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Summary This position is within Office and Information and Technology (OI&T), End User Service (EUS), End User Operations (EUO), North Atlantic District. The incumbent provides oversight/leadership, leading the enterprise-wide End User Operations (EUO), Operational Policy and Security, Litigation Hold Team and is responsible for planning, developing, delivering and monitoring IT solutions to the VA. Responsibilities OIT Mission: The mission of the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) is to collaborate with our business partners to create the best experience for all Veterans. OIT Vision: To become a world-class organization that provides a seamless, unified Veteran experience through the delivery of state-of-the-art technology. Major Duties: Advanced IT concepts, methodologies and best business practices in applying solutions that will enhance operations. Extensive knowledge of hardware, software, peripherals, and their relationships with the operational, technical, and system architectures. Identifies and resolves root causes of problems that degrade delivery of essential Information Technology services. Provides direction, leadership, and mentoring to develop and foster the leadership and management skills of subordinate staff. Directs, reviews, and participates in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of automated information systems and technical architectures in compliance with VA directives. Identifies solutions to facility IT challenges for resources allocation and provides advice and guidance regarding current and future information systems concepts, doctrine, methods, practices, operations, and technologies. Plans schedules and carries out major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs or organizational effectiveness. Participate in decision-making processes and recommend ways IT can contribute to organizational success. Develops long range program goals and objectives, assigns projects to subordinates and monitors operations to reach objective. Identify technology opportunities that will have a significant effect on ability to support customer base and perform the mission. Resolves a variety of conventional and unconventional automated technologies and information management concerns or situations and recommends action based on knowledge of emerging technologies. Plans, directs, and provides technical guidance to improve the Area Information Systems program and IT computing environment. Uses high-level technical expertise to accomplish analysis of options for applications, communications and network changes. Responsible for a wide range of IT management; strategic planning, capital planning and investment control, workforce planning, policy and standards development, resource management, knowledge management, architecture. Mastery of the application of wide-range of qualitative and quantitative analytical and evaluation methods to identify and advise on IT programs to improve processes or mission performance. Mastery of project management principles, methods, and practices, including developing plans and schedules, estimating resource requirements, defining milestones and deliverables monitoring activities, and evaluating and reporting accomplishments. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory IT Specialist (Plcypln)/PD17824A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Travel Required: Occasional travel may be required as needed for this position. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (8:00am - 4:30pm) Telework: As determined by Agency Policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position Physical Demands: The work may require some physical effort, such as standing, walking, bending, or sitting. The work often requires long hours to meet deadlines and to devise corrective action and solutions to unexpected technical crises resulting in sometimes highly stressful work situations. The work requires almost constant use of a video display terminal. Working Conditions: The work may require some physical effort, such as standing, walking, bending, or sitting. The work often requires long hours to meet deadlines and to devise corrective action and solutions to unexpected technical crises resulting in sometimes highly stressful work situations. The work requires almost constant use of a video display terminal. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/03/2025. 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 the 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. Note: 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. See the submission requirements in the Required Documents section of this announcement. AND, INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (IOR): This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). As a pre-requisite to the Specialized Experience requirement, you must meet the following basic education or experience requirements. Basic Experience Requirement: The basic experience requirements MUST be substantiated in your resume. Failure to provide the required information will render your application ineligible for consideration. Read all responses before making your selection. Applicants must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below at a proficiency level equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, considering the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. AND, SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: Advanced IT concepts, methodologies and best business practices in applying solutions that will enhance operations. Extensive knowledge of hardware, software, peripherals, and their relationships with the operational, technical, and system architectures. Mastery of project management principles, methods, and practices, including developing plans and schedules, estimating resource requirements, defining milestones and deliverables monitoring activities, and evaluating and reporting accomplishments. Mastery of the application of a wide-range of qualitative and quantitative analytical and evaluation methods to identify and advise on IT programs to improve processes or mission performance. Using high-level technical expertise to accomplish analysis of options for applications, communication, and network changes. Your experience must be clearly stated in your resume. We cannot make assumptions on your experience based on your current, or former, position titles on your resume. Failure to clearly demonstrate your qualifying experience in your resume may result in disqualification for this position and your rating will be adjusted as necessary. 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. Education EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution for this position at this grade level. Additional Information A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. 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. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. 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. Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position. 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 (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.