Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to those eligible for the following: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Federal employees - Competitive service, Individuals with disabilities, Land & Base Management, Military spouses, and Veterans Hiring Paths.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Develop data visualization/presentations using various multimedia technologies.
• Participate in risk analyses, and ensures planning products address or mitigate identified long term risks.
• Conduct mandated biannual Strategic Reviews which report on the Department's progress towards the VA Strategic Plan.
• Provide strategic value by integrating projects, aligning with enterprise goals, and managing risk and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and provides guidance in the development and implementation of strategic planning products.
• Manage planning activities that may include short or multi year work plans from products of subordinate organizational projects/programs.
• Develop detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects.
• Draft recommendations for program officials and supervisors with viable recommendations to include the development of modified work methods, procedural changes, and system or program variations.
• Develop enterprise level goals, strategic objectives, strategies and enterprise measures, derived from analyses, and documented in the Department's Strategic Plan, Agency Priority Goals, or applicable VA policies and directives.
• Gather and organize narrative and statistical information using established methods, techniques, and precedents such as questionnaires, interviews, review of databases, and comparisons of past, present, and related administrative functions.

Conditions of employment

• 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
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/22/2026.

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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. 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 provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Broad experience in strategic communication, stakeholder engagement.
• Expert knowledge of project/program management methodologies and best practices.
• Experience developing requirements under the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act.
• Mastery of program and organizational analysis principles, methods, practices and techniques; analytical methods; and aligning diverse viewpoints.
• Development of detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects.

• Accountability
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

• Strategic Thinking
• Analysis and Problem Solving
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication
• Organizational Performance Analysis
• Planning and Evaluating
• Performance Measurement
• Writing

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.

Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list series and grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary.

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/.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications: Demonstrated experience managing requirements under the Evidence Act and engaging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to deliver an Agency Evaluation Plan, Capacity Assessment and Learning Agenda; Demonstrated ability to develop strategic goals for major agency programs, measure progress toward those goals, and identify and mitigate risk; Demonstrated ability to improve organizational processes and efficiencies; Experience developing key performance indicators using narrative and statistical data and recommending alternate course of action informed by analysis; Proven expertise in developing strategic communication plans and messages covering complex agency programs or initiatives; aligning diverse viewpoints and managing stakeholder relationships; Proven experience interacting with a variety of internal and external stakeholders with differing needs, influence and objectives; ability to liaise and represent leadership views on critical initiatives; Demonstrated experience fostering improved stakeholder satisfaction, organizational dynamics and mobilization of stakeholders to achieve a common goal; Demonstrated experience managing stakeholder interactions regarding time-sensitive or high-pressure interactions; Demonstrated experience representing organizations with sensitive reputations and/or interacting with discretion; Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and varied projects; Demonstrated experience either as a supervisor or an informal team leader and improving organizational performance and team productivity; Demonstrated experience leading teams through adversity.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Local Commuting Area: The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from Washington, DC. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from 810 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20420.

How you will be evaluated

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

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

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, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be contacted for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

Area of Consideration: Eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred in the following order:

• All current, permanent VA Employees in the OSI
• All other current, permanent VA employees
• All other applicants (if status)

During the application process, you will have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.