Management and Program Analyst

The Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Management and Program Analyst in the Enterprise Procurement Office, Denver Logistics Center (DLC), supporting program and project management activities to help Veterans, their dependents, and survivors access nationally contracted prosthetic and prosthetic-support devices by providing critical information, guidance, and assistance that ensure timely and effective procurement and availability.

Major duties

The incumbent serves as the program analyst for the DLC performing duties such as staff administration, analysis, developing, evaluating, or promoting improvements in the policies, plans, methods, procedures, systems, or techniques of DLC programs. The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Provides comprehensive project support to the Denver Logistics Center (DLC), ensuring effective coordination and execution of long-standing commodity programs, emerging program initiatives, and assigned special projects. Engages with all levels of internal management, Program Leadership, and Senior Executive Service leadership to define project goals and objectives, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and operational needs. Prepares action plans and schedules for various phases of project accomplishment, both short and long-range. Identifies problem areas and re-adjusts schedules and deadlines to accommodate issues. Leads project studies and planning efforts and assist DLC management, staff, and customers to ensure projects progress according to schedule, cost, and quality expectations. Analyzes project data, requirements, and impacts to identify issues and determine effective resolutions, and manage project resources to achieve established goals and objectives. Tracks and supports multiple concurrent projects and maintain project milestones, support materials, and work products in an organized and efficient manner. Conducts briefings, prepares reports, keeps all levels of management and leadership advised of project plans/progress, and communicates findings and recommendations. Resolves any relationship problems or conflicts that impede progress ensures that all involved parties work effectively toward timely completion of the project. Promotes a work environment that emphasizes customer service, high quality standards, innovation, and creative accomplishment of work Manages broad supply chain program responsibilities and apply an integrated understanding of acquisition and supply chain processes within the DLC business model. Apply a full lifecycle understanding of items from conception and acquisition through contracting, ordering, receipt, cataloging, storage, distribution, use, refurbishment, and disposal. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level GS-13 without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade GS-12 level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in affect and selectees will be required to report to in person work unless they have an approved exemption. Telework: Available on an Adhoc Basis Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Management and Program Analyst/PD20434A and PD20433A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/09/2026. 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. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12.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 some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience for the GS-12 level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Conducts qualitative and quantitative analyses, including statistical review, linear regression, and time-series techniques to assess program efficiency and effectiveness.
• Supports program/project management activities by preparing project papers, business cases, work breakdown structures, timelines, and workload reports.
• Assists in developing and organizing briefings, reports, and presentations for Denver Logistics Service (DLS)/ Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC) management to explain findings and encourage acceptance of recommendations.
• Researches and analyzes issues impacting acquisition, logistics, or supply chain operations and recommends initial corrective actions to resolve program challenges.
• Monitors and integrate project activities and resources, helping ensure alignment with DLS, National Acquisition Center (NAC) OALC, and Veterans Affairs (VA) strategic goals.
• Maintains project documentation systems and tracks status while preparing snapshot reports and supporting responses to enterprise requests including Freedom of Information Act inquiries, protests, and Congressional questions.

Specialized Experience for the GS-13 level:

• Evaluates complex acquisition, logistics, and integration programs, performing advanced data analysis to drive decisions on program effectiveness, cost efficiency, and process improvement independently.
• Serves as a senior analyst and advisor to OALC/DLS/NAC leadership, developing high-level reports, policy reviews, and decision papers on program operations, resourcing, and strategic alignment.
• Leads cross-functional projects by coordinating stakeholders across the enterprise while identifying risks and recommending solutions to improve mission performance.
• Conducts evaluative analyses of established or emerging programs, including cost-effectiveness, resource utilization, industry best practices, and regulatory compliance and provides actionable recommendations.
• Represents the DLC/OALC at internal and external meetings, conferences, and engagements; prepares and delivers complex briefings to senior VA leadership.
• Provides expert support to contracting officers in monitoring contractor performance, reviewing deliverables, verifying requirements, and ensuring successful implementation of project outcomes.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list series and grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary although some walking, stooping, bending, reaching, and carrying of loads weighing 25 to 40+ pounds is required. The employee typically works indoors in an environment involving everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices or meeting rooms. Observance of normal safety practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and fails, and observance of fire regulations is required. The area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications:

• GS-12: Demonstrated ability in maintaining project documentation systems, tracks status, prepares snapshot reports, and supports enterprise information requests while performing routine analytical and administrative tasks that require developing proficiency and applying established methods.
• GS-13: Independently manages complex documentation and reporting needs, oversees project status and enterprise information requests, and applies advanced analytical judgment to resolve issues and improve processes across multiple programs with greater independence.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Local Commuting Area: The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from Golden Colorado. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from 555 Corporate Circle, Golden, CO 80401-5621.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary 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 (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. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one year probationary period or two 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 one year probationary period or two year trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.