This position is located in the Loan Guaranty Service (LGY), Regulations Team. The Program Analyst is responsible for developing regulations implementing legislative actions or administrative policy changes affecting LGY. Works with the VA's Office of the General Counsel to address legal matters arising from the program and ongoing program administration of special projects affecting the operation and management of the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program. Provides guidance on an ongoing basis.

Duties

Specific duties include but are not limited to the following: Develops and drafts regulatory amendments to 38 CFR part 36 based on written analyses and discussions with stakeholders. Assists in the updates of reports, circulars, handbooks, guidance, and other policy- and rulemaking-related documents in support of VA's home loan programs. Participates in the review of rulemaking packages, proposed legislation, and other administrative policy materials prepared by other VA business lines, Federal agencies, and Congress. Works with VA's Office of the General Counsel to understand, evaluate, and make recommendations to executive leadership on legal policy matters affecting VA's home loan programs. Provides interpretation of existing policies, regulations, public law and legal precedents on matters affecting VA's home loan programs. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 6:00 am - 6:00 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst (Regulations Specialist); 39602-A 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

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:08/01/2024. 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" VEOA, 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: Specialized experience is defined as possessing knowledge and skills in applying a wide range of concepts, approaches, practices, regulations, policies, precedents, analysis, and procedures related to government guidelines and regulations. Specialized experience at this level is defined as having experience that demonstrates knowledge and experience drafting and reviewing regulations, policies, and reports and providing general guidance on agency and federal rulemaking practices. 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: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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: Casey Fahey
• Email: [email protected]