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Program Analyst
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 1 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $64K – $118K Apply by Jun 24, 2026 Management And Program Analysis ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This position is in the VA Central Office Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Service. The Program Analyst performs qualitative and quantitative data collections and analysis to report pertinent information needed to carry out VR&E mission. This position may be filled in Washington DC or Nashville TN.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: The incumbent works as a team member to develop or refine data processing techniques for the purpose of automating data calculations to enhance reporting capabilities for the VR&E program.
- →Designs and conduct program reviews and performance assessments to evaluate VR&E effectiveness, efficiency, workload, and service delivery outcomes.
- →Develop and deploy real-time data for evidence-based decision making throughout the enterprise by leveraging existing and future technology.
- →Analyzes and identifies program areas which can be improved by evidence-based decision making, driven by data.
- →Furnishes expert advice and technical assistance on issues concerned with proposed policies and procedural changes that may significantly affect the data intake and processing of Veterans claims and services.
- →Uses SQL to extract, join, and transform data from VR&E and enterprise data sources (e.g., relational databases, reporting repositories) to create repeatable analytic datasets that support performance measurement and program analysis.
- →Builds and maintain validation routines and control tables (e.g., record of counts by key dimensions, referential integrity checks, duplicate detection, exception reporting, and trend-break alerts) to ensure data accuracy, completeness and consistency across reporting cycles.
- →Translates stakeholder questions into reporting specifications and metric definitions; establishes acceptance criteria and performs quality assurance reviews to verify calculations, filters, drill paths, and narrative interpretation.
- →Uses enterprise reporting and visualization platforms (e.g., OBIEE, Power BI, Tableau, or comparable tools) and supporting software (e.g., Excel) to present results clearly and accurately.
- →Maintains reporting governance artifacts (metric catalog, change log, logic statements, key data dictionary elements, and lineage summaries) to promote consistent interpretation and controlled change management.
- →Coordinates with OIT, data owners, and support resources (internal or external) to resolve data quality issues, remediate defects, and implement enhancements.
- →Communicates status, risks, and impacts to leadership and stakeholders and support implementation planning to ensure solutions align with operational needs and reporting standards.
- →Develops user guides and instructions for VR&E staff on analytic products and reporting functionality.
- →Provides training and information sessions for users and other interested parties, and responds to questions to improve adoption and correct interpretation of measures.
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.
- ✓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
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