Program Specialist (Employee Engagement)

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The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a Program Specialist for the Employee Engagement Program at Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS). The incumbent is responsible for the coordination and oversight of the Employee Engagement Program and All Employee Survey process for the CAVHCS a two-division health care system (Montgomery, AL and Tuskegee, AL) with seven outpatient clinics. This position is a direct report to the Deputy Director. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/08/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 and for a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 and/or education as described below: GS-11 Grade Level GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge and experience in the following: evaluating and implementing best practices by working with staff to ensure that effective systems are supported with necessary resources to support employee engagement activities; data analysis using qualitative and quantitative methods to measure and evaluate the effectiveness employee engagement efforts; plan organizational events, projects and meetings; excellent verbal and written communication skills to work with facility staff to promote employee engagement; communicate to executive leadership and senior management recommendations that may involve substantial facility resources; training, facilitating, and managing inter-disciplinary teams to plan, organize, and direct team studies. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation. 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. GS-12 Grade Level GS-12 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Advanced experience and knowledge in the following: evaluating and implementing best practices by working with staff to ensure that effective systems are supported with necessary resources to support employee engagement activities; data analysis using qualitative and quantitative methods to measure and evaluate the effectiveness employee engagement efforts; plan organizational events, projects and meetings; excellent verbal and written communication skills to work with facility staff to promote employee engagement; communicate to executive leadership and senior management recommendations that may involve substantial facility resources; training, facilitating, and managing inter-disciplinary teams to plan, organize, and direct team studies. There is no education substitution for the GS-12. Physical Requirements: No special physical demands such as above average ability, dexterity, or strength are required to perform the work. Employee will spend a significant amount of time using a computer. Work is sedentary and the employee may sit comfortably. There may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items and driving of an automobile, etc. Field work may involve traveling to interviews, meetings, and sources of information. 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/.

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