Management Analyst

Veterans Health Administration - Department of Veterans Affairs

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/07/2024. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Coordinate activities, resolve conflicts, conduct studies, prepare staff reports, deliver briefings to functional managers and to professionally represent the organization at meetings. Apply pertinent laws, regulations, policies and precedents which affect the outcome of patient care and related support sources in all clinical and non-clinical administrative activities. Execute advanced office automation functions such word processing, creating and entering data into spreadsheets or databases, retrieving data from specified electronic records, and transmitting and receiving electronic documents. Identify, bargain, and resolve issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature. Using qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques such as: literature search; work measurement; task analysis and job structuring; productivity charting; organization design; development and administration of questionnaires. Use of automated data processing applications (i.e. Office Automation products, VistA, CPRS, and GUI) utilized within the hospital in order to: enter requests for computer access codes; troubleshoot basic software and hardware problems; serve as liaison with Medical Center’s IT department; basic troubleshooting skills required to identify and correct basic software and hardware problems. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must possess master’s or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. or J.D., if related. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond ???????master’s or equivalent graduate degree. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Audit Reporting Interpersonal Skills 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 sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. 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/.
This position is in the Administrative Section of Surgical Service, CTVHCS, in Temple, TX. The Management Analyst is responsible for assisting with and directing the workload of surgical subspecialty clinic subordinate staff, including Medical Support Assistants assigned to the surgical specialty clinics. The position is intended to be a resource for advice and assistance to Surgical Service personnel, working closely with the AO, Section Chiefs, and Associate Chief of Staff Surgical Service.

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