The Senior Management and Program Analyst (MPA) serves as a senior professional contributor to the Assistant Director (AD) of a Loan Guaranty (LGY) operations business line for Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The MPA serves as a consultant and advisor to the AD.

Duties

This position is vital to achieving the goals of the AD and associated staff by tracking, planning, and facilitating work in pursuit of business line operating goals. Shaped by the incumbent, AD, the Deputy Director, Operations, and under the broad direction of the Executive Director, the impact of this work is to improve the achievement of LGY's Veteran facing service mandate by optimizing the strengths and risks associated with LGY's operating structure, resources, and human capital. The MPA reports to the AD, for an LGY operations business line. The incumbent ensures the smooth flow of information in and out of the AD's office, conducting pre-analyses of information and prioritizing against AD and organizational needs and expectations. The MPA will perform duties that recognize the business relevance of process, technology, and human capital, with each prioritized against current needs and balanced upon strategic objectives. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available - Employee is expected to report to one of the LGY locations listed based on telework agreement. Virtual: This is a virtual position to any of the existing 10 LGY locations listed. Position Description/PD#: Management and Program Analyst, GS-0343-14, #41380-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized 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, 02/21/2024. 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-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 also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: Applicant must possess an expert knowledge of and skill in applying a wide range of concepts, approaches, practices, regulations, policies, precedents, and analytical, and procedures related to VA guidelines and regulations. The applicant also must possess extensive knowledge of the role VA and the LGY program play in serving Veterans and their families, along with an understanding of how, why, when, and by whom ideas are formulated and actions approved or directed. The applicant should have at least five years of specialized experience as described here. Given achievement of items above, preference would be toward experience meeting these needs that was earned at least in part within LGY or another major mortgage guarantor/issue. 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: The work is principally sedentary. Work also may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. No special physical effort or ability is required to do 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 educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address St Petersburg Regional Benefit Office 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard Bay Pines, FL 33744 US
• Name: Jessica Soto-Pujols
• Email: [email protected]