Lead Program Analyst

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:11/08/2024. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees, former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, or a current federal employee applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment must meet time in grade requirements. 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. NOTE: This does not apply to Non-Federal Applicants, or applicants applying for consideration under Non-Competitive Authority (i.e…. “30% or more Disability”, VRA, and/or Schedule A). To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). 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 also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50’s and/or General Adjustment SF-50’s as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-13 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: The work consists of projects and studies which require comprehensive analyses of interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of substantive agency mission-oriented programs. Typical assignments require continuing effort to develop detailed plans, goals, and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of agency programs and to develop criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program. Decisions about how to proceed in planning, organizing, and conducting studies are complicated by conflicting program goals and objectives which may derive from changes in legislative or regulatory guidelines, productivity, and/or variations in the demand for program services. Options, recommendations, and conclusions developed by the incumbent consider uncertainties about the data and other variables which affect long-range program performance. The incumbent has a thorough knowledge of management and organizational principles and practices in addition to resource allocation methodologies and management processes to plan, direct, coordinate, and execute mission and business-oriented projects and studies. Must have knowledge of applications on a wide range of qualitative analytical evaluation methods and techniques to measure and determine the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of program operations, problem areas that may arise, and development of solutions for complex VA programs. Resourcefulness and inventiveness are required to identify and apply established principles and practices. Must employ several analytical techniques, provide assistance with difficult or unusual situations in the application of programs, and effectively communicate both orally and in writing with Management and staff internal and external to the organization. Is assigned authority to assist with managing and directing activities involved with assuring the integrity of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) financial accounting, reporting, and financial systems for VBA. Leads, plans, and develops activities and program initiatives for both present and future business application projects and initiatives designed to enhance processes and Customer Service. 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: None. 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/.
The position is located at the VBA Finance Center (VBAFC), Hines, Illinois, and is organizationally aligned under the Office of Financial Management (OFM), VA Central Office. The incumbent in this position serves as a Lead Program Analyst within the VBA Finance Center under the oversight of the Division Supervisor. The VBA Finance Center is responsible for providing financial management support to the VA benefit programs with a budget of over $161 billion annually.