The Management and Program Analyst serves as the Senior Technical Integrator within Requirements Development and Management (RDM) division of Strategic Investment Management (SIM), which is organizationally aligned with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This position reports to the Director of RDM.

Duties

Major duties include, but not limited to: Responsible for leading a separate portion of the legacy and electronic health record (EHR) modernization requirements activities within a functional area. Develop and manages a comprehensive inventory of processes, training and deliverables to support requirements management activities in support of functional unit. Manage RDM communication efforts including support for business owner forums and any ad hoc request for program information by VHA Senior Leadership, VA OIT, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Works with team members to achieve specific tasks, produce work products and services and meet program and production goals. Manages the business requirement for a program or portfolio, ensuring the requirements management plan is followed, the quality management plan is adhered to, and change management policies implemented. Provides functional training of staff members in methods and techniques of team building. Proposes, designs, implements, and evaluates innovations designed to improve the RDM processes, utilization and implementation of tools used in the support of requirements management. Advises RDM analysts in support of innovative methods for the elicitation and management of functional and non-functional requirements and encourages stakeholder engagement and collaboration with staff internal and external to SIM. Expert in analyzing and evaluating existing, new and emerging functional and non-functional requirements of related VHA clinical and administrative programs, operational standards, and measures of effectiveness. Responsible to keeping stakeholder offices, federal partners and senior VHA and VA leadership informed of all steps of progress for each of the requirement's efforts and communicating final utilization and dispensation of requirements deliverables. Prepare reports and maintain records. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Telework: Available. The incumbent selected for this position will be required to report to a VA allocated space within the duty location a minimum of 5-days a pay-period. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst/PD757630 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/16/2024. 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: Professional experience in managing activities of significant scope and scalability. Professional knowledge of business analysis practices and techniques and how they support the systems development life cycle used to plan, develop, implement, operate, and maintain information systems. Selective Placement Factor: Expert knowledge and experience in managing health information technology business requirements. Highly experienced in managing business, clinical and functional requirements of highly complex information technology projects. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Clinical InformaticsData ManagementPlanning and EvaluatingRequirements AnalysisTechnical Competence 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 primarily 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 - 1 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]