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Program Specialist
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 46 days ago
Hybrid Oakland, CA $68K – $100K Apply by Aug 7, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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As a Program Specialist in the Veteran Readiness & Employment Division (VR&E), is responsible for administrative and technical work, managing the efficient and effective coordination and accomplishment of the programs VR&E provides to servicemembers and their dependents. Responsible for assisting the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors (VRC) and the Employment Coordinators (EC) with technical management of the VR&E caseload and aiding Veteran clients.
What You'll Do
- →The Major duties of the Program Specialist: Oversees the management, control, and execution of office programs, develop action plans to achieve established goals, assess program effectiveness, and coordinate with various stakeholders and entities to ensure program success.
- →Offers program specifications guidance to Veterans, managers, staff, and representatives from other Federal agencies, as well as developing support agreements and Memoranda of Understanding with other Federal agencies while ensuring compliance with the agreements.
- →Organizes the procurement of services and evaluates invoices in accordance with the contract's requirements.
- →Conducts outreach assistance to candidates, providing program information, assessing candidates' eligibility for the program, and making referrals for placement.
- →Develops and recommends programming decisions that impact long and short-range goals, ensuring the accomplishment of individual program objectives and milestones within the overall program objectives, compliance, and analyzing program information data to provide a comprehensive assessment of the program.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday- Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM.
- →Compressed/Flexible: Not Available.
- →Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only.
- →The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday.
- →Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval.
- →Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist; PD417080 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized .
- →Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may 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, you may be 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 You may be required to serve a probationary or trial period 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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.
- ✓You may submit unofficial transcripts when applying.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8c41a57f-4f06-4f03-b469-cccfb57ca8df
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