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Economist
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in Loan Guaranty Service (LGY) and reports to the Principal Assistant Director, Administration. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as an Economist responsible for providing objective, expert public policy analysis and advice to VBA Senior leadership and Loan Guaranty's (LGY) Senior Leadership team (SLT). This includes preparing objective, nonpartisan, and innovative research and analysis on public policy issues that impact the VA Home Loan program.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: Providing authoritative technical advice to leadership on various economic issues affecting VA Home Loan Guaranty stakeholders, policies, and operations; recommends actions consistent with evidence-based policymaking principles.
- →Developing and drafting of economic impact analyses, including Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) analyses, for proposed and final regulatory changes.
- →Identifying emerging economic issues that will be of concern to the operation of the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program.
- →Drafting economic research and studies covering a wide range of government financing matters.
- →Written analyses reflect development and/or interpretation of complex information, comparison of policy alternatives, and recommendations and findings pertinent to public policies of national-level program significance.
- →Reviewing VA's and other federal agencies' policies and practices to evaluate the effectiveness of the VA's Home Loan Guaranty Program and to anticipate the effect of economic, regulatory, and legislative change.
- →Liaising with program regulatory and budget personnel to ensure budgetary estimates for proposed legislative, regulatory, and policy/program changes are accurate and complete.
- →Assisting with contract economic services, including planning/preparing new assignments, providing ongoing subject matter expertise and support, and reviewing contractor deliverables.
- →Promotion Potential: No promotion potential Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 6:00AM-6:00PM Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available, as determined by the agency policy.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Economist; PD# 382370 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR a 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements I-9 Acceptable Documents.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.
Benefits
- ★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.
- ★Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
- ★VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service.
- ★This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
- ★Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7101bc89-c3f5-4f16-afc8-5b877bf4f3d5
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