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This position is located at the VA's Office of Construction and Facilities Management. This is a remote position and salary and location will be adjusted once a candidate has been selected.
Rest of the U.S, Pay Scale:
GS-13: $98,496 - $128,043
GS-14: $116,393 - $151,308
11/14/2023 to 11/24/2023
$98,496 - $151,308 per year
GS 13 - 14
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes
Not applicable, this is a remote position.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
14
No
No
RP-23-VSF-12197734-113-MP
760272700
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
Open to status eligible applicants.
The incumbent serves as a Health System Specialist (Planner) in one of CFM's Regional Offices reporting to the Office of Facilities Planning; Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM); Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction; Office of the Secretary; Department of Veterans Affairs. CFM is responsible for executing the major construction and leasing programs and for providing technical support to field stations. CFM provides full project construction and contract management services for VHA, NCA, VBA, and staff offices for major projects (design and construction) from capital asset application approval thorough client occupancy and resolution for any contractor claims.
Provides critical expertise and program skills in the integrated fields of health care operations and facilities planning, including expertise in planning (master planning, project planning, and Business Case Analysis) to VA's departments and staff offices. This includes space planning, parametric cost analysis and OMB-300 development to deliver VA' s capital investment budget and programming for health care facilities portfolio management. Monitors, evaluates, and responds to a substantive range of health care facility issues, as well as other departmental needs to support effective management of VA's facility assets. Facilities asset management considers the entire lifecycle of a facility. Applies lifecycle approaches that allow facilities to plan strategically to link day-to-day operations to facility investments and organizational missions. Embraces goals established by CFM and VA's Strategic Plan and major initiatives underway to improve the condition and capability of VA's health care delivery platforms to deliver optimal support to caregivers in delivering patient care.
As a senior specialist, engages in coordinative work involving substantive programs and the challenging range of health care facility issues and problems faced by VHA enterprises in managing and improving the multi-billion-dollar portfolio of health care facilities platforms on a nationwide basis. Primary focus of the duties is to participate and contribute to complex coordinative work with VHA and NCA personnel to originate, evaluate, and improve program planning and space needs, with emphasis on various functional health care facility planning needs for the various specialties comprising the health care fields. Provides expert, front-line contribution to management in developing facilities investment solutions. Work performed by the incumbent requires superior analytical and communication skills to effectively assist and influence standing working groups and officials on a wide range of complex issues and substantive facilities lifecycle management and capital investment programs.
Work schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Available
Telework: Available
There is no education substitution at this grade level, However, you mush meet the Basic Education requirement.
Education Requirement:
Degree: Undergraduate or Graduate level degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related field such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.
OR
Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying healthcare administration, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the impact of design and construction on healthcare operations. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following:
PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.
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 (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. 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/.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
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