The Government Information Specialist (GIS) Office of Administration Office of Mission Support (OMS) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Government Information Specialist position serves as Privacy Act Automation Privacy Officer within the Information Access and Privacy Directorate.

Duties

Assist with planning, interfacing, coordinating, and supporting necessary planning efforts responding to requirements requests from internal and external OMS IAP directorate customers and stakeholders. Assist in performing analysis, presentation development, editing, delivery, and project planning/management duties necessary to provide the organizational focus and synchronization efforts necessary to achieve strategic goals. Serves as a Privacy Act Automation Privacy Officer and help to coordinate Privacy Act Automation activities with support staff and other VBA business lines to establish and maintain an automation platform that processes Veterans' incoming Privacy Act requests. Develops goals and objectives to maximize implementation and accountability of Federal FOIA and Privacy statutes and regulations. Assist with all ongoing activities related to the development, implementation, maintenance, and adherence to the VBA Central Office policies and procedures covering FOIA and Privacy access of Veterans and their families, employees, contractors, and administrative information to ensure compliance with federal statues and VA privacy practices and regulations. Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the FOIA, Privacy Act, Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act, FISMA, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance and other areas of administrative information. Performs initial and periodic privacy risk assessments and conducts related ongoing compliance monitoring activities in coordination with VA FOIA Services, VA Privacy Services, Privacy and Records Assessment Division (PRAD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and all other VBA components. Monitors, reports, and advises on compliance matters, including appeals and litigation of FOIA cases, and legislation affecting the FOIA and Privacy programs, and provides advice and guidance on an array of complex, sensitive, and critical issues essential to advance the agency's mission. Develop and deliver oral and written briefings, talking papers, communications, and other publications for senior leadership to address complex issues that may impact decisions. Supports the organization in responding to members of Congress, the public, the media, other agencies, and employees and officials of the Department who are seeking information about interpretation, policy process and procedure and/or technical assistance concerning access and privacy laws administered by the VBA. Prepare documents and reports and organize data for presentations. The employee's relationship with coworkers and all other customers are courteous and cooperative in nature and overall contribute positively to the effective operation of the office. Provides world class customer service and ensures all customer's issues and requests are properly addressed and forwarded to the appropriate contact for resolution. Cognizant in providing quality customer service through effective verbal and non-verbal communications and ensuring issues that arise have been properly notified and completed. Reviews signed outgoing correspondence for procedural/grammatical accuracy, correctness, adequacy, and compliance with existing policies and/or procedures, and ensure all enclosures are attached. Identifies and prioritizes significant correspondence to ensure compliance with limited response time. Provides support to OMS Administration Senior Management and Program Analyst's by performing all other administrative duties as assigned. Promotion Potential: None Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday Compressed/Flexible: At the discretion of Agency. Telework: Available at the discretion of Agency. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Government Information Specialist; #41487-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Approved Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

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

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement: 01/16/2024. 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. To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). 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 also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-13 Grade Level 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. Experience applying relevant privacy laws (Privacy Act, e-Government Act, FISMA) and guidance to meet privacy program standards for Federal agencies. Experience providing privacy orientation, education, and training to employees and contractors, identifying training needs, and recommending appropriate training. Experience conducting quality assurance reviews of Privacy Act request responses. Experience reviewing and analyzing the content of responsive laws based on the FOIA, Privacy Act, Open Government Act of 2007, organizational policies and procedures. Experience conducting research and applying data-gathering techniques to accurately interpret the release of information material under the Privacy Act of 1974 provisions. Experience processing requests from inception to completion, coordinating resources, establishing timelines and deliverables, and preparing reports. 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 sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there maybe 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. 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 education requirement or education substitution at the GS-13 grade level.

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Yvonda Price
• Phone: 4102304400
• Email: [email protected]