What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Specialist position at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
Summary
The purpose of this position is to be assigned the work and responsibility for providing effective - efficient - direction - and control and operation of the Employee Experience Section. Assigned work is inclusive of providing service management with objectively based information from making decision on program operations. The incumbent performs a variety of analytical - planning - educational - presentation - evaluative - and advisory work.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 05/20/2026. 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-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: Conducts management audits - surveys - and systematic reviews of employee operations. Prepares information and statistics for use in training - management briefings - and information dissemination activities. Reviews analyzes and evaluates reports and statistics in order to advise on trends - out-of-line situations - and anticipated needs. Assist workgroups with the AES analysis and action planning development and execution. Facilitates focus groups on identified workgroups to provide more in-depth feedback to leadership. OR - Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a 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. - directly related to the work of the position. (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 a 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. - directly related to the position. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). 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/.
Duties
The purpose of this position is to be assigned the work and responsibility for providing effective - efficient - direction - and control and operation of the Employee Experience Section. Assigned work is inclusive of providing service management with objectively based information from making decision on program operations. The incumbent performs a variety of analytical - planning - educational - presentation - evaluative - and advisory work.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 05/20/2026. 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-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: Conducts management audits - surveys - and systematic reviews of employee operations. Prepares information and statistics for use in training - management briefings - and information dissemination activities. Reviews analyzes and evaluates reports and statistics in order to advise on trends - out-of-line situations - and anticipated needs. Assist workgroups with the AES analysis and action planning development and execution. Facilitates focus groups on identified workgroups to provide more in-depth feedback to leadership. OR - Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a 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. - directly related to the work of the position. (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 a 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. - directly related to the position. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). 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/.
Duties
- Major duties include - but are not limited to: Conducts management audits - surveys - and systematic reviews of employee operations in order to evaluate workgroups Provides staff assistance in order to develop and implement changes in procedures - operations and staff organization Prepares graphs - charts - and other audio-visual displays depicting program information and statistics for use in training - management briefings - and information dissemination activities both within and outside of CTVHCS Uses personal computer and other high technology equipment to prepare and produce this data Reviews - analyzes and evaluates reports and statistics in order to advise on trends out-of-line situations - and anticipated needs Provides marketing strategy input and assists in the execution of strategy to promote All Employee Survey participation - evaluation - analysis - and action planning lifecycle Responsible for the coordination - organization - and promotion of a system-wide calendar for local - regional and national educational and growth-related opportunities Develops system-wide recognition program using multiple strategies Performs work involving the collection - compilation - and/or tracking of data and statistical information in support of CTVHCS Provides written reports of all findings including recommendations - as required by CTVHCS Leadership or as otherwise directed Ensures that funds are available
- Work Schedule: Monday-Friday
- 7:30am-4:00pm
- Virtual: This is not a virtual position
- Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist/PD08906A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Salary : $63,457 - $82,499