Portfolio Manager

Portfolio Manager

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Los Angeles, California, Washington, District of Columbia

Salary Range: $167603 - $195200 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located within the Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) Service , Office of Asset Enterprise Management, Department of Veterans Affairs which serves as the lead for the corporate-level capital asset management function and oversees capital asset activities to ensure a consistent and cohesive departmental approach and effective portfolio throughout the capital asset life cycle. The EUL program manages and implements the enhanced-use (public/private ventures) leasing program for VA.

Major Duties:

• This position serves as a Portfolio Manager with the Office of Asset Enterprise Management (OAEM), Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) Service. EUL is one of five main operational elements within OAEM and is responsible for managing and administering the EUL program, which allows VA to manage its underutilized property through leasing arrangements with other public and private sector entities. Through the EUL program, VA out-leases vacant and underutilized VA properties to development entities that finance, design, develop, construct, operate and maintain improvements to the property. The Enhanced Use Lease Program manages and implements the enhanced-use (public/private ventures) leasing program. The Department is authorized to grant long-term leases (up to 99 years) of underutilized VA property and facilities. The EUL supports the development and direction of each project through the approval process. Projects result in the establishment of such facilities as supportive housing and/or wrap-around services.As a portfolio manager, the employee is recognized as a technical authority in the full range of portfolio project activities. In this capacity, the employee leads and/or performs the following tasks in relation to unusually complex and unprecedented issues: researches and evaluates the uses of public/private ventures, special purpose entities; and alternative third-party financing structures; determines and develops the business plan for implementing the most beneficial entrepreneurial interest; assists in the development of acquisition and contracting documents; and monitors projects from inception through completion. The Portfolio Manager provides independent input during the study and analysis of possible enhanced-use assets, including examining the local market conditions, evaluating program and technical needs, and identifying feasibility in terms of short and long range needs and overall costs. The employee analyzes complex projects relating to repurposing of historic assets, reuse of vacant and underutilized VA land and buildings, prospective EUL developer proposals related to construction and renovation of buildings under the EUL authority, and provision of supportive and other services benefiting Veterans directly or indirectly. The employee serves as the key participant facilitating partnerships with the sponsoring VA facility, VA Administration, and/or private sector participants, and plans and coordinates program and project activities, along with evaluating and implementing the results. This position coordinates and overseas the overall planning, scheduling and integration of the various phases of project construction work, including pre-construction, kickoff meetings, regularly scheduled and ad hoc meeting during the construction phase, and activities associated with end of construction and transition to operational status. Duties include coordinating and overseeing aspects of operational EUL project oversight, representing the EUL program with local stakeholders and others as relevant. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Compressed/Flexible: To be determined by hiring manager. Location: Selectee will report to either the Washington D.C (810 Vermont Ave NW) or Los Angeles, CA (11301 Wilshire Boulevard) location. Telework: Ad-hoc, as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description #: PD1584423 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/28/2025. 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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. 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-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Conducting research on economic trends and related financial alternatives for construction and/or renovation; Presenting research findings to management officials; Coordinating the overall planning and integration of the various phases of project development and construction involving Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) and/or land management programs; Providing consultation and advisory services on for legislative process/legal precedent for use lease, public/private venture issues, and/or land management programs. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Creative Thinking Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Flexibility Listening Oral Communication Organizational Awareness Technical 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. 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 found well-qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications: Ensures that administration of departmental mission, vision, values, policy, regulations, and operational decisions are continually reflected in EUL Program policies, projects and initiatives. Conducts studies, chairs task forces, and develops new approaches, alternatives, and recommendations on project issues to the EUL Program Director. Discusses the process, problems, impacts, and implications of findings and makes final recommendations for action by higher level management. 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/. Local Commuting Area: The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from Washington, DC or Los Angeles, CA. This includes all locations that fall within a 50 mile driving distance from 810 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20420 or 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073. Physical Requirements: The work is principally sedentary with occasional site visits requiring extensive walking/touring of VA facilities. No special physical demands are required. The work may require travel for short periods of time. The work involves normal risks or discomforts associated with an office environment. The work area is usually adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://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 11/28/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12834777. 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. 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/ NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USA JOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Application page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USA JOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USA JOBS account or your application will be incomplete. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-28