Summary The Suicide Prevention Program (SPP) is focused upon VA’s public health approach to suicide prevention. The incumbent may support multiple SPP projects, programs, educational ventures, and improvement work for enterprise program/project domains within the VHA structure. The incumbent will develop and promote effective and efficient procurement planning, enhancing SPP’s capability to develop proper and accurate contract requirements and documentation. Responsibilities This announcement will close on 03/07/2023. The first 100 applications received will receive first consideration. Applications that are submitted after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the date in which the initial cut-off number has been reached will not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. Program Administration Uses a wide range of advanced analytical techniques, statistician methods, and tools to collect baseline information, identify limitations in current systems, and discover potential improvements. Develops the appropriate statistical, graphical, and narrative reports and communicate these studies to the SPP leadership, medical center leadership, and in national or VISN-wide forums. Ensure sustainability and spread of efforts directed at improving quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency using management engineering. Collaborates with SPP management to ensure that improvements to processes are spread to other work units and locations and that these improvements are sustained over time. To this end, the incumbent will develop methods for the measurement and assessment of spread and sustainability. Works with other individuals and services to develop automated systems for tracking improvement (data trending, data dashboards, and balanced scorecards) and for monitoring project progress and completion (project management, “closing the loop”). Provides consultative support on identifying appropriate process measures and monitors for quality and performance improvement. Helps performance teams develop process maps and data collection and analysis strategies to measure current capabilities. The incumbent will work with teams to identify measurement and monitoring strategies that balance effort with effectiveness based on sound statistical analysis. Coordinates oversight and leadership for the analysis; implementation, spread and maintenance of SPP projects and initiatives related to mental health and/or public health and/or suicide prevention. Contracting Officer Representative Assesses the productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of high-complexity contracting program operations and interpreting and applying Federal regulations, contractual specifications, terms and conditions to evaluate Federal contractor performance while reacting quickly to changing requirements and prioritizing completion of COR tasks. Applies analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of contract service support program operations; specialized knowledge of contract administration principles, policies, concepts, and objectives to monitor and evaluate contractor accomplishments with regard to technical adequacy, consistency and compliance with policies, procedures, directives, etc. to ensure progress toward goals, meeting of milestones, optimum data conditions, forecasting, planning, funding programs, etc. Reviews, investigates, analyzes, and evaluates contractor performance to ensure contractual compliance. Performs discussions with contracting offices and assures compliance with the contracts. Evaluates and recommends approval/disapproval of contractor’s standard operating procedures and quality control plans for assigned contracts. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm EST Virtual/Remote: This is a remote position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD03046A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/07/2023. 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. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, “Notification of Personnel Action” to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. 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. AND Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a 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 it are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Must have Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives II (FAC-COR II) certified. AND You may qualify based on your 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. Specialized experience is defined as Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and/or executive leadership, and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems Regulations and standards of various regulatory and standards of fiscal management, tracking HR recruitment and processing and executive level summary briefings Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee’s position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit OPM’s web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/alph-ndx.asp. Education Additional Information COVID-19 Pandemic Expanded Telework Program – Due to COVID-19, VA is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement. Management officials will provide information about returning to the official, pre-pandemic worksite, when applicable. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework depending upon the terms of your organization’s telework policy and the duties of the position.VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https://www.opm.gov/. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
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