The position will be assigned to the Office of Human Capital Services (HCS), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). HCS is accountable for the strategic alignment of the Administration's workforce to its mission and strategy by providing and implementing workforce services, human capital management solutions, and innovations. This position is located under the Program Administration providing support to the Deputy Chief Learning Officer (DCLO).

Duties

In this role as a Management and Program Analyst on behalf of the VBA learning consortium the candidate performs and participates in a broad range of analysis, evaluation activities and management controls supporting the Deputy Chief Learning Officer. Prepare learning and talent management reports and study results, provide substantive quantitative and qualitative information, conclusions, and recommendations for use by HCS Executive Directors and senior learning leaders. Duties include, but are not limited to: Maintaining continuous liaison support with the appropriate HCS and learning consortium divisions. Interprets federal training related regulatory, policy and procedural requirements in order to advise directors correctly and fully on all aspects of learning, professional development and training management activities. Makes recommendations relating to various training policy issues and provides advice to management on training governance matters and problems. Independently conducts studies and makes recommendations on various activities and functions related to training governance and training management oversight. Uses expert skills to study work methods, administrative guidelines, procedures, utilization of human resources, work assignments, delegations of authority, management controls, information and training technologies and systems. Analyzes and evaluates findings and recommends more efficient, effective and economical ways to meet workload and learning program goals. Participates in strategic and learning governance planning sessions. Researches and identifies new emerging and adult learning concepts for potential adoption and implementation. Providing significant operational support to the Deputy Chief Learning Officer. Ensures that HCS's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the learning consortium. Communicates with the divisions to implement strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services. Plans, coordinates, and executes HCS L.I.F.T (Listen, Improve, Facilitate, Transform) initiatives for the learning consortium. Maintains comprehensive knowledge of the range of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the learning consortium. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: 41054-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Yes, Ethics-CFD (OGE-450) must be completed.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• 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, 05/24/2024. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. 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. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education, as described below: You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, GS-12, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience in a broad range of analysis, evaluation activities and management controls. Must be able to prepare learning and talent management reports and study the results provided to create substantive, quantitative and qualitative information including conclusions and recommendations to be used in presentations to HCS Executive Directors and Senior Learning leaders. Experience in applying management principles, practices, and techniques to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a wide variety of function and work processes throughout VBA's learning consortium. Act as liaison with HCS divisions to provide recommendations and analytic reports-based research conducted during strategic and learning governance planning sessions. Provide operational support to the Deputy Chief Learning Officer in planning, coordinating, and executing HCS L.I.F.T.(Listen, Improve, Facilitate and Transform) initiatives for the learning consortium. After you have met the minimum qualifications, you will be rated on the following competencies based on your application for this position: Administrative and Management - Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production. Operations Support - Knowledge of procedures to ensure production or delivery of products and services, including tools and mechanisms for distributing new or enhanced software. Project Management - Applies principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing projects and resources, including technical performance. Team Building - Manages group processes; encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals. Organizational Development - Knowledge of the principles of organizational development and change management theories, and their applications. Analytics and Techniques - Knowledge of analytical practices, theories, and techniques to gather/assemble and analyze facts, draw conclusions, and devise solutions. 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. 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: Regular and recurring work is mostly sedentary involving sitting at a desk, although the position requires the ability to move from one geographic location of the facility to another. The incumbent works with a computer screen and keyboard. Some physical effort such as standing, walking, bending or prolonged sitting may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to walking to outlying areas. The work places no special physical demands on the employee. 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 VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Haamid Abdul-Mutakallim
• Phone: (919) 885-5983
• Email: [email protected]