Management and Program Analyst

Summary

This position is located in Pension and Fiduciary (P&F) Service. Pension and Fiduciary (P&F) Service administers the pension programs and fiduciary activities for compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) and pension beneficiaries Department of Veteran's Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration. P&F Service is responsible for the development of policy, procedures, training, and oversight of the delivery of VA pension benefits and fiduciary activities worldwide.

Duties

• Specific duties include: Formulates quality and oversight measures for Veterans and survivors claims process. Audits agency programs to ensure compliance with P&F Service policy and procedural directives. Conducts site visits and targeted audits to ensure Regional Offices are compliant with policy and procedures for all aspects of P&F Service programs. Conducts regular risk analysis and recommends strong internal controls over business processes to ensure desired outcomes in line with policy and procedures. Provides quality oversight and routine audits of all automation activities to ensure automation processes and payments are compliant with established policy and procedures regulated by the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Plans, prioritizes, and participates in workgroups and special projects that impact modernization efforts aimed toward designing electronic processing systems for field personnel. Assists field stations with instructions for implementing policy, procedures or training. Serves as an advisor and consultant on precedent determinations involving decisions on individual cases and national issues regarding technical, regulatory, procedural, and operational aspects of the Pension and Fiduciary programs. Formulates, determines, and influences the Agency policies governing the Pension and Fiduciary programs. Works in close cooperation with the Office of General Counsel and other business line elements of VBA to draft legislation and policy guidance for Pension and Fiduciary programs. Develops, delivers, and provides comprehensive training programs for field employees. Assesses quality of training programs and ensures compliance with mandatory training requirements. Evaluates and determines the training needs of field employees and recommends courses of action in response to oversight activities, claim audits, and site visits. Prepares PowerPoint and similar material and gives oral presentations to various audiences within P&F Service, VBA senior management, department level executives and outside agencies. Prepares clear and concise documents. Assists in developing and updating procedural guidance for distribution to field offices. Drafts Training Letters, writes briefing papers, drafts system requirements, and answers Congressional and external stakeholder inquiries. Researches Veteran-specific issues and prepares all necessary administrative materials, correspondence, and justifications detailing reasons for decisions. Undertakes long and short-range research and studies program activities within the P&F Service to support the organization's business goals and objectives. Gathers relevant data, analyzes it critically, and makes recommendations based on findings using available information resources such as Internet tools, manuals, and other reference material. Serves as project manager for major initiatives and special assignments. Monitors and tracks progress on internal and external audit findings and investigates operational issues such as recurring errors, excessive time lags, and system shortcomings. Leads in-house efforts and participates actively as a team member or sub-group leader on project teams involving participants outside of VBA. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The grade progression for this position is GS-11, GS-12, GS-13. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. 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. Posit…

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:11/12/2026. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: As a current Federal, GS employee you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9 level. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. 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. 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. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-11 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience for this position is defined as demonstrated experience in: Veterans Pension, Survivor, and Fiduciary programs. Processing claims and/or conducting quality reviews of VBA's Pension Survivor, and Fiduciary programs. Manage and prioritize multiple assignments concurrently and to execute delivery efficiently and effectively. Education Substitution: GS-11: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Education must be related to the position being filled. Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11. GS-12 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience for this position is defined as demonstrated experience in two of the four areas below: Veterans Pension, Survivor, and Fiduciary programs. Processing claims and/or conducting quality reviews of VBA's Pension Survivor, and Fiduciary programs. Providing oversight and management techniques to evaluate internal controls and assess risk of Veterans benefits and programs, developing strategies to mitigate risk and improve the administration of the programs. Researching and applying agency laws and policies to formulate and recommend instructions, directives, guidelines, policies, plans or procedures to administer or carry out functions which support operations delivery or supporting delivery of benefits or services to Veterans. GS-13 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience for this position is defined as demonstrated experience in three of the four areas below: Veterans Pension, Survivor, and Fiduciary programs. Processing claims and/or conducting quality reviews of VBA's Pension Survivor, and Fiduciary programs. Providing oversig…

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications. You may submit unofficial transcripts when applying. However, if you are selected for the position, you will be required to provide an official transcript or a statement from the institution (e.g., from the registrar, dean, or other appropriate official) or equivalent documentation prior to the start date.