Management & Program Analyst
What you'd do
This position works under the supervision of the Deputy Director, VHA Office of Tribal Health, and will serve as the Community Outreach Manager for the Office of Tribal Health, independently performing duties at the White House, National VACO program office, Tribal government (Nation-to-Nation), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), VA Medical Center (VAMC), and front-line Tribal community levels.
Major duties
Major duties include but are not limited to: Build and maintain relationships, connecting and collaborating with Tribal communities to develop trust, and partnerships, while coordinating with leadership and high-visibility stakeholders. Conduct and facilitate high-visibility meetings and engagements that can involve complex and challenging topics. Communicate and implement team strategies, goals, objectives with stakeholders to support coordination of health care products, services, and access to better serve American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans. Navigate and partner publicly with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to Tribal Veterans and their communities, VA/VHA leadership and staff at the national and VISN/field levels, congressional staffers, and White House staff, etc. Support training and education programs designed to enhance wellness and community building with American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans and their communities. Liaise with VA/VHA and personal contacts to resolve problems, obtain expedited decisions on urgent matters, and otherwise assist in obtaining responsive action for various tasks. Lead or participate in integrated project teams, workgroups, task forces, etc., to contribute to the analysis and resolution of problem areas and/or completing priorities established by VA/VHA Leadership. Analyze possibly-conflicting information and present mission-critical situation reports to VA/VHA Leadership for final disposition. Solicit and consider feedback from internal and external stakeholders and coordinate with appropriate parties to maximize the feedback to facilitate an open exchange of opinion from diverse groups and strengthen internal and external support of American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans and their communities. Plan, coordinate, develop, promote and/or provide information or services to support the national program office and VISN/field partners to support continued progress on programs and strategic planning involving American Indian Veterans and their communities. Partner with SMEs to develop and socialize information for release in the form of newspaper, radio, television, website or other formats such as fact sheets, talking points, brochures or pamphlets. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 08:00-04:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Virtual: This position may be authorized for Virtual Work. Virtual Work eligibility is for current VA employees that are already subject to the return to the in-person work mandate in their current position. Definition of Virtual Work: Employee works outside of original hiring duty station at a VA-owned or leased space. Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in-person work unless they are approved for an exception or an exemption. Any approval for an RTO exception, exemption, or extension will happen after a tentative job offer, but before a final job offer. Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst/PD13088A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/17/2026. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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 former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Selective Factor: This position includes a selective factor (skill, knowledge, ability, or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet them are ineligible for further consideration. The selective factor for this position is: Applicants must demonstrate direct experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Veterans and possess comprehensive knowledge of AI/AN Veterans, their communities, cultures, unique health care needs, and challenges at both the local and national levels. This experience must have provided the ability to coordinate, develop, and implement education, prevention, wellness, and community-building programs specifically designed to meet the needs of the American Indian and Alaska Native Veteran population. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Resume must support 3 out of 5 examples of specialized experience below: Knowledge of agency and bureau regulations, policies, practices, and procedures governing administration, for use in developing and interpreting policies and procedures for improving the quality and high reliability of healthcare. Uses, at the intermediate to advanced level, Microsoft Office tools including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, LiveMeeting, etc. Serves as coach, facilitator and/or negotiator in coordinating project initiatives in consensus building activities among team members. Develops relationships with executive leadership, health personnel, staff and stakeholders to develop trust, leading to an integrated system to promote VA health care programs Knowledge of VA, VHA and OTH organizational structure, strategic and program goals and objectives, management policies, procedures, work processes and administrative operations of the organization. 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/.
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