VA New England Healthcare System (VISN 1) is seeking 1 Senior Strategic Business Partners (SSBP) for the VA White River Junction Medical Center. This position is not bargaining unit position. Please note that this is NOT a virtual position and the incumbent must be able to report on-site to the White River Junction VA Healthcare System. 1 Vacancy for the VA White River Junction Medical Center

Duties

The Senior Strategic Business Partner (SSBP) reports to the VISN 1 Chief Human Resources Officer and contributes to overall VISN performance by providing tactical and strategic consulting on people and organization development strategies in support of business objectives. As the local labor market expert, SSBP serves WRJ VA executive leadership and key management officials in all HR matters in the following functional areas: employee relations consultation; strategic talent acquisition and management (staffing); policy interpretation, application, and implementation; and performance and compensation management consultation. Examines the forecasting data to project managerial strategies, organizational processes, competencies, and human resources interventions necessary to create the required cultures to support new and establish VHA initiatives. Advises leadership and provides responses to proposed legislation, policies, and standards of higher authority regarding human resources issues, including requests from members of Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of Personnel Management. Interprets the national human capital workforce plan and leads the development and implementation of the healthcare system workforce plan. Performs talent acquisition and actively participates in recruitment campaigns, job fairs, college relations programs, general networking, etc. Collaboratively drives complex employee relations issues for field-based employees such as employee complaints, harassment allegations, and work performance issues, while ensuring legal compliance, leveraging employee abilities, and managing risks. Facilitates the annual review process, career development planning, and mentoring. Coaches employees and managers on the process of resolving and/or addressing performance gaps, and actively undertakes coaching conversations to challenge leaders' current thinking to reach optimal outcomes. Advises leadership, in coordination with ER/LR SSU team, in the resolution of administrative grievances, post separation reviews, and Congressional, Office of Inspector General, Office of Special Counsel, Equal Opportunity Employment, Merit System Protection Board, or department level complaints. Presents management's position through written correspondence and appearances before various third parties, including arbitrators and agents of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Federal Service Impasses Panel. Works collaboratively with all levels of leadership and the Compensation Center of Excellence by establishing strategy for the utilization of Special Salary Rates, Nurse Pay Schedules, Physician, Dentist, and Podiatrist Pay, Student Loan Repayment Program, Education Debt Reduction Program, and Recruitment, Relocation, and Retention incentives. Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday; Tour of duty will be set between 7:00am - 5:00pm. Compressed/Flexible: Negotiable Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Senior Strategic Business Partner/PD02628A Financial Disclosure Report: Not required This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is in the Competitive Service. Time-in-Grade Restriction: 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. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment. Veterans' preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2023. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Human Capital Management experience. ~OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Directing and reviewing Human Resources functional programs (position management, compensation, staffing, employee & labor relations, processing & records, personnel security); serving as an expert advisor to top management on personnel laws, regulations, functions, policies, and procedures; reviewing newly issued regulations/directives and interpreting for incorporation into local policy; representing the facility at various hearings/arbitrations. It is preferable for such experience to have been performed for a network or multi-location organization..

Education

Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix F1; Human Resources Specialist Qualification Standards GS-0201. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Contacts

• Address VISN 1 VA New England Healthcare System 200 SPRINGS ROAD BEDFORD, MA 01730-1114 US
• Name: Anthony Cappiello
• Email: [email protected]