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This position is located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Systems Bureau. This position is 100% virtual and the US location is negotiable after selection. Work sites outside of the U.S. are prohibited. Your salary will be based upon the locality pay of your work site after selection.

For salary information based on locations, please visit this link to the OPM 2024 Salary Tables

As a Supervisory Business and Industry Analyst you will serve as an Acquisition Program Manager, responsible for leading the development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of contractual, financial, and technical aspects of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Modernization Initiative.

Your major duties and responsibilities include:

• Providing expert advice, guidance and oversight of a complex acquisition portfolio containing high-visibility healthcare and information technology programs undergoing major modernization initiatives.
• Leading acquisition portfolio strategic management for HSB procurements, including maintaining accurate metrics, monitoring cost/schedule/performance risks, aligning and implementing organization strategies, continuously reviewing, and assessing program and milestone status, and ensuring performance management and contractor oversight processes are robust and relevant.
• Serving as an acquisition life cycle subject matter expert, providing authoritative contracting guidance, insight, and direction to all levels of administrative and technical management in areas that require extensive interpretation of acquisition policies and data.
• Proactively recognizing and alerting management (using sound judgement) upon awareness of issues requiring attention in either the administration or implementation of acquisition activities and offering recommendations and solutions that are in compliance with program policies.
• Providing technical and administrative supervision to a growing team managing the complex healthcare, professional services, and IT acquisition portfolio for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

• Plans, directs, organizes, coordinates, and supervises implementation and project teams researching and developing requirements, and assessing the performance of Information Technology (IT) systems and their operations or procuring new technologies to support and enhance operations and business functions.
• Leads, plans, designs, develops and facilitates deployment of new systems, assessing systems operations, and upgrading IT operations; and provides authoritative input on evaluating future applications and their impact on enterprise architecture and resolutions to issues of systems operational performance.
• Defines and assigns team responsibilities through programs and projects impacting Department of the Interior (DOI) IT operations, establishing briefing, testing, demonstration, and reporting protocols to ensure customers and senior leaders are involved in the development and implementation efforts.
• Translates strategic plans and technical guidance into objectives, strategies, and architectural guidance to support systems administration services for the bureau/office. Ensures that critical mission systems and applications are compliant with IT security requirements and enhance interoperability and integration for business applications and IT infrastructure.

This position is located in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Office of Finance.

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This position is eligible for fully remote work anywhere within the 50 United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. There is no reporting requirement. The duty station is the authorized telework location (typically your home address) and locality pay is adjusted appropriately.

If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager.

As a senior assistant, you will support Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services. Duties include:

• Provides expert advice on complex violent crimes investigations and prosecutions.
• Serves as a legal assistance subject matter expert and provides training and guidance to other support staff.
• Maintains current knowledge of regulations, laws applicable to novel issues of law affecting national security and export enforcement.
• Provides a variety of direct legal support to one or more AUSAs.
• Prepares a wide variety of legal documents, many of which are voluminous and complex in format.

As a senior assistant, you will support Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services. Duties include:

• Provides expert advice on complex violent crimes investigations and prosecutions.
• Serves as a legal assistance subject matter expert and provides training and guidance to other support staff.
• Maintains current knowledge of regulations, laws applicable to novel issues of law affecting national security and export enforcement.
• Provides a variety of direct legal support to one or more AUSAs.
• Prepares a wide variety of legal documents, many of which are voluminous and complex in format.

As a Management and Program Analyst at the GS-15 level, you will:

• Provide technical and management guidance and advice on the most appropriate method or procedures of analysis and evaluation to accomplish the mission and ensure optimum management strategy.
• Formulate and identify the operational and analytical techniques for accomplishment of project objectives to produce reliable findings.
• Consolidate data as necessary and reviews to ensure accomplishment of objectives, timeliness, and acceptability
• Interpret, review and analyze broad policies, regulations, procedures, and system(s) requirements promulgated by higher authority to determine their impact on operations.
• Maintain awareness of human resource policies, directives, and procedures, and updates to guidance, and provide process improvement recommendations to leadership to promote efficiency.

******This announcement closes on 11/29/2024 or when the first 75 Applications are received*******


The Program Analyst serves as a Clinical Applications Coordinator (CAC) and actively participates in a team involving information technology, informatics and data analysis and as such, provides subject matter expertise to integrate clinical and information processes necessary to achieve successful adoption and applications of new technologies to automate the clinical records data. The CAC uses a combination of clinical, management and technological knowledge, skills, abilities, experience and training to provide innovative solutions to clinical processes and efficiencies through improvements in the electronic health record (EHR) / CPRS / VISTA. Major duties for the Program Analyst (Informatics) include :

• Serves as the knowledge expert for the computerized medical record and provides users and other staff with consultative support and education.
• Uses informatics theories and medical centers philosophies, to provide data to identify, quantify and resolve organizational problem areas.
• Develops training materials or other tools to assist staff and utilizing data and reports that are produced.
• Develops and presents recommendations for improving clinical data management methods, follow-up procedures, and timely compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Advises the facility CHIO, Lead CACs, and Clinical Informatics Supervisor of programmatic and security requirements for data access, and advises the Medical Center on directives, policies, and best practices from the ISO and OIT offices for health data security and analysis.
• Independently develops implementation plans for new software applications and releases. Serving as a project manager, works through the interdisciplinary teams to complete clinical information system initiatives established by national, VISN and local authorities.
• Plans, organizes, estimates cost, coordinates, and communicate with staff and conducts all phases of the project.
• Maintains and update site parameters and site-specific files is necessary to ensure proper functioning of complex interrelated and interdependent software applications.
• Uses the applicable software manager menu systems, develops, modifies, and test component specific to fields and data that individualize / customize applications to individual users while maintaining integrity between and among multiple software packages.
• Integrate software applications for clinical services including evaluation, effectiveness review, and troubleshooting.
• Formulates data tools for quality management and clinical oversight by developing templates, order sets, and other tools; maintains and updates menus and summaries.
• Collaborate with OIT and clinical staff to develop system programming requirements while understanding system capabilities and limitations.
• Instructs Medical Center and the use of information management tools; chair/participates in a variety of information technology and information management committees as assigned.
• Actively participated in or leave the development of clinical decision support systems.
• Identifies system or application problems, suggest solutions, and resolve issues related to information management.
• Develops an oversees databases related to patient management; actively participates in the development of clinical decision support systems; apply statistical analysis and interpret their significance, including validity of measures used to generate outcomes related to patient management systems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Operates electronic cash register and the meal tracker system.
• Receives cash from customers and provides change. Safeguards money, keeps cash locked except when making change.
• Sets up food service counters, tables and stands with designated food and non-food items.
• Serves cafeteria-style and assembles patient trays and nourishments.
• Assists cooks using portion control scales and measuring recipe ingredients.

Major Duties:

• Serves as the technical advisor to the Accounting Technician. Supervisory Accountant. Supervisory Financial Management Specialist and HCS Management.
• Furnishes management and other staff all required financial statements and provides technical advice to operating officials on all phases of accounting including the analysis and interpretation of pertinent data.
• Maintains a system of accounting records for all financial transactions of the Veterans Administration related to or arising from activities within the jurisdiction of the HC.
• Plan, prepare, analyze. and verify daily, weekly and monthly financial reports generated by the Austin Financial Service Center (FSC) so as to insure monthly submissions of complete and accurate financial data to Central Office or the VISN.
• Responsible for the accurate recording of financial information into the financial systems.
• Assures that data transmitted is in compliance with accounting principles. procedures. and regulations.
• Works closely with other accounting staff to ensure timely and exact input is made into these systems.
• Serves as a technical advisor for employees in the Accounting Section.
• Complete all inter-station transfers of credits and charges for materials and services and resolve any difference in inter-oflice accounts.
• Reconcile subsidiary accounts for the General Post Fund to the FMS.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position is located in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Office of Finance.

This job is for you if...

This position is eligible for fully remote work anywhere within the 50 United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. There is no reporting requirement. The duty station is the authorized telework location (typically your home address) and locality pay is adjusted appropriately.

If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager.

The incumbent serves as the Lead Personnel Security Specialist in the NCA Human Resources Center and is responsible for leading the day-to-day activities and providing technical oversight of the personnel security program for all NCA employees to include all Personal Identity Verification (PIV) and e-App requirements. Acts as liaison with District Offices and Cemeteries on security issues and routinely coordinates with the Information Security Officer, and other Personnel Security Officers VA-wide.

Develops and implements Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), and National Cemetery Administration (NCA) policies and procedures for the nationwide personnel security program. Ensures that the program meets all legal and mandatory requirements and that all agency regulatory requirements are followed. Conducts security and suitability adjudications related to background investigations for NCA employees, contractors and state cemetery employees. Reviews completed personnel suitability investigations with the purpose of providing recommendations on pre-employment and continued employment considerations.

Determines the impact of potential adverse or derogatory information; exercises personal judgment and discretion to evaluate the nature of information received and recommends or takes appropriate action. Maintains liaison with local agencies (police, criminal investigators, etc.) to ensure timely record checks are conducted on personnel. To ensure consistency with policy and guidance implementation, the incumbent is responsible for notifying employees in a timely manner of requirements for initiation of periodic reinvestigations.

Work schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: May Be Available
Telework: Not Available
Remote: This is a Remote Position. Remote positions are where an employee works 100% of the time in non-VA-owned or leased space (i.e., work from home/100% telework).

Position Description Title/PD#: Lead Personnel Security Specialist/PD1664649
The full performance level of this position is GS - 13.

Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

This position is located in the catchment area of VISN 6 (within 50 miles of one of the seven VISN 6 VA facilities). Pay will be determined based on the employee's location. The VISN 6 facilities are: Asheville, Fayetteville, Salisbury, Durham, North Carolina and Richmond, Hampton, Salem, Virginia.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Following Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), the auditor participates in the research and survey phases of the audit/assist by gathering relevant and reliable information in order to refine audit areas to include objectives, scope, criteria, and methodology.
• Assists in identifying potential audit topics for future consideration and in the development of audit proposals.
• Ensures that audit documents answer the audit objectives. Independently prepares work papers that: include the required are marked "For Official Use Only" as appropriate; and all written products are appropriately safeguarded.
• Drafts finding outline worksheets, findings, and portions of audit/assist reports, with minimal supervision.
• Effectively communicates audit results through participation and input to briefings and written documents to senior management and internal and external stakeholders.
• Independently cross references portions of the draft report with minor revisions and assists in the independent referencing process.

This announcement will close on November 22, 2024 and the first 100 qualified applications will receive first consideration. Applications that are submitted after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the date in which the initial cut-off number has been reached will not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Handling issues related to program assessment and preparing communication to all levels of the health care system including the OQM Executive Director, and other levels of the organization related to such matters.
• Acting as a liaison or handling the communication with persons and groups within and outside the Program Office, including other VHACO office, Medical Centers and VISN leadership.
• Analyzing and evaluating designs, studies proposals, ideas and best practices submitted by customers both internal and external to OQM, and providing expert feedback and consultation to those customers.
• Working within interdisciplinary groups to provide comprehensive assessment and education throughout the health care system as it relates to Program and Process Compliance.
• Serving as an OQM Program subject matter expert in analytics and informatics projects and initiatives and applying intermediate to advanced skills in data mining and analytics.
• Reviewing statistical studies, technological advances, industry and regulatory standards in the field of quality control and associated fields related to statistical treatment of experimental or sampled data.
• Instructing staff in analytics procedures and working as part of a workgroup or team to develop SharePoint/Database and dataset standards.
• Modifying existing databases or datasets or directing other staff to make changes to conform existing data to data that can be analyzed by statistical software.
• Compiling data from production records, SharePoint lists and libraries, spreadsheets and desktop databases, and other sources to include the corporate data warehouse (CDW) and analyzes samples to evaluate process consistency and quality.
• Processing substantial amounts of data for modeling and graphic analysis and identifying relationships and trends and that could affect the results of analysis and checks source data to verify completeness and accuracy.
• Analyzing data using statistical approaches as needed, such as: statistical formulas, frequency analysis, analysis of variance, regression analysis, model building techniques and, methods suggested by Green or Black Lean Belt methodology.
• Describing data elements and how they are used. Performing validation and testing of models to ensure adequacy.
• Preparing statistical and non-statistical results using graphical and narrative format for delivery to audiences.
• Writing detailed analysis plans and compiling reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses and coordinating for review and distribution.
• Leading stakeholders with strategic planning and management such as the development of SWOT analyses, strategic priorities and goals development (via user stories and affinity diagrams), and deployment plans and status trackers.
• Performing business analysis tasks in support of short and long-term project plans and activities.
• Evaluating existing systems to determine effectiveness.
• Preparing correspondence and final reports of evaluation to leadership within OQM.

• Serves as AFOSI's primary point of contact (POC) for providing civilian pay and leave administration advisory support on the full range of complex and sensitive pay, leave, benefits, travel, and debt issues.
• Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for a wide range of civilian pay matters and provides procedures related to pay and leave administration for AFOSI worldwide.
• Administers civilian employment planning and provides comprehensive human capital management advisory services to support goals and objectives and produce results that accomplish the agency's mission requirements.
• Conducts, leads, and/or participates in studies to improve assigned Human Resource Management (HRM) programs.

• Conducts cost-benefits analysis of regulations and FDA programs and briefs FDA management, HHS management, and OMB on the results.
• Plans, organizes, and carries to completion analytical studies of economic issues and activities that cut across major Agency divisions, the FDA field organization, related Federal, State, and local government programs, and the regulated industries.
• Prepares written and oral presentations of study results for publication and high-level briefings.
• Provides technical and situational leadership on highly complex, unprecedented problems and problems of critical importance.
• Handles assignments that involve a broad and general responsibility for a particular area of economic activity.