Management and Program Analyst

Management and Program Analyst

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Lexington, Kentucky

Salary Range: $89508 - $116362 Per Year

Job Summary: The Management and Program Analyst serves as a high-level administrative expert for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service (PMRS), reporting directly to the PMRS Chief. This position is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of all PMRS programs in alignment with the PMRS mission, Lexington VA Health Care System (LVAHCS) goals, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards.

Major Duties:

• The incumbent will provide leadership in strategic administrative planning, resource allocation, performance improvement, and oversight of daily operations. This position requires a mastery of qualitative and quantitative methods for assessing program effectiveness and complex management systems. Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Manages and oversees all PMRS resources, including financial, personnel, and equipment. Develops and implements strategies for the efficient allocation of resources to support PMRS programs. and services. Approves expenditures for all non-recurring items, ensuring they align with budget priorities. Works with Human Resources (HR) and Credentialing and Privileging (C&P) on the hiring of PMRS staff, establishing priorities for personnel, services, supplies, and equipment. Develops and implements standardized performance metrics to measure the quality and timeliness of administrative support services. Identifies long term trends in workload, acuity, and costs to forecast future program requirements. Translates findings into comprehensive business plans and strategic decision papers for executive leadership. Develops administrative norms and procedures for the allocation and distribution of resources across the service. Applies a mastery of advanced management and organizational principles to analyze the administrative health of service. Serves as the senior management analyst responsible for the comprehensive evaluation of PMRS program effectiveness. Analyzes interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity to develop authoritative recommendations for organizational restructuring. Analyzes the efficiency of administrative support functions across multiple campuses and CBOCs. Develops new administrative criteria and internal policies to ensure compliance and optimize program performance. Designs and conducts complex management studies to resolve substantive problems in health care delivery. Develops new criteria for measuring program accomplishments and evaluates the effectiveness of PMRS programs. Utilizes advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques to mine and interpret data from VHA sources. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework-ADHOC: This position may be authorized for ADHOC telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Management and Program Analyst/PD596-30563A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/22/2026. 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. 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-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: Knowledge of the overall mission, functions, and organization of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service (PMRS), the Medical Center, and the VISN; Knowledge of management principles and organizational theory to conduct studies of substantial scope regarding the efficiency of health care delivery systems; Mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques to measure the effectiveness of PMRS programs, including the VISN 9 Network Site for Polytrauma and Amputee Systems of Care; and Knowledge to independently design and conduct comprehensive management studies, analyze new legislation and VHA Directives, and translate external requirements into internal policies. Preferred Experience: Experience in management roles such as supervisory, managerial, or executive positions involving coordination or oversight of programs, people or teams. 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 primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required, such as standing, walking, bending, or carrying light items. 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/.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/22/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12955673. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-22