Supervisory Program Analyst (Veterans Services)

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/13/2026. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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 educations described below: Specialized Experience: Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience, which equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Supervisory Program Analyst, GS-9 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-7 level in Federal service.

Examples of specialized experience include: Reviews of requests for waivers and/or compromises when received from the Veteran. Actively participates in the planning, scheduling and conduct of studies, training programs and organizational strategies to identify opportunities to improve customer service and quality. Develops alternative acceptable repayment plans when appropriate. Prepares statistical reports for management. Maintains debt files to ensure appropriate audit trails.

Implements accounts receivable guidelines and resolves problems, seeking assistance from supervisor and others when appropriate. Handles conflicts and problems in dealing with the customer, constructively and appropriately. Consistently communicates and treats customer in a courteous, tactful and respectful manner. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with others throughout the organization and externally. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for the GS-9 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., OR, Combination: Combination of education and experience to qualify at the GS-9 level. This can be determined by adding total qualifying experience as a percentage of the required experience and education as a percentage of the total required. The total percentage must equal 100 percent.

Only education more than the first 18 semester hours (i.e. beyond the 2 years graduate level education) is creditable towards meeting the specialized experience requirement. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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/.

Serves as a local CPAC's technical authority on Veterans Services. Responsible for reviewing accounts and responding to inquiries via verbal or written correspondence to Veterans, Congressional Representatives, Beneficiaries, Service Organizations, U.S. Attorneys, VA Regional Counsel, Department of Justice and VA Regional Office concerning First Party matters. Exercises management responsibility for assigned First Party activities for assigned the facilities assigned to the CPAC.

Implements and manages all aspects of First Party collections. Manages information and analytical systems to evaluate and enhance the quality of service provided to veterans. Performs analysis of workload to forecast future needs of the CPAC and initiates the necessary action to ensure efficient service delivery. Responsible for reporting CPAC, VISN, national, regional and per facility diagnostic measures and performance matrixes.

Incumbent strategically and actively manages the reports ensuring that all detailed reporting is completed timely, accurately and efficiently. Serves as liaison for consolidated congressional committee. Responsible for developing, implementing and managing consolidated unit with standardized practices. Serves as a local CPAC's Accounting Manager and CFO's subject matter expert on diagnostic and performance measures for Veterans Services.

Directs the development of the most critical and complex MCCF diagnostic measures reporting mechanisms to showcase and spotlight areas in need of improvement or areas that have excelled in reporting. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available at supervisors discretion. Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Analyst (Veterans Services)/PD02943A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized