The Executive Director Strategic Planning and Analysis is an executive aligned under the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Chief Strategy Office and has the responsibility for developing the VHA Long Range Plan. The Executive is also responsible for ensuring alignment with the strategic plan of the Department as well as leading the strategic analysis associated with future direction of the VHA healthcare for the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in the country.

Duties

As Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis, the incumbent has responsibility for developing and coordinating VHA's national planning guidance, directing VHA's strategic planning efforts, and providing guidance and technical expertise to key VHA officials on matters relating to VA-wide health care facility infrastructure policy and strategies and for capital asset management within VHA. This includes the following duties and responsibilities: - Leads, manages, directs the formulation and analysis of health care related policy and planning issues; develops, analyzes, implements, and coordinates system-wide planning goals, requirements, and procedures including evaluative tools and planning models to support the Department and VHA operations, program development and policy issues. - Leads and manages the assessment of key trends in health care and translating them as appropriate into strategic guidance for VHA. Manages strategic issues for policy formulation and resolution by the organization. -Prepares directives, regulations and other policy documents based on decisions by the National Leadership Council Strategic Directions Committee and the Under Secretary for Health (USH). Assesses, develops, and implements policy and planning information resources and tools. - Analyzes VISN planning documents to identify policy issues that need further development and resolution. Analyzes national documents such as Congressional bills, OMB guidance, and external reviews to identify policy issues that impact on VISN planning. Leads, directs, coordinates and prepares national analyses and reports related to health care planning. - Operates with delegated broad authority and responsibility for the administrative coordination, analysis, and review of the studies associated with health care delivery and capital asset planning throughout VHA. Provides expert advice to the ADUSH for Policy and Planning, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health (PDUSH), Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management and USH in the development and implementation of the strategic plans associated with capital asset planning. - Conducts program evaluations. Develops information and processes for complying with legislative and congressional requirements for reports and information on VHA's strategic capital asset program. Leads and/or plans research, develops and provides information and tools to be used by VHA headquarters and field managers in support of strategic planning and strategic capital asset program planning. - Provides policy direction, expert advice and guidance to VHA managers on aligning and integrating capital

Requirements

• US citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) may be required for non SES employees detailed for 60 days or more.
• Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
• COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement as required by Executive Order 14043, for further details, refer to additional information below.
• No salary increase.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess all of the necessary requirements for this position, you MUST SHOW in your RESUME that you possess the five Mandatory Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and submit Technical Qualification(s) outlined below. Eligibility will be based on clear and concise accomplishments that emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments (with results), policy initiatives and level of contacts. Your resume must not exceed FIVE pages including an optional cover letter. Any information in excess WILL NOT be considered or evaluated. Applicants can obtain a sample resume along with additional information regarding the Executive Core Qualifications on the Internet at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/qualify.asp. 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; religious; 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. A. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): ECQ 1. LEADING CHANGE: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2. LEADING PEOPLE: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3. RESULTS DRIVEN: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ 4. BUSINESS ACUMEN: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Applicants may focus on resource management, with particular emphasis on financial management (budget). ECQ 5. BUILDING COALITIONS: Ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Applicants may demonstrate that they have external contacts as well as internal interactions. B. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQ): TQ 1: Demonstrated experience and expert knowledge of healthcare administration, which includes formulation, analysis, and development of legislatively mandated health care delivery programs. TQ 2: Demonstrated experience and expert knowledge in healthcare system design, healthcare data management at the strategic level, strategic analysis that includes integration of analytics and modeling to assess and evaluation enterprise-wide integrated health systems.

Contacts

• Address Veterans Health Administration - 1007 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: LaTasha Blyther
• Phone: 202-461-7591
• Email: [email protected]