Program Specialist

Serves as an analyst in the Office of Executive Review, Office of the Under Secretary for Benefits. Performs analytical, planning, evaluative, and advisory work to coordinate and manage legislative functions, responses to congressional queries, and executive communications. Collaborate with internal stakeholders on complex and sensitive program issues, provides support to key officials on processes and procedures. Initiates, manages, reviews, and processes timely, high-quality responses.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:06/09/2026.

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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 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 as described below:
GS-13 Grade Level:

• Specialized Experience: Demonstrates ability to manage high visibility, executive correspondence, and internal coordination functions in support of senior leadership. Managing internal actions related to Congressional briefings and communications ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with enterprise processes and requirements. Obtaining reviews, comments, and concurrence on correspondence assigned and coordinating with multiple internal and external offices to ensure completeness and quality of products. Conducting thorough fact gathering, research, and analysis to advise business lines and program offices to ensure clarity and alignment with organizational priorities.

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: Work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required.

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/.

Responsibilities:

Specific duties include:

• Manages internal actions related to Congressional briefings or other communications regarding VBA programs.
• Obtains review/input of assigned correspondence assigned by the Office of the Executive Secretary and works with external offices to obtain input and concurrence.
• Manages the VBA legislative proposal process.
• Coordinates development of testimony for Congressional hearings, including preparing or assisting in the preparation of VBA representatives for appearances before Congress, including participation in preparation sessions.
• Coordinates or conducts internal preparation sessions with VBA subject matter experts in support of Congressional briefings.
• Facilitates Under Secretary for Secretary for Benefits (USB) or other leadership concurrence on documents for VBA concurrence.
• Reviews internal documents submitted for approval (e.g., regulatory packages; equitable relief packages, responses to Requests for Information). Includes reviewing the package for completeness, quality, and effectiveness of submitted documents and making recommendations for changes/additional information before submission to management for approval.
• Reviews and coordinate sensitive and confidential correspondence including contracts, labor relations, and other VBA matters through the review and concurrence process.
• Conducts thorough fact gathering, research, and analysis to provide advice and direction to business lines or program offices before assigning tasks. Responds to and address customer needs and resolve complaints and concerns within the employee's control.

Promotion Potential: None

Work Schedule: This is a full-time position with a standard Monday-Friday schedule. Typical hours are 8am - 4:30pm. The employee is required to report to the official duty station each workday.
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad-hoc) telework only. 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#: Program Specialist; 41962A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Salary : $121,785