Supervisory Health System Specialist

This Supervisory Health System Specialist position is with Veterans Health Administration (Department of Veterans Affairs) in Phoenix, AZ. This Supervisory Health System Specialist within the Office of Academic Affiliations provides expert analytical and information system support to VHA leaders at all levels, including design and management of national data tools, applications, and reporting solutions. The incumbent oversees the development and implementation of innovative data systems and products, evaluates and enhances information delivery, and serves as a resource and advisor on VHA data, technology, and management processes. Key duties: • Major Duties: Serves as a subject-matter resource in VHA data systems, management information tools, and information-delivery technologies, supporting broad program and policy needs. Oversees total quality management for all information products, ensuring technical integrity, accountability, and alignment with long-range strategic goals. Evaluates organizational data and systems, recommending improvements to information collection, analytical processes, and workflow efficiency to support organizational change and optimization. Participates on cross-functional teams addressing VHA policy, operational processes, academic affiliations, and clinical training priorities. Designs and develops national-level tools and knowledge products-including surveys, databases, reporting solutions, and enterprise applications-to support nationwide program oversight and decision-making. Leads development, maintenance, and oversight of data reporting systems and database applications, including Internet-based and Windows-based solutions, ensuring accuracy and reliability of technical output. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in-person work unless they are approved for an exception or an exemption. Any approval for an RTO exception, exemption, or extension will happen after a tentative job offer, but before a final job offer. Virtual: This position may be authorized for Virtual Work. Virtual Work eligibility is for current VA employees that are already subject to the return to the in-person work mandate in their current position. Definition of Virtual Work: Employee works outside of original hiring duty station at a VA-owned or leased space. Position Description Title/PD#: Supervisory Health System Specialist/PD029530 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. Promotion Potential: Selection will be at a full performance level GS-14. Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. This series requires an IOR (Individual Occupational Requirement) : Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. GS-14 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes, but not limited to: 1) Develop and implement project plans by defining required resources, aligning schedules, coordinating tasks across organizational units, monitoring performance and costs, and ensuring successful delivery of project outcomes. 2) Knowledge of the principles, procedures, and tools of data management, such as modeling techniques, data backup, data recovery, data dictionaries, data warehousing, data mining, data disposal, and data standardization processes. 3) Demonstrate strong knowledge of core data-management principles, including modeling techniques, data backup and recovery processes, data dictionaries, warehousing, mining, disposal, and standardization methods. 4) Identify potential obstacles, generate and compare alternatives, assess risks, and select the most appropriate solution to reach sound conclusions or resolve problems. Preferred Experience-knowledge in using Telerik UI for ASP.Net Core and ASP.Net AJEX software suite, as well as TOAD for SQL Data Modeling software suite. As described your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.1. Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume. 2. Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. 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. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.