The position is at the full performance level located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), at the Loan Guaranty Service, with the Internal Audit unit. The Program Analysis Team (PA) Staff is charged with oversight of the quality of work produced by Loan Guaranty (LGY) field and policy elements, the assessment of internal controls within LGY and for identifying and developing enterprise risk for risk register submission.

Duties

Specific duties include: Conducts statistical quality reviews of work products completed by Loan Guaranty field/policy staff by reviewing quality review findings. Conducts reviews of Loan Guaranty field/policy elements and program participants. Follows operating procedures and systems required to carry out cost effective and efficient monitoring of program participants and appraising the quality of service and end products of all Loan Guaranty field/policy entities. Plans and directs a systematic program of Internal Control reviews of all aspects of the Loan Guaranty program in compliance with appropriate VA directives and guidance. Identifies programmatic vulnerabilities to waste, fraud, and abuse, and makes appropriate remedial recommendations. Evaluate program risks through participation in Loan Guaranty Service's Enterprise Risk Management Programable practices. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is a virtual position. Employee is expected to report to the nearest VBA facility based on telework agreement. You may work out of any of the 10 LGY locations. Please select the location where you live or will report for work. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst (Internal Audit); 41834-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

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:10/11/2024. 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. 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: For the GS-13 you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying analytical thinking and interpreting VA guidelines, procedures, and regulations. Working in and understanding facets of the Loan Guaranty Service operational structure. Understanding and explaining cross-organization dependencies, methods, and measures of Loan Guaranty Service programs. 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; however, employee must be able to lift and carry approximately 35 pounds. 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Christin Barneswilson
• Phone: 410-230-4400 X2282
• Email: [email protected]