Supervisory Management & Program Analyst
What you'd do
This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Education Service within the, under the Program Management Program section, Policy and Procedures division within the Legislative Strategy, Development, and Implementation section.
Major duties
Specific duties include: Provides guidance and technical direction to the Legislative Development and Implementation team. Responsible for coordinating, developing, and drafting Education Service views on Congressional bills (including working directly with the Office of Financial Management on cost estimate on said bills, when relevant); preparing written and oral testimony for Congressional hearing witnesses; and preparing reference materials for Congressional hearing witnesses. These assignments may build on work done outside the department and government by and for the Department of War and the Department of Education. Works with other Education Service and VA staff to ensure that Congressionally mandated reports and Congressionally tracked reports are completed; coordinates research, development, and drafting, as relevant and appropriate. Responsible for developing legislative proposals for the President's legislative agenda (including working directly with the Office of Financial Management on cost estimate on said proposals, when relevant). When a legislative proposal would affect more than the Education business line, works with representatives of other services in the Veterans Benefits Administration to ensure that education legislative proposals complement those of other business lines. Ensures that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans, and work products and services. Identifies and integrates internal and external issues affecting the immediate organization, such as those involving technical and administrative factors. Integrates the work of a team where each member contributes a portion of the analyses, facts, information, proposed actions, or recommendations; and/or ensures consistency of interpretation, judgment, logic, and application of policies. Identifies, distributes, and balances workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level, and/or occupational specialization. Makes adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensures each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product. Maintains program and administrative reference materials, project files, and relevant background documents and makes available policies, procedures, and written instructions from the supervisor. Maintains current knowledge to answer questions from team members on relevant Education Service and VA procedures, policies, directives, etc. Prepares reports and maintains records of work accomplishments and administrative information, as required, and coordinates the preparation, presentation, and communication of work-related information to the supervisor. Researches, learns, and applies a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze, and improve team effectiveness, efficiency, and work products. Plans short and long term work assignments for staff, distributing work and ensuring a balanced workload among subordinates. Oversees projects and programs, resolves work problems presented by subordinates, interprets policies and procedures, develops goals and objectives for section, and makes decisions on work-related issue. Plans and schedules work to be accomplished by subordinates. Provides subordinates the requirements and descriptions of the work to be performed and tracks progress. Sets priorities and quarterly and annual goals. Resolves work problems presented by subordinates and recommends or implements ways to improve production/quality of work in the unit. Incumbent works under the general direction of the Assistant Director for Policy and Program Development of the Education Service. Exercises a broad latitude of authority and judgment consistent with known policies. Promotion Potential: None Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval. Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Management & Program Analyst; PD330930 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required This is not a bargaining unit position
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:08/04/2026. 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. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level. 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. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and GS-14 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: Planning and developing work assignments; oral and written communications; presentations and briefings to external and internal audiences; development of policies and practices for staff and field personnel; researching best practices and making adjustments based on research and analysis. Volunteer Experience: 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may require. 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/.
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