Program Analyst
Duties include but are not limited to:
The purpose of the position is to provide technical oversight in performing data mining from numerous sources, such as, the station's VISN's (VDW) or corporate data (CDW) warehouses for the overall purpose of serving the WVAMC mission. The incumbent is responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of data mining, auditing and reporting for the purpose of supporting a wide range of projects assigned to others as end users of data. The position supports a wide range of projects that are assigned to others. This is accomplished by designing, and the implementation and evaluation of data mining, and the auditing and reporting of data and information. In addition, the incumbent is responsible for statistical analysis, maintaining standing reports and responding to non -recurring request for information. The work includes knowledge of electronic data files and tables, various software applications, setting statistical standards and reporting formats. Utilizes data sources such as ARC, VSSC, DSS, VA Data Warehouse to develop databases and provide regular reports to senior leadership regarding progress toward accomplishment of program goals and objectives and provides education to staff throughout the Medical Center. Evaluates processes and develops procedures and systems for assessing and evaluating the effectiveness and compliance of the VERA program. Coordinates and oversees the training of Clinical and non-clinical staff in appropriate clinical documentation to ensure maximum VERA reimbursement for the medical center. Incumbent will utilize software applications such as Excel, Access, PowerPoint and SQL to integrate the vast amounts of data residing in the VA corporate and hospital databases into usable reporting systems to provide quantitative and qualitative analysis, education, and data results. Completes facility data initiatives and data requests in a timely manner, participates in special projects and ongoing analyses. Oversees, on an ongoing basis with the technical and program coordinators, assessing all the updates and changes to department costing, checks that budgets, standards, relative value units, and interface map correctly to reflect the current variable and fixed costs. Prepares specific reports using national and regional metrics at request of management including the operation and use of the modules for forecasting, budgeting and modeling and executive decision support. Work Schedule:
Full-time - 8 am - 4:
30 pm Telework:
Not Available Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Program Analyst/PD052640 Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/16/2020. 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. 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 as described below:
You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience which equipped you the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position being filled. Specialized experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
experience analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of program operations and assisting management in decision making; conducting program analysis, collecting, integrating, and organizing data, preparing reports showing qualitative and quantitative trends and making recommendations to improve overall organizational performance; knowledge of management principles and processes and techniques of analysis and evaluation in order to conduct studies, identify, analyze and recommend solutions to problems; skill in applying fact-finding and investigative techniques to gather clear-cut factual evidence of administrative inefficiencies within clinical service lines or compliance with regulations; gathering information, identifying and analyzing issues and developing recommendation to resolve substantive problems of effectiveness and efficiency of work operations in a clinical or clinical support setting; identifying, compiling and monitoring data and providing analysis of issues and trends including charts, graphs and statistical data, and so forth. Your answer will be verified against information provided on your resume. If your resume does not clearly support your response by addressing your work experience in detail you will be disqualified. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Analysis and Problem SolvingCommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence 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:
Work is normally performed in an office setting with periodic field visits to the field offices. The work environment involves every-day risks or discomforts, which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles. The work area is adequately lit, heated, and ventilated. Work may require occasional travel. 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/.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
The purpose of the position is to provide technical oversight in performing data mining from numerous sources, such as, the station's VISN's (VDW) or corporate data (CDW) warehouses for the overall purpose of serving the WVAMC mission. The incumbent is responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of data mining, auditing and reporting for the purpose of supporting a wide range of projects assigned to others as end users of data. The position supports a wide range of projects that are assigned to others. This is accomplished by designing, and the implementation and evaluation of data mining, and the auditing and reporting of data and information. In addition, the incumbent is responsible for statistical analysis, maintaining standing reports and responding to non -recurring request for information. The work includes knowledge of electronic data files and tables, various software applications, setting statistical standards and reporting formats. Utilizes data sources such as ARC, VSSC, DSS, VA Data Warehouse to develop databases and provide regular reports to senior leadership regarding progress toward accomplishment of program goals and objectives and provides education to staff throughout the Medical Center. Evaluates processes and develops procedures and systems for assessing and evaluating the effectiveness and compliance of the VERA program. Coordinates and oversees the training of Clinical and non-clinical staff in appropriate clinical documentation to ensure maximum VERA reimbursement for the medical center. Incumbent will utilize software applications such as Excel, Access, PowerPoint and SQL to integrate the vast amounts of data residing in the VA corporate and hospital databases into usable reporting systems to provide quantitative and qualitative analysis, education, and data results. Completes facility data initiatives and data requests in a timely manner, participates in special projects and ongoing analyses. Oversees, on an ongoing basis with the technical and program coordinators, assessing all the updates and changes to department costing, checks that budgets, standards, relative value units, and interface map correctly to reflect the current variable and fixed costs. Prepares specific reports using national and regional metrics at request of management including the operation and use of the modules for forecasting, budgeting and modeling and executive decision support. Work Schedule:
Full-time - 8 am - 4:
30 pm Telework:
Not Available Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Program Analyst/PD052640 Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/16/2020. 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. 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 as described below:
You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience which equipped you the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position being filled. Specialized experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
experience analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of program operations and assisting management in decision making; conducting program analysis, collecting, integrating, and organizing data, preparing reports showing qualitative and quantitative trends and making recommendations to improve overall organizational performance; knowledge of management principles and processes and techniques of analysis and evaluation in order to conduct studies, identify, analyze and recommend solutions to problems; skill in applying fact-finding and investigative techniques to gather clear-cut factual evidence of administrative inefficiencies within clinical service lines or compliance with regulations; gathering information, identifying and analyzing issues and developing recommendation to resolve substantive problems of effectiveness and efficiency of work operations in a clinical or clinical support setting; identifying, compiling and monitoring data and providing analysis of issues and trends including charts, graphs and statistical data, and so forth. Your answer will be verified against information provided on your resume. If your resume does not clearly support your response by addressing your work experience in detail you will be disqualified. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Analysis and Problem SolvingCommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence 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:
Work is normally performed in an office setting with periodic field visits to the field offices. The work environment involves every-day risks or discomforts, which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles. The work area is adequately lit, heated, and ventilated. Work may require occasional travel. 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/.
- Department:
0343 Management And Program Analysis - Salary Range:
$83,397 to $108,421 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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