The position serves as the Executive Assistant to the SES/SES-equivalent Chief Digital Health Officer (CDHO) within the newly formed Digital Health Office (DHO). The Digital Health Office is a new program office with a mission of scaling and implementing digital health technology to promote excellence in Veteran and staff experiences, health outcomes, and access.

Duties

The first 50 applicants will receive first consideration. Additional applicants will be referred in increments of 50 at management's request. Duties include but are not limited to: Serves as the Executive Assistant and the key staff advisor to the Chief Digital Health Officer. Direct responsibility for assisting the CDHO in all management matters. Foremost subject matter expert on the management analysis and evaluation of this VHACO program office's mission, responsibilities, and functions, identifying alternatives to improve productivity or effectiveness and conserve resources, and providing managerial advice and assistance on overall requirements, policies and challenges. Coordinates, reviews, and comments on applicable regulatory and policy guidance. Independently develops, reviews and interprets various regulations, legislative proposals, polices and directives pertaining to resources, budget, programming, financial, business strategy, facilities and infrastructure operations of the DHO. Receives assignments that are very broad in scope, long term in nature and have significant VHA-wide impact. Exercises independent judgment in performing assigned duties and represents the organization at various executive-level forums. Works independently in the synchronization of coordinated actions within VHA and VA as required. Delegated the complete authority to plan and carryout responsibilities and major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs and operational effectiveness of the organization. Works in concert with senior management throughout VHA and VA, as well as other external agencies as necessary, seeking to establish and preserve unity of purpose in an environment of constantly changing workloads, shifting priorities, reorganizations, reshaping/reengineering, and streamlining initiatives. Develops short-and long-range organizational plans based on immediate needs and anticipated changes in workload, missions, functions, and resources. Undertakes special studies, direct projects, and carry out assigned missions of the very highest priority, many of which are of direct concern to VHA senior leaders. Plan, direct, coordinate, and expedite projects and actions appropriate for each assignment, and has full responsibility and authority to plan, schedule, supervise, and carry out major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of program office goals and objectives. Determines and applies analytical tools to conduct in-depth analysis to identify, quantify, and evaluate the mutual effects and interrelationships between program goals and financial resources and policies. Evaluates proposals for systems and/or programs required to meet existing or anticipated operational problems, challenges, and changes in the strategic communication environment. Applies a wide variety of analytical tools such as multi-module estimation, normalization, performance matrices, quantitative and quantitative analysis, program evaluation review techniques, and decision theory in the evaluation of all available options. Selects the optimum solution based on consideration of a wide variety of critical requirements and variables (technical, systematic and programmatic), ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and economy of solution. Work Schedule: Mon - Fri, 0800-1630 Compressed/Flexible: May be available Telework: (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Management Analyst ( Executive Assistant )/PD550670

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/09/2024. 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. 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: Demonstrated experience in applying complex fact-finding, analytical and problem-solving methods and techniques to identify interrelated program problems, draw conclusions, and recommend appropriate action or solutions to improve program efficiency and effectiveness; performing studies and analyses for executive leadership; preparing reports of findings and delivering briefings; and contributing to the development of policies. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Contract Administration Budget Administration Communication Project Management 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: Work is sedentary in nature. 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.

Contacts

• Address VHA Service Center - 1 6100 Oak Tree Boulevard Independence, OH 44131 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]