Supervisory Social Science Program Specialist (Workflow Coordinator)

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Veteran's Health Administration, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (OMHSP), Veteran's Crisis Line's (VCL), Clinical Operations.

This position oversees a staff of subordinate Social Science Program Specialists who ensure delivery of evidence-based practices in suicide prevention and crisis intervention at the national and international level for Veterans.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/24/2026.

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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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.

Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (SPF) (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to, and essential for, satisfactory performance of the job).

Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet the SPF are ineligible for further consideration.

The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Advanced mastery of crisis risk assessment skills to ensure the provision of emergency crisis interventions to a complex and high-risk population.

Individual Occupational Requirement: In order to meet the basic requirement of the Supervisory Social Science Program Specialist (Workflow Coordinator), 0101 series, you must possess one of the following: 1.

Degree in behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) or 2.

Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

(TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) or 3.

Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

If you meet the IOR above, you may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-12 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

In order to meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet 5/7 of the following examples of specialized experience: Planned and assigned work, approved training requests, set priorities and deadlines, evaluated progress and outcomes, developed performance standards and evaluated work performance of employees.

Provided advice and instructions on technical and administrative issues, made or approved selections and other personnel actions, heard and resolved formal and informal complaints and grievances.

Assessed the daily schedule of staff and identified any potential gaps or overstaffing. Ensured regulatory compliance and service level agreements are met and/or exceeded.

Handled unique staff/case issues that my arise in a crisis call center environment and initiated and carried out contingency and emergency procedures as needed.

Provided crisis risk assessment skills to ensure the provision of emergency crisis interventions to a complex and high-risk population.

Collaborated with internal and external partners to carry out evaluations of program operations to identify areas for improvement, development and implementing and evaluating efficacy of improvement efforts.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Technical Competence: Understands and appropriately applies procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise (for example, engineering, physical science, law, or accounting); maintains credibility with others on technical matters.

Planning and Evaluating: Determines objectives and strategies; coordinates with other parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors and evaluates the progress and outcomes of operational plans; anticipates potential threats or opportunities.

Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; uses sound reasoning to arrive at conclusions; finds alternative solutions to complex problems; distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical judgements.

Attention To Detail: Identifies and analyzes problems; uses sound reasoning to arrive at conclusions; finds alternative solutions to complex problems; distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical judgements.

Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Supervisory Probationary Period: One-year period - Your appointment is subject to completion of a one-year supervisory probationary period.

Failure to complete the probationary period successfully can result in your placement into a position of no lower grade and pay than the one that you left to accept this supervisory position.

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. There may be some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of light items, but no unusual physical demands.

Travel away from the work site may be required to attend meetings or conferences.

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:

The major duties of this position include but are not limited to: Supervises a team of Social Science Program Specialists.

Meets regularly with direct reports and program staff to understand and meet changing customer requirements and to establish proprieties.

Exercises the full range of supervisory responsibilities including planning and assigning work, approving training requests, setting priorities and deadlines, evaluating progress and outcomes, developing performance standards and evaluating work performance of employees.

Provide advice and instructions on technical and administrative issues, making or approving selections and other personnel actions, hearing and resolving formal and informal complaints and grievances.

Assesses the daily schedule of staff(inbound call center, text/chat and email) and identifies any potential gaps or overstaffing.

Ensures regulatory compliance and service level agreements are met and/or exceeded.

Handles unique staff/case issues that my arise in a crisis call center environment and initiates and carries out contingency and emergency procedures as needed.

Collaborates with other program areas such as timekeeping, workforce management , analytics, knowledge management, quality management as need and as assigned.

Work Schedule: To Be Determined, will work evenings or overnights as well as weekends. Compressed/Flexible: Available Remote: This is a remote position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Social Science Program Specialist (Workflow Coordinator)/PD61280A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not authorized