This position is located within Facilities Management Service at the VA Loma Linda Health Care System (VALLHCS). The Program Analyst serves as a Project Manager/Analyst under the supervision of the Chief, Programs and Project Management (P/PM) Section.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Requires a broad technical background and experience in various functions; a full and in-depth understanding of the VA procedures, policies, and authorization and appropriation processes; and a strong project management background. Serves as a project manager, responsible for the overall management, control, coordination, and execution of assigned construction programs and projects to include space utilization and capital asset improvements. Implements corporate decisions, guidance, laws, regulations, and policy in the development of the project and intermediate products in support of the program. Integrates project scope and criteria, schedules and milestones, budgets, and responsibilities of the participating parties, assumptions and risks, contingencies, and performance measurement criteria. Participates in station programming decisions affecting long and short-range courses of action for assigned projects. Provides input to the station operating budget related to projects assigned. Identifies strategies to resolve problems related to their assigned programs/projects. Establishes deadlines, oversees work production, communicates project status with clients and senior management. Coordinates and helps contracting officer in negotiations during project modifications. Resolves execution conflicts, coordinates project work that impacts hospital operations through direct coordination with all hospital services to mitigate impacts and integrate facility staff support as required oversight of projects that require unique approaches and constant adjustment to environmental conditions. Controls and manages project milestones and budgets from initial studies through construction and initial operations. Consults with contractor personnel to resolve difficult and complex unforeseen problems and latent conditions developing during construction. Serves as the Integrated Project Team (IPT) Design Manager, incumbent coordinates the planning, design, cost engineering, construction, and environmental considerations, etc., for construction projects varying scope and complexity as measured by their diversity, geographical area, management demands, technical intricacies, and public/regulatory issues. Serves as the station's primary point of contact for assigned projects with customer(s), Federal, state, and local government agencies, other external organizations, and higher authorities. Provides guidance, development and coordination for the planning, design, and oversight of assigned projects/programs. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday-7:00 AM- 3:30 PM Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst/PD11042A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved 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, 02/12/2024. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Qualifying examples of specialized experience would be responsible for the overall management, control, coordination and execution of assigned construction programs and projects to include space utilization and capital asset improvements. Development of a Project Management Plan (PMP) is required for each assigned project. Implements corporate decisions, guidance, laws, regulations, and policy in the development of the project and intermediate products in support of the program. Negotiates and integrates all station functions (i.e., clinical, administrative, safety, planning, construction, contracting, etc.), customer needs, regulatory requirements, and other agencies' commitments in support of assigned projects into a comprehensive management plan. Within this plan, integrates project scope and criteria, schedules and milestones, budgets, and responsibilities of the participating parties, assumptions and risks, contingencies, and performance measurement criteria. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ReasoningAnalytical ThinkingCommunicationsDatabase AdministrationPlanning and EvaluatingQuality Management 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: Assignments regularly involve long periods of standing, bending, and stooping to observe and study work operations in an industrial, storage, or comparable work area. 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.

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 Jerry L Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital 11201 Benton Street Loma Linda, CA 92357 US
• Name: Christina Rigole
• Phone: (909)583-6505
• Email: [email protected]