Program Analyst (Watch Officer)

This position is located in the Office of Mission Support. The incumbent is a Program Analyst reporting to the Supervisor, Watch Officers Team. The primary place of duty is the Veterans Affairs Integrated Operations Center (VA IOC) and alternate IOC sites as directed. The VA IOC provides direct support to the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs (SECVA), VA Administrations, and Staff Offices. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : The VA IOC serves as Department's single office for data integration, fusion, and proactive analysis for the purpose of developing and presenting recommendations relative to developing and ongoing events and incidents that have the potential to impact VA. Specific duties include: All incumbents are authorized to initiate contact with personnel throughout VA and VBA in order to ensure timely situational awareness reporting in support of SECVA and Deputy Under Secretary of Benefits decision processes. Therefore, incumbent must be able to communicate both orally and in writing. Gathers, analyzes, and fuse data/information obtained from numerous sources in order to assess and communicate relevant information to VA leadership about actual or potential impact to VA's operational readiness (facilities, services, etc.) in the form of incident reports and situation reports (SITREPS). Reports must be prepared with complete accuracy of information, style, format, grammar, and spelling as these products are provided to senior executive management within the Department. Coordinates and is readily prepared in conjunction with the VA IOC for routine and unannounced Continuity of Operation Program (COOP) and major exercise. Coordinates in conjunction with VA IOC the development and publication of standing operating procedures, plans, detailing instructions, after-actions reports, and lesson-learned critiques. The incumbent receives, integrates, analyzes, disseminates, tracks, and archives information concerning continuous operations and emergent situations/incidents. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret National Security Clearance. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday 8 AM to 4:30 PM. 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 Analyst (Watch Officer); 39164-A. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required. QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:11/19/2026. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: As a current Federal, GS employee you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. If you are a current VBA employee requesting reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS- 13 or higher. 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. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-13 Grade Level: Specialized experience is defined as at least 12 months of experience equivalent in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service performing Program Analyst, Watch Officer, emergenc

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