Management & Program Analyst

Description:

This position is under the Office of the Hospital Director at the Hines VA. The primary purpose of this position is to perform specialized project management support and data management and program analysis functions in support of the Associate Director of Operations and the Associate Director of Resources, initiatives and partnering with Facility management officials and the subordinate staff.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/12/2026.

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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
  • Mastery of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness and complex management processes and systems.
  • Expert knowledge of the missions, organizations, structure, programs, and requirements of healthcare delivery systems, policies, processes, and procedures as they apply to the agency missions.
  • Expert knowledge of the Hospital Center mission, organizations, and activities.
  • Maintains a thorough understanding of the associated Hospital Center goals, objectives, principles, constraints, methods, and monetary policy.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the range of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the administration of one or more important public programs.
  • Skill to plan, organize, and direct team study work.
  • Skill in oral and written communications to prepare and present briefings, convey recommendations to management staff and attend meetings, conferences, and ad hoc meetings.
  • Ability to lead an ad hoc team of VA experts to work through issues.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Accountability
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

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 be 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/ .