Clarification from the agency

This position is open to Current Permanent James Mountain Inhofe VAMC Employees only (Serving on a Career/Career-Conditional Appointment or Covered Under OPM's Interchange Agreement).

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Major duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee the daily operation of the unit, ensures that agency policies and priorities are being followed.
• Develops performance standards and evaluates work performance of subordinates.
• Assures all personnel have been instructed in and follow operational, safety, personnel and conduct requirements.
• Establish procedures to meet accreditation standards and consistently monitor to ensure services provided meet nationally accepted standards and are maximally cost effective.
• Develops the need for and maintains awareness of available resources making recommendations to the Chief of the Business Office regarding needs, distribution or redistribution of resources.
• Develops, implements, monitors, and adjusts plans to effectively and cost-efficiently accomplish the mission within budgetary constraints
• Analyze, evaluate, and advise on the effectiveness of work methods and procedures, organizations, space and manpower utilization, management controls, information and documentation systems and similar functions of management.
• Provide effective planning direction for the program by taking the initiative to identify needs and potential issues/concerns, deciding flexibilities in operations and constructive cost-effective approaches to the resolution of problems.
• Hears and resolves minor complaints from employees; refers group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager; effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious cases.
• Assign work to staff and provide technical and policy direction to their efforts.
• Prompts staff members to participate in cyclic or special evaluations.
• Gives advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Telework: This position is not authorized for telework.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Analyst/PD120610
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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
• 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.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• 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.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/06/2026.

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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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.

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-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Expert knowledge of pertinent laws and regulations to make decisions or recommendations significantly changing, interpreting, or expanding important agency or national policies and programs.
• Knowledgeable of data analytics tools, including but not limited to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Pyramid Analytics, and SQL.
• Knowledge of budget formulation, audit, trend analysis, utilization review and quality assurance techniques to establish benchmarks.
• Specialized knowledge of the principles and practices related to the management of health care program area and the ability to apply this knowledge to solve the unique problems arising in the VHA health care delivery system
• Knowledge of and demonstrated experience with various analysis techniques (methods), including root cause analysis, cause and effect analysis, and failure mode and effect analysis as applied to the health care setting. Skills with information management systems to support patient safety analysis techniques, including database management, database analysis and reporting, and flowchart software.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Accountability
• Customer Service
• Decisiveness
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal Skills
• Problem Solving
• Resilience

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: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 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 but there are instances of standing, bending, walking, lifting and carrying of items such as records, files and reports.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact 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.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.