The incumbent is the National Program Manager for VHA legislative activities and is the principal advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff on legislative and congressional issues. Providing executive support and leadership for VHA legislative activities and acting on behalf of the DCOS and in consultation with the executive staff and key offices.

Duties

Performs the following major duties and responsibilities: Provides executive level support, leadership, and advice to the DCOS, VHACOS, and the USH on health care administration; VHA/VA legislative programs, and organizational and management matters affecting health care programs. Formulates and implements policies; improves processes to communicate and explain policies; and evaluate the results and outcomes of policy decisions. Participates in the development of and providing technical assistance for proposed health care legislation; and having knowledge of the status and content of major legislation pending in Congress. Provides oversight and review of VHA's/VA's participation in the legislative process. Coordinates briefings and requests for information from Appropriations staff, including review and clearance of informational documents. Oversees and coordinates VHA legislative hearings, including identification of witnesses, drafting of formal views in testimony, coordinating the development of cost and policy impact statements, preparing witnesses for appearances at hearings, coordinating post-hearing deliverables. Oversees and coordinates VHA's development of formal statements and testimony for Congressional Hearings led by VHA witnesses. Oversees and coordinates VHA's portfolio of Congressionally Mandated Reports and Congressionally Tracked Reports. Supervises the administrative and management functions of the Office of Legislative Affairs through direct supervision of Legislative staff members. Coordinates the analysis, review and clearance of legislative proposals and bill reports. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized 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#: Supervisory Health System Spec/PD029420 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): 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, 01/23/2024. 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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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 will qualify based on you meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement and specialized experience described below: Individual Occupational Requirement: In order to meet the basic requirement of the Health System Administration, 0671 Occupational series, you must possess: An undergraduate or graduate level degree with a Major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration, OR Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and Government-wide, agency; and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. A transcript can be submitted with your application if you are basing part of your qualifications on meeting the Individual Occupational Requirements major studies. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 1) Experience demonstrating mastery and broad knowledge of the policies, missions and operations to represent the DCOS on matters of: interpretations of policy, serious public relations issues, and reconciling conflict on interpretations of policy and program differences among key staff. 2) Experience demonstrating expert knowledge of analytical and evaluative methods, as well as a thorough understanding of how regulatory or enforcement programs are administered to select and apply appropriate program evaluation and measurement techniques in, for example, determining the extent of compliance with rules and regulations issued by the agency. 3) Experience demonstrating comprehensive Skill in analysis and review of legislative proposals and bill reports to use in counseling top agency officials who may appear before Congressional committees and the national media concerning the agency's workload, performance analysis and resource allocation initiatives. (Please Note: Examples of the experience must be in your Resume to meet Specialized Experience qualifications for this position.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization. Communication: Effectively expresses information to multiple audiences through clear, convincing oral and written communications; demonstrates logical thinking when describing facts and concepts, and shapes communications to meet the needs of a specific audience; actively listens to others and demonstrates understanding of their comments and/or questions. Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules. Critical Thinking: Objectively analyzes and evaluates an issue in order to form an opinion/judgment/conclusion; Uses logic and reasoning to research, interpret and apply information such as regulatory and/or procedural guidance; Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems; Integrates information into development of a resolution. 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 performed primarily in an office setting. 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.

A transcript can be submitted with your application if you are basing part of your qualifications on meeting the Individual Occupational Requirements major studies.

Note: 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: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VHA Servicing Human Resources Office - 1 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]