Management Analyst

Full Job Description

This position is located at a large and complex Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Facility.

The purpose of the work is to plan and carry out all Ambulatory Care Service activities pertaining to program analysis.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/17/2026.

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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 education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: planning and conducting studies, analyzing findings and making recommendations on substantive medical facility operating programs.

Prepares data reports for staff and ACOS, Ambulatory Care, and presents briefings regarding performance measures, Compass data, and contractual data to managers and leadership to encourage understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.

Evaluates the effectiveness of Ambulatory Care providers, clinics, and/or programs in terms of mission accomplishment.

This requires working knowledge of health care systems organizational structure, mission, functions, and interrelationship of all data management activities and pertinent reporting processes within Ambulatory Care.

Must possess the ability to develops various data metrics and reports in which to measure efficiency and quality of outpatient clinic elements such as: paneled patients, imaging procedures, staff workload, patient access, and clinical reminder data.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree or completed two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, LL.B or J.D.

if related. Education must be relative to position. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a master's or equivalent graduate degree.

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 sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work.

Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site.

Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. Occasional travel to other sites.

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: Analyzes and evaluates on a quantitative or qualitative basis the effectiveness of Ambulatory Care program operations in meeting established goals and objectives.

Analyzes new or proposed legislation or regulations to determine impact of medical facility programs. Identifies data required for use in the management and direction of programs.

Reviews, analyzes and evaluates the accomplishment of Ambulatory Care programs by review of reports, studies, projects, and information provided by personnel, contractors, and other agencies.

Identifies existing or potential problem areas and recommends corrective action of preventive measures.

Analyzes and measures the effectiveness of administrative and technical programs of Ambulatory Care along with relationships of administrative support activities to such missions.

Plans and conducts studies, analyzing findings and making recommendations on substantive medical facility operating programs.

Prepares data reports for staff and ACOS, Ambulatory Care, and presents briefings regarding performance measures, Compass data, contractual data to managers and leadership ta encourage understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.

Evaluates the effectiveness of Ambulatory Care providers, clinics, and/or programs in terms of mission accomplishment.

This requires working knowledge of health care systems organizational structure, mission, functions, and interrelationship of all data management activities and pertinent reporting processes within Ambulatory Care.

Manages procurement and contracting for the organization.

This may include preparing procurement requests, evaluating proposals for work, acting as a COTR for procurements, and/or maintaining procurement and contracting records.

Manages contracting and procurement when establishing community based outpatients clinics.

Establishes and oversees procedures for the receipt, review and follow-up on requisitions for purchases from Federal and special funds.

Assist in reviewing contract proposals and agreements to assure accurate budgetary, personnel, and administrative arrangements.

Provides advice to the ACOS, Ambulatory Care Service and Administrative Officer, Ambulatory Care on contracting and procurement policies and issues. Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc Only Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Management Analyst/PD073240 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized