Program Analyst

Summary

The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System is currently recruiting for one Program Analyst in the Engineering Service at Tucson, Arizona. The incumbent serves as a Project Manager/Analyst under the supervision of the Chief Construction Projects of the Engineering Service.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Provide the overall management, control, supervision and execution of assigned construction programs and projects to include space utilization and capital asset improvements. Manage the development and execution of capital project scope, budget and schedule and maintains the Capital Asset Inventory (CAI) and Strategic Capital Investment Program (SCIP) for designated programs/projects. Control and/or manage project milestones, budgets from initial studies through construction and initial operations. Review and/or analyze cost reports to assure charges are authorized and appropriate. Evaluate i.e. design objectives, complex technical calculations, identifies most economical, efficient procedures for project design and performance considering all influences. Conduct and/or provide professional advisory services pertaining to the observation, examination, measurement, analysis, mapping and description of physical and cultural features and phenomena. Coordinate the planning, design, cost engineering, construction, and environmental considerations, etc., for construction projects varying scope and complexity as measured by their diversity, geographical area, management demands, technical intricacies, and public/regulatory issues. Represent and/or serve as the station's primary point of contact for assigned projects with customer(s), Federal, state and local government agencies, other external organizations and higher authorities. Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday thru Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Compressed/Flexible: Not authorized. Telework: This position may be authorized Ad-hoc telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst/PD12273A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Physical Requirements: Assignments regularly involve long periods of standing, bending, climbing ladders, and stooping to observe and study work operations in an industrial, storage, or comparable work area.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/06/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Manage controls, coordinates, and executes assigned construction programs and projects; developing Project Management Plans; integrating all project scope and criteria, schedules and milestones, budgets, and responsibilities of participating parties and contingencies and performance measurement criteria; oversight of space management move coordination, equipment budgeting and acquisitions, and special impact projects; Analyze cost reports to assure changes are authorized and accurate; review project progress, measuring performance and effects necessary corrective actions to maintain schedule and cost; engage stakeholders from within the agency, local, national, individual Veterans, Veteran Services Organizations, professional organizations and National governmental oversight and regulatory agencies. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.