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Management and Program Analyst (Legislative Strategy, Development & Implementation)
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 64 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $122K – $158K Apply by Jul 20, 2026 Management And Program Analysis ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This position is in Education Service (EDU). The program encompasses department-wide responsibility for activities relating to the Post-9/11 GI Bill (CH33), the Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (MGIB), the GI Bill-Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR), Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA), and Work-Study Program. The Strategy, Legislative Development and Implementation team is responsible for developing effective long-term strategies related to education benefits.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: The incumbent serves as a Management and Program Analyst assigned to Education Service Central Office, within the Program Management Division.
- →The incumbent reports to the Supervisory Management and Program Analyst, Strategy, Legislative Development and Implementation Team.
- →Develops legislative proposals for the President's legislative agenda and maintains knowledge of current trends in higher education, and reviews decisions of the Court of Veterans Claims and General Counsel opinions to decide if corrective legislative action is needed.
- →When a legislative proposal would affect more than the Education business line, the incumbent works with representatives of other services in the Veterans Benefits Administration to ensure education legislative proposals complement those of other business lines.
- →Monitors and tracks legislation introduced in Congress that would impact VA education programs.
- →Analyzes legislation, prepares written summaries, and develops Education Service's views.
- →Gathers information, collects data, and works closely with the Office of Financial Management Budget staff to develop cost estimates.
- →Estimates the amount of General Operating Expense funds needed to implement proposed legislation.
- →Tracks proposed legislation from introduction to enactment.
- →Prepares draft testimony on VA education benefit programs for congressional hearings before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and House Committee on Veterans Affairs.
- →Performs analytical and evaluative work associated with business line and/or program activities.
- →Leads and works in collaboration with team members or employees to ensure tasks are completed and that good working relationships among team members and with management are maintained.
- →Leads as needed and participates on a team of management and program analysts responsible for conducting research and development projects.
- →The projects will either support the development of strategies needed to meet customer needs; be used in budget forecasting; or needed to formulate legislative proposals.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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, 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.
- ✓There is no education substitution.
Personality Fit
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