The incumbent is responsible for managing the Project Management and COR (PM/COR) Team and serves as a senior professional contributor to the work of the Deputy Director for Policy (DDP), for the Loan Guaranty Service. The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Management and Program Analyst (MPA) responsible for consult and advisor to the Deputy Director, as well as the appointed supervisor of a team comprised of six FETs, two thirds of whom are managers and the remainder are program analysts.

Duties

Specific duties include: Provides technical and professional support to the Deputy Director, Policy, including collaboration with the leadership of the four Value Streams: Loan Production, Loan Administration, Construction and Valuation, and Specially Adapted Housing Analyzes and actions responses to governmental shifts in housing policy, researches attributes and factors, builds appropriately sized project teams in support of efforts Applies available data and analytics to support policy analysis, development, communication, and implementation directly and through defined project teams. Develops, recommends, advises, and supports sustainable approaches to Program Improvement, at all levels, to engage individuals and ideas in the Program strengthening process, in collaboration with the AD. Identifies and resolves performance hurdles (people, process, or technology) directly and collaboratively, as appropriate, to ensure that all staff can perform at high-value levels. Ensures equal opportunity for all employees supervised in selection for training, promotions, awards and recognition, participation on teams and other career development opportunities. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 6 am - 6 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: Yes, this is a Virtual position - Employee is expected to report to the nearest VBA Facility based on telework agreement. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Management and Program Analyst (Program Manager); PD# 41756-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

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
• 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
• Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:06/10/2024. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees, former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, or a current federal employee applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment must meet time in grade requirements. 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. NOTE: This does not apply to Non-Federal Applicants, or applicants applying for consideration under Non-Competitive Authority (i.e.... "30% or more Disability"and/or Schedule A). To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). 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. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-14 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: is defined as possessing an expert knowledge of and skill in applying a wide range of concepts, approaches, practices, regulations, policies, precedents, and analytical, and procedures related to real estate and home loan guidelines and regulations. The incumbent is familiar with most facets of the real estate and home loan program's operational structure and understands the cross-organization dependencies, methods, and measures pertaining to the program. The incumbent will have experience in real estate, home loan programs, and government policy, communication, leadership, compliance, regulation, and training. The incumbent will have served in a leadership role. Given achievement of items above, preference would be toward experience meeting these needs that was earned at least in part within Loan Guaranty or another major mortgage guarantor/issuer. The ability to develop, adapt, and operationalize policies in the federal domain and to understand and support business line missions is necessary. The ability to manage projects and initiatives of complex activities with senior stakeholders is necessary. Other core capabilities include expertise and demonstrable experience with: Interpersonal and Communication Skills Organizational and Situational Awareness Policy development and adoption Volunteer Experience: 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: There are no physical requirements for this position. 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

Education cannot be used to qualify at the GS-14 grade level.

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Kenyatta Jensen
• Phone: 410-230-4400
• Email: [email protected]