Program Analyst

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/04/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Applicants must submit documentation verifying that they meet time-in-grade requirements in accordance with federal regulations.

Human Resources will not review or access official personnel records to determine eligibility if supporting documentation is not provided. Failure to submit required documentation will result in an ineligible rating. Verification of time-in-grade must be supported by documentation submitted with the application package. In the absence of such documentation, Human Resources will not access personnel records to validate eligibility, and the applicant may be rated ineligible.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. GS-11: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience with the management, assessment, design, integration, modification, maintenance, and analysis of programs and processes related to the field of informatics including administrative and clinical data and data management services or systems and the electronic health record (EHR) and related systems; Experience in data and analytics including data collection, transformation, analysis, and dissemination; gathering, developing, and interpreting data from various information systems; proficiency in producing presentations and reports; Experience with software and hardware programs and systems to assist with installation or troubleshoot and correct issues that may occur and Specialized knowledge and experience with Veterans Integrated Systems Technology Architecture (VistA) packages that support the service is needed to ensure the success of this integration..