application of D&I principles. Ensures the facility vision, mission, and core values are reflective of the aspects associated with leading edge D&I principles. Serves as the principal advisor to the Medical Center Director (SES) and serves as spokesperson for the organization in D&I. Planning, evaluation, advisory, training, consultative, and reporting functions for the organization and its sub-component organizations throughout the VA. Develops policy, methodologies, and procedures to accomplish mission requirements and objectives. Participates in short and long-range planning by executive management to fully implement and execute the VA Healthcare System mission. Promotes partnerships, customer service innovations, cooperation, and the image of the VA Healthcare System to increase the visibility of the facility as a world class employer. Serves as advisor to the Medical Center Director and Executive Leadership of the VA Healthcare System, on critical and essential D&I recruitment and retention policies and programs. Participates in the VA Healthcare System strategic planning, assuring the use and pursuit of progressive and imaginative recruitment programs to meet mission and needs. Provides technical advice and assistance to the VA Healthcare System supervisors, managers, employees. Planning and policy development, leadership development and training within the VA Healthcare System programs. Drives efforts to improve awareness of a variety of cultural, generational, ethnic, and other differences, related to issues of employee engagement, equal opportunity, conflict resolution, and other workforce issues, and provides support to meet the increasing related workforce management challenges. A one year supervisory probation period may be required for this position. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Telework: Eligible Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Specialist- Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer/PD485-11160-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/16/2023. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: This position requires proficiency in both the spoken and written English and Spanish languages. ~AND~PREFERED LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: Proficiency in both the spoken and written English and Spanish languages. ~AND~ 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 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, evaluation, advisory, training, consultative, and reporting functions for the organization and its sub-component organizations (e.g., Service Lines, Outpatient Clinics), throughout the VA. Develops policy, methodologies, and procedures to accomplish mission requirements and objectives. Participates in short and long-range planning by executive management to fully implement and execute the VA Healthcare System mission. Developing, administering, and managing innovative human capital resources and activities tailored to meet the needs of management in accomplishing their missions through the fair, efficient, and economical use of resource and in accordance with requirements of higher echelons. Attends meetings and conducts on-site visits. Ensures D&I programs are integrated into recruitment, strategy, structure, workforce development, and marketing to achieve the highest mission readiness. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementLeveraging DiversityStrategic Thinking 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: Work is predominantly sedentary. No special physical demands are required. Some walking is required when conducting briefings and attending meetings or seminars. 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

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address San Juan VA Medical Center 10 Calle Casia San Juan, PR 00921 US
• Name: Sally Jordan
• Phone: 813-919-9130
• Email: [email protected]