Clarification from the agency

All groups of qualified individuals.

The Executive Director (ED) VA Logistics Redesign (VALOR) responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Responsible for managing and coordinating the collective efforts of a multi-disciplined staff assigned to a major interagency program of national scope, interest, and significance. Contributes to planning, directing, integrating, and executing all aspects of VHA's logistics program, including achieving cost, schedule, performance and /or system supportability requirements.

Executive Director for VALOR reports directly to the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Support Services. Provides executive level direction and policy guidance, requiring exceptional managerial competence and technical expertise in the planning, coordination and management of specific logistics programs in consonance with higher level program directives. Develops, advises senior leadership, and implements unique operational and legislative requirements. Formulates and provides strategies, broad policy, and guidance governing development and execution of mission critical Veterans Health Administration Modernization priorities.

Interprets directives, requirements and program authorizations issued by higher echelons to ensure the VA Logistics Redesign Program uses the most effective business practices. Represents the Office of Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Support Services to all major internal and external stakeholders including, but not limited to, VHA, VA Community, national agencies including Department of Defense, Congress, Office of the Inspector General, Governmental Accountability Office and industry organizations. Advises on, presents or defends status of VALOR and relevant related programs.

Conditions of employment

• US citizenship is required.
• One-year probationary period required for initial SES appointment.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
• Successful completion of drug screening required.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required.
• May be subject to reassignment geographically or organizationally.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the following technical and executive core qualifications. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive level assignments such as director of a regional office, medical facility or program manager. An individual's total experience, education and volunteer work experience must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position.

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.

MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately. Additional information on ECQs is available at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Results model outlined in the guide. It is recommended that you draft your ECQs in a Word document and then upload into the system.

1. Leading Change: The 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.

2. Leading People: The 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.

3. Results Driven: The 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.

4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically.

5. Building Coalitions: The 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.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (TQ)s: In addition, all applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following TQ(s). Please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled managing a large public or private sector organization that administers complex, rules-based benefits or services, etc. It is recommended that you draft your TQ(s) in a word document and then upload into the system.

TQ1: Ability to manage the procurement, logistical, and technical aspects of a health care information system program at a national level using applicable knowledge of mission, organization programs and requirements of health care delivery systems.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Step 1: ECQ qualifications

Step 2: Technical Qualification(s)

Step 3: VA Executive Resources Board

Step 4: Nominating Organization may conduct interviews

Step 5: Approval by the Selecting Official (may include additional screening)

Step 6: OPM Qualifications Review Board certification