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Program Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 34 days ago
On-site Loma Linda, CA $87K – $113K Apply by Aug 21, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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The Program Specialist position is responsible as a program manger for the planning, organization, integration, development, direction, evaluation and forecasting of all aspects of Facilities Management Service's operation's planning, management, and budgetary formulation and administration throughout the Service. This position reports directly to the Maintenance Sustainment Unit Supervisor under the Section of the Chief of Maintenance and Operations.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Analyzes and resolves a wide variety of complex technical, operational and management issues.
- →Monitors, gathers, plans, organizes, directs, evaluates and manages the process for all duties related to budgetary funding.
- →Oversees a variety of service and maintenance contracts.
- →Adapts, modifies or makes compromises with proven concepts and practices.
- →Works independently to continuously analyze all operations and its annual budget to make recommendations to the Supervisor about how to make the service more operationally efficient and cost effective.
- →Executes self-directed and mutually assigned projects and initiatives, analyzing a wide variety of facility planning program issues.
- →Tracks and monitors a multitude of ongoing studies and projects, briefing the facility leaderships on project status.
- →Assists managers and technical specialists in identifying business areas with potential for significant quality improvement or realignment.
- →Collaborates with other subject matter experts in conducting appropriate studies related to the development of planning initiatives; determine the methodology and gathering data that is factual, historical, and statistical to meet study objectives.
- →Synthesis of data, assembly into preliminary report form, findings, and recommendations, soliciting and consolidating stakeholder input and feedback, resolution of differences and development of the final report.
- →Completes qualitative and quantitative studies including financial reports and cost effectiveness analyses.
- →Reviews policies and procedures that are in conformance with the overall philosophy related to all aspects of the healthcare programs.
- →Reviews the program budget initiatives subsequent justifications and defends for the program to the Supervisor as needed.
- →Provides guidance and advise on facility management program specific matters such as handling legislative issues/changes in finance, the development and implementation of policy focused on managing projects with population benefit, program initiatives for service integration, or protocol issues.
Requirements
- ✓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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-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.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
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