This position is located within the Office of Asset Enterprise Management (OAEM), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management (ASM), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This position is responsible for leading, overseeing and managing the vehicle electrification activities within OAEM's Energy, Environment and Fleet (EEF) Program Service.

Duties

The EEF Program Service is one of five main operational elements within OAEM. EEF leads VA's efforts to comply with federal mandates related to energy, water, environment, fleet, sustainable buildings, and climate change adaptation. EEF formulates VA-level policy and programs, provides oversight, guidance, and training, and completes required agency reporting. You will be required to preform the following duties: Serve as advisor and key point of contact for VA's carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) transition. Incumbent will establish and maintain contacts with lead Federal agencies and electric utilities, review CFE opportunities through utilities, in capital projects and performance contracts, and assist other VA offices in managing VA's CFE portfolio. Provide project development and program support for VA's performace contracting program, to include developing site requirements packages, reviewing project submissions, and coordinating post award construction and measurement and verificatuion activities. Serve as a specialist, key advisor, and program implementor within VA regarding EEF sustainability goals and objectives in one or more of the following specific areas: energy and water management, environmental programs management, fleet management, sustainable buildings, and climate change adaptation, as required by law, regulation, executive order, and/or Departmental policy. Develop key products including Department-level strategic plans, program plans, action plans, written policies/directives, procedures/handbooks, and other guidance. These work products guide the Department in achieving its mission and meeting legislative and presidential mandates. Provide senior leadership analytical support to ensure VA is positioned to meet legislative and White House sustainability mandates and reporting requirements. Serve as subject matter expert to ensure mandates and reporting requirements are understood at senior leadership levels. Identify annual resource requirements for meeting performance measures and mandates, and related program funding needs. Monitor the expenditure of funds and effectiveness of initiatives. Evaluate and recommend updates and enhancements to the Department's criteria, documentation, data systems, and assessment tools for monitoring and reporting all program aspects. Prepare and oversee development of requirements packages for planned procurements, including statements of work, independent government cost estimates, and acquisition plans for projects. Prepare power point presentations, white papers, information binders and other briefings on program plans, progress, and issues for VA senior leaders in preparation for Congressional hearings, press events, and other external and internal forums. Work schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Available Telework: Available Remote/Virtual: This is not a virtual or remote position Position Description Title/PD#:Management Analyst / PD1583671 The full performance level of this position is GS- 13. At the GS-09 level, you will perform similar duties but under closer supervision. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

• Subject to a background/security investigation.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all specialized experience and time in grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/14/2024. 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 within 45 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 your most recent non-award 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 non-award SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. 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 experience, as described below: Specialized Experience for the GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to detailed knowledge of management practices and procedures to resolve problems of major significance to agency energy, water, environment, fleet, sustainable buildings, and climate change adaptation management programs including proposing legislative, operational, or programmatic management solutions. Manage, oversee, and implement strategic program and policy related organization sustainability, renewable energy, sustainable buildings, environmental regulation and policy, or data anlytics. Serve as a specialist, advisor, and/or program implementor in one or more of the following specific areas: energy and water management, environmental programs management, stainable buildings, and climate change adaptation. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: OR, Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond the first 18 semester hours of graduate-level education earned. Specialized Experience for the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. OR, Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond the 36 semester hours of graduate education earned. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: CommunicationComplianceOrganizational AwarenessPlanning and EvaluatingStrategic ThinkingTechnical Competence 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: Position is primarily sedentary and performed in an office environment. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.

Contacts

• Address Office of Asset Enterprise Management 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20420, DC 20420- US
• Name: VACO OCHO HRSC Recruiting & Staffing Team
• Email: [email protected]