Strategic Management Analyst — Data & Policy

Veterans Benefits Administration; SeaTac (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Benefits Administration is seeking a Management Analyst to support the DRAS with analytical expertise and program evaluation. The role involves coordinating with DoD and VA enterprises, assessing workload and staffing needs, and driving efficiency through new methods and policy guidance.

Responsibilities include leading discussions with agency leaders, interpreting evolving legislation, and producing reports and dashboards to inform decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Develop recommendations for program officials and supervisors that are complete and accepted by operating components.
• In conjunction with Division leadership, leverages DRAS networks with Department of Defense (DoD) and high-level VA enterprises to analyze long-term mission-level trends and make proposals to ensure the division is properly staffed, using its current resources correctly, and making appropriate workload decisions.
• Coordinates directly with Compensation Service to analyze impacts of national-level changes (e.g., regulation changes); directly coordinates with DoD to analyze current and future claims inventories, provides recommendations to division leadership based on the analysis.
• The incumbent develops new or modified work methods, systems variations, and evaluates administrative operations that promote efficiency and cost savings.
• Recommends and submits organizational change guidance, procedures, and documents. Provides higher management with reports, evaluated information, budgetary proposals, and similar products necessary for effective direction of administrative operations.
• Participate in discussions, meetings, conferences and conference calls with agency administrators, senior subject matter and technical personnel, and other federal agency officials to secure and investigate facts; present conclusions, recommendations, and alternatives; obtain concurrence; develop alternate courses of action; and mutually resolve problems.
• Advises management of unique conditions and issues which affect administrative activities and provides guidance on interpretation and implementation of new and revised legislation, policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Participate in meetings with management and staff to identify potential problem areas and ensure that managers have the necessary information to communicate changes and their impact to staff.
• Develops and implements business line policies and procedures in accordance with VA and VBA policy, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and other applicable federal laws and regulations.
• Coordinates records management functions with Records Management Technicians, other business lines, and management.
• Conducts focused monitoring and auditing of records created and maintained by business lines.
• Maintains a thorough working knowledge of VA/VBA Systems of Records, VA/VBA privacy policy, Freedom of Information Act, Office of Management and Budget, NARA, and other federal laws and regulations.
• Works to ensure facility compliance with VA/VBA policy, NARA, and other applicable federal laws and regulations for records management program.
• Identifies and reports problems and deficiencies in the records management program for corrective action.
• Establishes study methods and techniques to be utilized in substantive program studies and audits.
• Develops and employs advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques to analyze and measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of organizational programs such as agency and inter-agency communications and software programs.
• Compiles, develops, and analyzes narrative and statistical information using generally advanced methods, techniques, and precedents requiring considerable adaptation and/or interpretation for application to administrative functions.
• Analyses and provides recommendations to division leadership on large amounts of data that directly inform division leadership relating to mission level direction.
• Uses VA data streams to create complex Tableau dashboards to provide recommendations to division leadership. Applies analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning substantive administrative support functions.
• Interprets findings resulting from studies that are independently developed.
• Prepare status reports for review at all levels. Evaluates the effectiveness of administrative functions, training, and operations in the DRAS.

Job description

Veterans Benefits Administration is seeking a Management Analyst to support the DRAS with analytical expertise and program evaluation. The role involves coordinating with DoD and VA enterprises, assessing workload and staffing needs, and driving efficiency through new methods and policy guidance.

Responsibilities include leading discussions with agency leaders, interpreting evolving legislation, and producing reports and dashboards to inform decision-makers.