To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/28/2025.
Time-In-Grade Requirement (GS-14): 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 this GS-14 position, you must have served 52 weeks at or above 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. 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 additional SF-50's that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade has been met.
Please Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former VA employees applying for reinstatement with CTAP eligibility.
You may qualify based on your Specialized Experience as described below.
Specialized Experience (GS-14): You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-13) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
Examples of Specialized Experience includs (but are not limited to):
1) Implements and monitors management information systems for analysis and tracking of program data, long and short range plans, policies, and priorities established by statutes or executive orders
2) Prepares and develops conclusions, recommendations, and actions based on analysis and evaluation, and present statistics and other data
3) Investigates and analyzes adverse quality trends or conditions and initiates corrective action
4) Supervises and directs the preparation, formulation, justification, presentation, execution, and analysis of quality management for the program office
5) Prepares briefings, presentations, and other high-level documents in support of national agency programs, special projects, and studies
6) Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checking work in progress, andreviewing completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions, work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met
7) Provides mastery qualitative and/or quantitative analytical methods for assessment,improvement of management and project effectiveness, and complex management processes and systems
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Analytical Reasoning
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Quality Assurance
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, although some slight physical effort may be required.
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/.