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Program Specialist - Executive Assistant
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 8 days ago
Hybrid Denver, CO $107K – $140K Apply by Jun 17, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ESFJISFJ
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Executive Assistant to the Director and Deputy Directors of Compensation Service (CS) in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). Responsible for the coordination of administrative activities and providing technical support to CS Leadership. Assists CS Leadership with an extensive scope of matters other than those involving policy decisions and major management actions. Coordinates office activities for the front office and with other top VBA management officials.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: Serves as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Executive Director (DED) of Policy and Procedures in Compensation Service.
- →Reviews internal processes and procedures and provides recommendations for process improvements, as appropriate.
- →Provides regular and comprehensive administrative and operational oversight and guidance in Policy and Procedures, ensuring compliance with VBA directives and its overarching mission.
- →Reviews organizational proposals for Policy and Procedures and advises the Deputy Executive Director on implications of the proposals, and makes recommendations to approve, disapprove, or modify specific proposals, many of which have Department-wide impact.
- →Evaluates the content of new or modified legislation for projected impact on VBA's transformation and innovation efforts and assigns work as appropriate within Policy and Procedures staffs.
- →Responsible for detailed staff coordination and operations to ensure the DED is continually prepared for all decisions, administrative matters, and sensitive items, throughout the program.
- →Ensure policies and/or issues have been fully coordinated, vetted, and staffed, and advises the DED on implications, key issues, to include affected relationships with interested groups, both internal and external, and recommends courses of action.
- →Reviews calendars, events, documents, etc. to ensure coordination with required offices is complete and conflicts are resolved before DED review.
- →Responsible for coordination of major staff actions and events, ensuring consistency with overall direction and guidance.
- →Coordinates with VBA leadership and external partners for major, sensitive, and cross functional issues.
- →Uses expert skill in creating, organizing, reviewing, and editing a variety of documents to ensure they are technically sound and grammatically correct, and are appropriate for the intended audience.
- →Regularly advising senior management officials on complex, sensitive, controversial, and highly sensitive issues which may impact or shape the future direction of Operations programs.
- →Communicates with internal and external customers in a courteous, tactful, and helpful manner.
- →Interacts in a businesslike and courteous manner with others to facilitate the accomplishment of work.
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 for GS 14.
Personality Fit
Job ID: c934de2d-3458-4658-9132-551b57b29ea7
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