Supervisory Program Analyst

About the role

The employee will serve as the Supervisory Program Analyst, Data and Information, located in the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), Veterans Affair (VA). The VCL is a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year service aimed at connecting callers worldwide to a caring, qualified Veterans Administration employee. The VCL's mission is to provide 24/7, world-class suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to Veterans, Service Members and their family members. 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-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. 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. Selective Placement Factors (SPF) are a prerequisite to an appointment and represent minimum requirements for the position (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Applicants who do not meet the SPF are ineligible for further consideration. This position includes a selective placement factor. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience developing Applications using PowerApps and Microsoft Dataverse. 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. In order to meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet 3/4 of the following examples of specialized experience: . Designing and maintaining data input and retrieval interfaces, as well as automation workflows using PowerApps, Power Automate, Power BI, Structured Query Language (SQL), Dataverse/Dynamics 365 Building PowerApps solutions, integrating multiple data storage solutions including SQL, and Dataverse/Dynamics 365, to support program information management; Optimizing and enhancing PowerApps Information Systems, staying current with emerging technologies and best practices, while prioritizing, delegating, and overseeing all phases of system improvements Providing guidance in the development, maintenance, and reporting of customized systems built on the Microsoft PowerApps platform. Eligible and qualified applicants on a certificate provided to the hiring manager will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Developing Others Organizational Awareness Database Administration Analytical Thinking Technology Management Technology Awareness 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. 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/.