Management & Program Analyst - Special Reviews

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The Management and Program Analyst supports OAWP's Compliance and Oversight Directorate (COD), Special Reviews Division, through the Executive Director (ED) of COD and through the Director of the Special Reviews Division, in developing processes and procedures to implement the provisions of the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, 38 U.S.C. 323(c)(1)(A),(B) and (F), which provides that OAWP advise the Secretary on all matters of the Department relating to accountability. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/13/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: leading complex, organization-wide programmatic audits or reviews (excluding financial or IT audits) or evaluations of organizational reporting climates according to government or private industry auditing or evaluation standards; independently planning, coordinating, and leading high-level interviews, employee focus groups, multi-day site visits, and surveys; independently analyzing complex qualitative and quantitative information to identify trends and root causes of non-compliance or deficiencies; and drafting written reports that include findings, conclusions, and recommendations and conducting briefings for agency and departmental decision-makers on these findings. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Analysis and Problem Solving Analytical Thinking Attention to Detail Auditing Communications Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Organizational Performance Analysis Planning and Evaluating Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list series and grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 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. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications: A well-qualified candidate for the GS-14 Special Reviews Analyst position within the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) will possess at least 3 years of experience performing high-level programmatic audits, evaluations, and reviews in a large, mission-driven, and highly regulated organization. This role demands a strategic thinker and skilled analyst with an impactful record in which they have independently led multiple rigorous, organization-wide evaluations, have directed one or more analyst's efforts during these evaluations, and have provided actionable recommendations with clear outcomes that strengthened orga

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