The primary purpose of the position is to develop and maintain key performance metrics and process standardizations to ensure consistency and effectiveness. The role involves the development and oversight of complex measures to evaluate and improve operational processes. This position is responsible for supervising the complex spend and budget processes, ensuring prudent financial management.

Duties

This announcement is open to current, permanent Institute for Learning, Education and Development (ILEAD) Station 131, and CTAP (Career Transition Assistance Plan for surplus/displaced employees) eligible employees only. All other candidates will not be considered. The major duties of this position include but are not limited to: Oversees all work assigned to the staff supervised, to include the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training for existing and emerging systems and processes that fulfill the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) commitment to develop a highly skilled workforce. Identifies, evaluates, and recommends initial budgetary estimates and associated programming of education and training resources to the deputy director. This includes overseeing financial management, resource allocation, and budget planning to ensure compliance with fiscal (or financial) guidelines. Assures operations are conducted in the most economical and effective manner and conform to applicable laws, regulations and established policies and procedures. Solves problems and addresses customer needs by ensuring education and training products are designed or leveraged to meet those needs and support the agency's goals and objectives. Maintains control of operations through ongoing analysis of national trainings, operational data, and program evaluation. Exercises budget oversight by utilizing tools such as Power BI and BIS validation to ensure program compliance and prevention of delinquent programs and timely submission of post-conference reporting. Maintains a critical role in supervising complex spend and budget processes. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available 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. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Education Program Specialist/PD140550 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): 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, 05/02/2024. 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 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. Individual Occupational Requirement: In order to meet the basic requirement of the Education Program Specialist, 1720 series, you must have: Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in Education, Health Care Administration, Human Resources, Business Administration or a Clinical related field, of which at least 9 semester hours must have been in education courses. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) or Combination of education and experience -- at least 24 semester hours in Education, Health Care Administration, Human Resources, Business Administration or a Clinical related field, of which at least 9 semester hours must have been in education courses, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience must reflect the level and kind described in number 3 below. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) or Four years of experience that demonstrated a thorough understanding of the principles and practices underlying the work of this series. This experience must have been of such character and diversity to demonstrate that the applicant possesses an understanding of the field comparable to that normally acquired through successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university. or At least 1 full academic year of professional teaching experience. This experience is defined as full and primary responsibility, under general supervision, for instruction of assigned students in an accredited school or institution. This includes responsibility for preparing and presenting lessons and for evaluating students' progress, including a determination of the students' success or failure according to established criteria. Serving in an assistant capacity to a professor without the authority to determine the students' success or failure to meet course requirements does not meet this criterion. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Identifying, evaluating, and recommending initial budgetary estimates and associated programming of education and training resources to the deputy director. This includes overseeing financial management, resource allocation, and budget planning to ensure compliance with fiscal (or financial) guidelines. Overseeing all work assigned to the staff supervised, to include the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training for existing and emerging systems and processes. Assuring operations are conducted in the most economical and effective manner and conform to applicable laws, regulations and established policies and procedures. Solving problems and addressing customer needs by ensuring education and training products are designed or leveraged to meet those needs and support the agency's goals and objectives. Maintains control of operations through ongoing analysis of national trainings, operational data, and program evaluation. Exercising budget oversight by utilizing tools such as Power BI and BIS validation to ensure program compliance and prevention of delinquent programs and timely submission of post-conference reporting. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Technical Competence- Skill in providing professional education leadership, management and program support in a variety of areas to include strategic planning, performance metrics, human resources management, information technology, financial management, customer service and quality improvement. Program Evaluation and Design- Knowledge of and ability to use a wider range of qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate and assess complex education processes, solve problems and improve program efficiency. Program Coordination and Integration- Ability to coordinate, evaluate and integrate the work of others into a final cohesive product which accurately reflects the organization's position on a wide variety of issues related to program development and management. Financial Management- Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization. Compliance Inspection- Knowledge of the guidelines, regulations, and procedures associated with compliance inquiries, including application of compliance rules and criteria and ability to make appropriate decisions and issue citations, fines, or orders. 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 primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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 must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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 Central Office - Human Capital Management 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]