The Senior Management & Program Analyst, Communications, is an expert professional contributor to the Loan Guaranty Service ("LGY") communication mechanism, serving as the lead administrative and technical resource engaged in complex, multi-channel, communication work. The incumbent reports to the Chief, Communications, who in turn reports to the Program Management Officer in the Loan Guaranty Service (LGY), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Duties

Specific duties include but are not limited to the following: The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that the Communications project and initiative teams are appropriately resourced, including with effective, professionally prepared professionals for standing and upcoming efforts, in terms of skillsets, relevant experience, communication expertise, multi-channel skills, and other outcome-relevant abilities. The incumbent is responsible for directing team resources to specific projects and initiatives and supporting the Chief as needed in the acquisition of such resources. The incumbent coaches, counsels, provides feedback on specific projects and initiatives, and works to maintain positive communication, engagement, and transparency to stakeholders in all projects and initiatives. The incumbent's communication efforts focus both on technical achievement and team collaboration. The incumbent implements Project Management principals to communicate assignments, project scope, problems to be solved, milestones, and deadlines and time frames for completion. Jointly (with business line stakeholders) develops the communication project/initiative scope, work breakdown structure, and schedules to meet deadlines for implementation of communication initiatives and campaigns. Plans and supports development and procurement strategies for content subject matter expertise, when external, and cost/benefit analyses to assess return on communication methods, techniques, and initiatives and campaigns overall. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 6:00 am - 6:00 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: Yes, Employee is expected to report to the nearest VBA Facility based on telework agreement. Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst; 40106-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:08/20/2024. 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", VRA, 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 of and skill in applying a wide range of concepts, approaches, practices, regulations, policies, precedents, and analytical, and procedures related to Communications guidelines and regulations. 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 principally sedentary. Work also may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. No special physical effort or ability is required to do the work. 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
• Phone: 914-737-4400 X202104
• Email: [email protected]