As a Management Analyst serves as the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Officer (VREO). The primary purpose of the position is to provide program, administrative, technical, analytical, and management support to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Pittsburgh Regional Office, Veteran Readiness and Employment Office.

Duties

Performs administrative work in one or more of the following areas: personnel management/administration, budgeting and financial management, procurement and contracting, property management, and/or supply requisition. The incumbent performs management and/or program support work such as program or office planning, evaluation of programs or issues, training program administration, correspondence control, liaison, special projects, and board or committee related work. Evaluates, processes, or makes recommendations for effective organizational changes. Performs organizational analysis for functional areas throughout the division. Assimilates data for the VR&E Officer and develops graphs and charts for Quarterly Briefings, Trip Packs, and other technical reports. The incumbent compiles and controls monthly reports from professional and para-professional staffers. Assists with program oversight within the VR&E division via management directed studies and implementation of the division's workload management plan. Analyzes and monitors the division's resource needs. Communicates internally and externally with the full range of agency stakeholders. Stakeholders include division and RO managers, other VBA entities, individual members of the general public, as well as those from external government agencies. Research and Analysis Work: Research and/or analyzes problems, issues, or program requirements. Based on conditions and factors that relate to the subject program and related programs, determines what information is required and collect from many sources. Reviews information reconciles conflicting data and devises new or modified methods to analyze findings. Develops recommendations and proposals. Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Analyzes and prepares program status reports for review at all levels. Responsible for internal controls and Division Systematic Analysis of Operations. Special Projects: Plans and/or accomplishes special projects. Performs a variety of duties related to special projects involving program issues that contain complicating elements. Assignments can be complex and frequently require analysis that entails gathering data from multiple sources. Accomplishment of the regularly recurring work requires mastery of advanced management and organizational skills along with a comprehensive knowledge of planning and processing in order to prepare long and short-term planning initiative in accordance with Regional Office policies and objectives. Serves as the technical expert concerning administrative responsibilities of the VR&E support staff.

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
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualifications

Time-in-grade: Applicants who are/were 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9 level. To support your claim of time in grade, you must submit your most recent appointment, promotion, or within grade increase SF-50 (not an award or general adjustment SF-50). Some applicants may have to submit more than one SF-50 to demonstrate their eligibility. See the required documents section for more information. 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. Specialized Experience: GS-11 Grade Level: To qualify, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-09) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as work that involves: (1) Conducts analysis of the organization, its workload, targets, objectives, and applies management principles to improve efficiency; (2) Develops and disseminates informational material to a wide range of agency and stakeholders which include members of the general public, Service Organizations, other Managers and supervisors, and RO/CO staff; (3) Determines the nature of the data required and independently prepares material based on nature of request and Agency practices; (4) Conduct studies to devise solutions to organizational issues; (5) Provide analytical assistance of workload and performance data within various automated systems; (6) Gather and track data from various sources and arrange; (7) Assists with administrative functions such as purchasing supplies for Veterans. Or applicants may substitute education for the experience required to qualify at the GS-11 level: Graduate Education. You must have at least a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or have completed 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., IF RELATED. One year of full-time graduate education is normally determined by the school you attended. If that number cannot be determined, 18 semester hours should be considered equivalent to one academic year of graduate study. Part-time graduate education is creditable on a pro-rated basis. If you qualify based on your education, you must upload or fax a copy of your college transcript along with your application. If you are selected for the position, an official college transcript(s) will be required at your start date. Or applicants can combine education and specialized experience to qualify for the position. If you have some, but not all, of the graduate education AND specialized experience described above, you may still qualify by combining the amount of creditable education and experience that you do have. To do so, first calculate the percentage of qualifying education you have as a percentage of the education required. Next, calculate the percentage of specialized experience you have as a percentage of the experience required. Then, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100% for you to qualify for the position at the GS-11 grade level. If you qualify based on a combination of graduate education and specialized experience, you must submit a copy of your official college transcript with your application. Note: 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.

Education

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

Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for federal employment. You can verify your education here. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Pittsburgh Regional Benefit Office 1000 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 US
• Name: Kevin Providence
• Phone: (313) 596-7207
• Email: [email protected]