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Program Specialist
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 69 days ago
Hybrid Boston, MA $57K – $91K Apply by Jul 16, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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The Program Specialist position is located in the VBA at the Boston, Manchester, and White River Junction (BMW) Regional Offices in the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division. The incumbent is responsible for assisting with technical management of the VR&E caseload, providing assistance to Veteran clients, scheduling of orientations, timekeeping, IT coordination functions, management of IRIS inquiries, VR&E corporate mailbox(es), IPPS, e-VA , and the centralized mail portals.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Analyzes and prepares program status reports for review at all levels.
- →Responsible for internal controls and Division System Analysis of Operation (SAO) reports.
- →Plans and/or accomplishes special projects.
- →Performs a variety of duties related to special projects involving program issues that contain complicating elements.
- →Maintains diaries, collects data, and prepares recurring reports for VR&E internal controls, and other SAO reports (group orientation appointments, national STAR reviews, local QA, receipt of contractor reports, and division overtime funds).
- →Communicates internally and externally with the full range of agency stakeholders.
- →Evaluates, processes, or makes recommendations for effective organizational changes.
- →Performs organizational analysis for changes in the functional areas of division.
- →Incumbent is responsible for serving as Division Timekeeper.
- →Incumbent ensures that all leave is appropriately entered into the VATAS system.
- →Leave such as FMLA is tracked appropriately and all timecards are certified to schedule.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
- →The grade progression for this position is GS-07/09.
Requirements
- ✓If 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 period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Additional Conditions of Employment are as follows: You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓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.
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 79371535-d134-4e2c-9234-9d512bda1ba2
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