Program Specialist – Veterans Experience Officer

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/21/2024. 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-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. 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 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: Tracking data to identify trends of problem areas Patient Experience or Patient Advocacy Analyzing data, preparing reports, and leading process improvement teams. Leadership teams, workgroups, subcommittees or committees Preparing written reports and communicating orally to ELT, Service Chiefs, VISN Leadership to share patient experience data and to collaborate on the need for patient experience based design initiatives. Strong computer skills (TEAMS, Sharepoint management, Microsoft Word/Excel/Database Management) Experience supervising a team, section or department Experience conducting customer and stakeholder-focused special projects Experience presenting findings and proposals to large groups of people, executive leaders and stakeholders Experience managing a budget to include financial planning for a department or section You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Conflict Management Creative Thinking Customer Service Data Management Information Technology Performance Assessment Analysis and Problem Solving Strategic Thinking Stakeholder Management Flexibility 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, although some slight physical effort may berequired such as walking, bending, standing, carrying items such as medical records and assisting personnel in wheelchairs. Most work can be done while seated, at a desk and computer keyboard. Frequent walking may be required for frequent and routine point of care rounding. Incumbent may travel to all sites of care within the LVAHCS for employee education and training programs, as well as employee and community Town Hall meetings. 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/.
The Dayton VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Supervisory Program Specialist (Veteran Experience Officer), GS-301-12, who directly maintains a work liaison relationship with Veterans service organizations, community groups, and others whose interest is in helping and protecting Veterans, their families, and their representatives.