Management Analyst

Full Job Description

This position aligns under VHA, Member Services, Quality Management, Analytics and Informatics Division who reports to the Associate Director as a member of the Director's Office and provides direct support to leadership that performs a broad range of duties involving retrieval of national data and analysis for multiple projects.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/21/2026.

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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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 specialized experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Manages complex consulting projects independently and persuasively articulate the agency position(s) on controversial issues in a variety of forums.

Develops visual concepts and data visualizations that meet stakeholder needs and coordinates the design of print, web, or multimedia data and information reporting products.

Provides business project management leadership to include development of project schedules for informatics projects.

Provides analysis and evaluation to form a thorough, effective presentation of significant findings that reflect a high level of professional competence and are defensible against critical evaluation.

Performs defined units or parts of major projects involving numerous or unpredictable factors that require setting up and carrying out integrated procedures.

Develops assessments of enrollment data and collaborates with other analysts to support the best application of enrollment policies with qualitative risk assessment(s).

Determines whether processes and operations are appropriate and performs tasks that include organizing project requirements, tasking, coordinating, and synthesizing the contributions of other analysts, specialists, and organizations.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Analysis and Problem Solving Analytical Reasoning Project Management 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/.

Major Duties:

Major Duties Include (but are not limited to): Investigates computer based technologies and efficiently applies tools to improve data analysis and presentation.

Analyzes agency-wide programs, functions. and organizations to determine whether the management systems in current use efficiently accomplish objectives and provide controls necessary for management.

Analyzes regulations, develops guidelines, and directs implementation of procedural changes in operations.

Participates in strategic planning for developing and implementing programs within the agency and advises on the development of new programs.

Provides a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness or the improvement of complex management processes and systems.

Analyzes management techniques, processes, and styles for improving organizational effectiveness.

Identifies key policy issues and priorities, designs analyses, evaluates alternative agency strategies, and makes definitive recommendations to senior management.

Identifies defects or weaknesses in the analytic work performed by officials that are responsible for the development of regulations and standards.

Investigates computer based technologies and efficiently applies tools to improve data retrieval, analysis, and presentation.

Work Schedule: M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Virtual: This position may be authorized for Virtual work. Definition of Virtual work - Employee works outside of original hiring duty station at VA-owned or leased space.

Position Description/PD#: Management Analyst/PD012570 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized