The Supervisory Program Analyst would serve as Chief of the Medicare and Program Management Branch, managing eight staff. Key responsibilities and duties of the Medicare and Program Management Branch include:

• Analyzes policy and cost impacts of Medicare payment regulations.
• Reviews and manages HHS clearance of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Innovation research models.
• Develops legislative proposals for the annual President's Budget.
• Analyzes and proposes funding recommendations for the annual $4.1 billion CMS Program Management operating budget.
• Administers $40 million in annual funds to combat health care fraud and abuse.
• Oversees spending activities for the $4 billion Medicare Quality Improvement Organization contract and evaluating actuarial projections for Medicare and health care spending.
• Position works closely in a fast-paced, highly visible and collaborative Branch, including interactions with senior Departmental policy makers, CMS and other Department staff, Office of Management and Budget staff, Congressional Budget Office and Congressional staff. Members of the Branch regularly develop policy and budget recommendations, deliver presentations, both orally and in writing, to senior management and policy officials, including the Assistant Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Secretary.
• Performs a full range of supervisory/managerial duties and responsibilities over assigned staff to achieve operational goals and objectives.
• Reviews and provides expert analysis on budget proposals, performance plans, memoranda, papers and legislative and regulatory proposals developed by staff to ensure consistency with broader contextual framework of agency, Administration and the Secretary's policies, objectives and priorities.
• Develops analytical papers, briefings and other written materials for senior leadership and other officials' use in decision making and improvements to effectively implement recommendations.
• Represents Senior Leadership in a wide range of capacities such as high-level meetings, discussions, and negotiations with Departmental officials, health and social service related agencies, Office of Management and Budget, Congressional Committee staff,
  Congressional Budget Office and other external stakeholder groups.
• Assures coverage of issues, consistency of data, and professional presentation of recommendations in order to provide the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, the Assistant Secretary and other officials with cogent, objective decision options.

Conditions of employment

1. Security and Background Requirements: If not previously completed, a background security investigation will be required for all appointees. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements may be grounds for appropriate personnel action. In addition, if hired, a background security reinvestigation or supplemental investigation may be required at a later time. Applicants are also advised that all information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection and/or appropriate disciplinary action.
2. E-Verify: If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System. Federal law requires DHS to use the E-Verify System to verify employment eligibility of all new hires and as a condition of continued employment obligates the new hire to take affirmative steps to resolve any discrepancies identified by the system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an E-Verify participant.
3. Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
4. All qualification requirements must be met by the date the announcement closes.
5. Financial disclosure statement may be required: Yes
6. One-year supervisory probationary period may be required.
7. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses may be paid: No
8. Bargaining Unit Position: No
9. Drug Screening Required: No
10. Recruitment incentives may be authorized: No
11. Student loan repayment incentive may be authorized: No
12. Annual leave for non-federal service may be authorized: No
13. One year probationary period may be required.
14. U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes
15. Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov

Qualifications

Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.

GS-15: You must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 level in the Federal service that includes 3 out of 4 of the following: Directing, planning, analyzing, formulating, justifying, presenting, and/or executing budgets ensuring compliance with departmental priorities, Office of Management and Budget, and congressional guidelines; Analyzing and evaluating federal entitlement programs to develop policy and/or financing options; Developing or analyzing federal legislative proposals within the Executive Branch and/or in conjunction with the Congressional authorizing process; and Managing staff and/or projects to ensure internal office procedures and/or operational goals are met.

Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade.

Documenting experience: In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.

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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the application process is complete, a review of the resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, most recent performance appraisal), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Leadership
• Budget Administration
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Collaboration