Supervisory Program Specialist

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The Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) is a national clinical trial program with over 40 years of experience providing collaboration for research design, statistical analysis, data management, regulatory, technical, education, and administrative coordination for clinical trials involving various scientific areas of research conducted to improve the health and care of the Veteran and the nation. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/26/2026. 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. 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-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: .Providing feedback and suggestions on how to improve clinical and research processes to Supervisors and Management. Working with Research Project Managers to identify and set timelines for assignments, projects, problems to be solved and methods/techniques to be utilized. Identifying, distributing, balancing and managing workload of Clinical Research Management teams and Clinical Research Initiative Project Managers. Assessing performance of a Clinical Research Project Management Team, identifying, and improving research team effectiveness and efficiency. Overseeing performance management issues and recommending reassignments, promotions, tour of duty changes, etc. 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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