Management & Program Analyst

Full Job Description

The position is at the full performance level located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center Long Beach (TRVAMC) in the Medicine Health Care Group.

This unique and complex job requires a diverse knowledge of healthcare analysis, technical expertise, effective and flexible interpersonal skills (consultation, training, team leading, networking), and analytical skills.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/18/2026.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: analyzing key steps in transactional processes or business practices to identify quality process improvements; utilizing databases to develop and monitor data collection systems; design and utilize qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques to perform audits and studies; develops, interprets, applies, and integrates objective measurement criteria and acceptable standards for use in monitoring activities; evaluating financial trends and determines compliance with agency guidelines.

OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. if related.

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.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Computer Skills Data Management Organizational Performance Analysis Performance Measurement 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 in nature, 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:

Collects data on clinical and administrative performance management information including running reports and providing analysis of facility data including utilization management, performance measures, performance improvement initiatives, continuous readiness programs, peer review, patient safety and inpatient performance measures such as ORYX and LINKS.

Contributes to the strategic planning and administrative management of data through assessing, organizing, developing, managing, and evaluating the organization database.

Is responsible for developing and maintaining a data warehouse that supports and promotes health informatics action plans and continual improvement in administrative and clinical quality and patient safety.

Provides advanced qualitative and quantitative analysis and evaluation concerning clinical measures and in meeting established goals and objectives including staffing variance.

Research, organize, compile, summarize and analyze data and information for assigned special projects.

Provides statistical reports and evaluated information for effective direction in program operations.

Independently plans and initiates fact finding, qualitative, and quantitative analysis, providing and analyzing data and developing recommendations from a variety of alternatives, and identifying ways to optimize efficiency and resource utilization.

Conducts in-depth analysis and overall staffing needs for the agency through qualitative and quantitative analysis for the healthcare group and specialty services.

Identifies scenarios of a financial, operational or clinical nature for analysis, completes analysis and takes action to remedy problems identified through analysis, and collaborates and coordinates system level changes that influence efficiency, quality, and/or cost for organizational operations.

Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours a week; Monday to Friday , 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst/PD13163O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required