This Management Analyst position is in the VA Regional Office (VARO). The incumbent is assigned to the Office of the Director and reports to the Executive Director. The primary purpose of this position is to provide objectively based information for making decisions on the administrative aspects of organizational operations and management.

Duties

The Management Analyst serves as a member of the Director's Staff for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Detroit Regional Office. The employee is an active participant in all aspects of station management. Primary responsibilities include: Evaluates, processes, and makes recommendations for effective organizational changes. Recommends areas and methods by which efficiency of operations can be improved and develops training to implement. Provides higher management with reports, evaluated information, budgetary proposals and similar products necessary for effective directions of administrative operations. Gathers and organizes narrative and statistical information using generally advanced methods, techniques, and precedents requiring considerable adaptation and/or interpretation for application to administrative functions. Reviews and reconciles large amounts of data and oversees Privacy and Freedom of Information Act programs. Handles correspondence and is privy to sensitive employee and labor relations issues such as local negotiations, grievance responses, and disciplinary/performance action drafts and files. Acts with extreme confidentiality and discretion when dealing with highly sensitive employee and labor relation matters for example, disciplinary actions and management strategy in negotiations with labor. Provides local advice and prepares memos for the Director regarding labor management issues, master agreement discrepancies and management's position on such issues such as changes in working conditions or conditions of employment within the Regional Office.

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.
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Selected applicants may be required to complete a probationary period.
• This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position.

Qualifications

Time-in-grade GS11-GS12 :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. GS-11 Level position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 level. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 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 documentssection for more information. AND Specialized Experience GS-11: Applicants must have one year of Specialized Experience which is equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-9 level) in the normal line of progression for the position. Specialized Experience is defined as work that involves (1) Evaluating programs and their functions; (2) Recommending improvements in procedures, work methods, and/or organizations and (3) implementing changes to programs/business lines. OR, Education GS-11: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or successful completion of three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or a LL.M., if related, and obtained in an accredited college or university. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one (1) year of full-time study. If that number cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours will be considered as satisfying the one (1) year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. Note: Transcripts Required. OR, Combination: GS-11 Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-11 level. Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-11. (When crediting education that requires specific course work, prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.) Your official Transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Specialized Experience GS-12: In addition to the experience required for the GS-11, applicants must have one year of Specialized Experience which is equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-11 level) in the normal line of progression for the position. Specialized Experience is defined as experience diagnosing problems within the organization and implementing plans and means to make improvements and/or implement change; or experience developing the design of business processes, systems, technology, and/or job roles for a division within a VA Regional Office.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-12 level.

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 to receive credit for that education.

Contacts

• Address St Louis Regional Benefit Office 9700 Page Ave Overland, MO 63132 US
• Name: Daann Heiniger
• Phone: 515-554-9515
• Email: [email protected]