The Supervisory Program Specialist serves as the Veteran Experience Officer (VEO), organizationally reporting to the Associate Medical Center Director. It is located within Chillicothe VA Medical Center. The primary purpose of the VEO is to complete all functions related to Veteran experience matters including Veteran experience efforts and policies and activities that may be developed at the National, Veterans Integrated Service Networks(VISN) and HCS levels.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Lead, coordinate, and manage the continuous improvement of Veteran experience. Work with senior executives to establish strong commitment and support improving Veteran experience. Educate managers and line employees in the philosophy and techniques of Veteran experience improvement. Promote an organization-wide approach to patient-centeredness and engagement. Engage the workforce to sustain Veteran experience initiatives. Serve as a change agent and work closely with hospital leaders in identifying priority areas, developing goals, planning improvement, and measuring effectiveness. Serve as the subject matter expert on established and evolving best practices related to employee engagement and Veteran experience. Develop and articulate an organizational Veteran experience strategy. Facilitate development of detailed work plans related to patient experience. Collaborate with departments and units to operationalize the Veteran experience strategy. Set objectives and benchmark performance. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm or 8:00 am to 4:30 pm 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. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Specialist/PD92270-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved 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, 06/12/2024. 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. 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: you must have one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level. Examples of specialized experience includes, but is not limited to: Identifying opportunities to improve experiences, and prioritizing and designing action plans; responsible for translating policies, theories, and strategies into action; leading, coordinating, and managing the continuous improvement of customer experiences; working closely with leadership in identifying priority areas, developing goals, planning improvement, and measuring effectiveness; developing and managing programs based on data and analysis collected; responsible for addressing training needs and seeking tools to support the efforts to develop, build, implement, and manage programs; communicating pertinent information to appropriate parties concisely, accurately, and timely; reviewing data from numerous feedback mechanisms, performing studies, summarizing information, identifying trends, and proposing and implementing solutions; and, preparing and completing required reports in support of relevant program planning. 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 regular and recurring work of this position is sedentary in nature and involves sitting at a desk, conferences, meetings, etc., and visits to facility work sites. Occasional use of automobile and public conveyances may be required. No special physical exertion is 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.

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 Chillicothe VA Medical Center 17273 State Route 104 Chillicothe, OH 45601 US
• Name: Latoya Walker
• Phone: 9802348852
• Email: [email protected]