The position is at the full performance level and is located at the Veterans Benefits Administration Finance Center (VBAFC), Hines Illinois, and is organizationally aligned under the Office of Financial Management (OFM) Veterans Benefit Administration. The incumbent in this position serves as the Supervisory Systems and Procedures Analyst within the VBA Finance Center under the oversight and supervision of the Deputy Director.

Duties

Specific duties include: The work consists of projects and studies which require comprehensive analyses of interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of substantive agency mission-oriented programs. Typical assignments require developing detailed plans, goals, and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of agency programs and developing criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program. Decisions about how to proceed in planning, organizing, and conducting studies are complicated by conflicting program goals and objectives which may derive from changes in legislative or regulatory guidelines, productivity, and/or variations in the demand for program services. Options, recommendations, and conclusions developed by the incumbent consider uncertainties about the data and other variables which affect long- range program performance. Promotion Potential: No. GS-13 Full Performance Level Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday 08:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Systems & Procedures Analyst; 39294-A Financial Disclosure Report: None.

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
• Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:10/03/2024. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS-12 grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-13 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: The work consists of projects and studies which require comprehensive analyses of interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of substantive agency mission-oriented programs. Typical assignments require developing detailed plans, goals, and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of agency programs and developing criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program. Decisions about how to proceed in planning, organizing, and conducting studies are complicated by conflicting program goals and objectives which may derive from changes in legislative or regulatory guidelines, productivity, and/or variations in the demand for program services. Options, recommendations, and conclusions developed by the incumbent consider uncertainties about the data and other variables which affect long- range program performance. 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: None. 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

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications. Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.

Contacts

• Address VBA Financial Service Center 5000 S 5TH AVE. Hines, IL 60141 US
• Name: Chenele Coleman-Sellers
• Phone: 410-230-4400
• Email: [email protected]