The incumbent is responsible for leading and organizing national, VISN, and Health Care System (HCS) quality, performance, and improvement efforts. Much of this work will entail developing and implementing innovative solutions to improve enterprise level health care capabilities. This vacancy may be filled in Washington, DC or a location to be determined **Only the first 100 applicants will be considered**

Duties

NOTE: This is not a Remote position. You must be willing to report to a physical duty station listed on the announcement.' Major Duties: Serves as a program manager for multiple assigned projects within each area of responsibility, working directly with business owners and major initiative leads. Serve as an advisor by providing leadership and guidance to their responsible teams, providing valuable consultative services, and will assist in the planning, development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of milestones for each plan. This includes development and ongoing review of portfolios and subordinate project scopes and schedules including project guidelines, requirements and deliverables; and active, independent problem solving, including requirement refinement, corrective action and plan modification. Develops long-range program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones Identifies and develops ways to resolve programs or cope with issues which directly affect the accomplishment of principal program goals and objectives Develops administrative regulations or guidelines for the conduct of program operations or new criteria for measuring program accomplishments Studying reports containing findings and recommendations of major significance to top management. Ensures the basic work assignments of subordinate staff are carried out and provides guidance and technical direction for accomplishing the work of the team. Serves as a liaison to various VA departments and national level programs covering information transmission, meeting and project coordination, and administrative issues related to OSI|VERC. Provides technical and administrative supervision to a section of remote and onsite Industrial Engineers, GS-0896-13; Health Systems Specialists, GS-0671-13; Program Analysts, GS-0343-13, and Program Specialists, GS-301-11/13. Oversees the daily operation of the section, ensures that agency policies and priorities are being followed; develops performance standards; and evaluates work performance of subordinates. Work Schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period) Remote: This is not a remote position. Virtual: The employee may work at a VA facility or other VA-leased space other than the facility that is hiring the employee and is authorized for telework up to 50%. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Specialist/PD02536-A 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, 07/09/2024. 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. 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: 1) Manage multiple complex VHA programs/projects concurrently and from inception to completion. 2) Apply knowledge of VHA policies and procedures and organizational/functional structure to recommend improvement. 3) Develop innovative VHA strategies and recommendations for initiating and establishing goals, timetables, and procedures for expediting VHA projects. Note: Evidence of specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held on your resume. You must provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of Specialized Experience at or comparable to the required grade level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ThinkingCreative ThinkingPerformance MeasurementProject ManagementWriting 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 sedentary and does not require any special physical effort. Some work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. Employee may carry light items such as papers, books, and portable computer requirement or driving a motor vehicle relative to attendance at meetings. The work often requires long hours to meet project deadlines and to devise corrective action and solutions to unexpected technical and/or management crises resulting in sometimes highly stressful work situations. 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 VHA Servicing Human Resources Office - 2 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]