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Summary This position is located at the Long Beach (Tibor Rubin) VA Medical Center within Social Work Service. The primary purpose of the Program Specialist is to perform a wide variety of administrative management functions associated to three complex and specialized clinical programs- Caregiver Support Program, HUD-VASH Housing Program and Homeless Veterans Program. Responsibilities Job Duties Include: Provides studies and analyzes and evaluates the needs of customers to improve the quality of patient services and devises specific solutions to meet those needs. Reviews data from feedback mechanisms, performs limited studies, summarizes information, identifies trends and propose and implement recommendations and solutions. Prepare and completes required reports; analyzes workflow processes, workload distributions and reporting requirements to determine potential problem areas. Utilizes detailed analytical skills and Performance Improvement (PI) tools to perform a wide variety of management studies related to performance and productivity improvement and functional realignment; and evaluates the efficiency of program operations. Contacts public housing authorities, housing complex managers and local realtors to inform them of specific needs of Veterans qualified and in need of housing and identifies available housing units in the local catchment area at specific intervals on a weekly basis and provides regular updates to staff assigned in the specific specialized clinical program. Perform all administrative functions supporting the Social Work program, which includes reviewing and updating policies and procedures to ensure compliance with mandated initiatives and directives. Provide information for budget planning, program specific control points, purchase cards, supplies and provides information/recommendations to management on budgetary expenditures and needs for annual strategic planning. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Ad hoc, per Management Approval Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist/PD10793A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/06/2025. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: provides studies and analyzes and evaluates the needs of customers to improve the quality of patient services and devises specific solutions to meet those needs. Reviews data from feedback mechanisms, performs limited studies, summarizes information, identifies trends and propose and implement recommendations and solutions. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Computer Skills Organizational Performance Analysis Planning and Evaluating 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. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary and may be completed in traditional and non-traditional office setting, on occasion physical effort may be required such as walking to other floors is the same building or to other buildings located on the facility, use of both hands to use computer equipment and software programs specific to specialized program, use of e-mail for communication, view and complete online computer based training; answering and making telephone calls. 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/. 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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.