Supervisory Program Specialist

Veterans Health Administration; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Houston is seeking a Supervisory Program Specialist to provide executive-level administrative leadership, coordinating a range of clinical and administrative functions within the Medical Care Line and ensuring alignment with VISN and Medical Center missions.

The role requires time-in-grade eligibility and specialized experience at GS-13 level, including managing large budgets and supervising multidisciplinary teams to improve program effectiveness.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12.
• Experience managing a multi-million-dollar budget that includes staffing, equipment and contract funds.
• Experience managing programs and making decisions that profoundly impact an organization.
• Evaluating and assessing program effectiveness and the need to implement new programs.
• Experience working in a clinical operations setting.
• Supervising staff in multi-disciplinary areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive level administrative leadership, decision making authority, and program oversight.
• Direct, coordinate, and evaluate administrative, clinical support and programmatic functions within the Medical Care Line.
• Ensure alignment with VISN and Medical Center missions.

Skills

Budget management

Program management

Clinical operations experience

Supervising multidisciplinary staff

Job description

The Supervisory Program Specialist provides executive level administrative leadership, decision making authority, and program oversight to ensure integration of all clinical and administrative functions within the Medical Care Line. This position will direct, coordinate, and evaluate a range of administrative, clinical support and programmatic functions essential to the delivery of comprehensive healthcare services to Veterans, and ensuring alignment with VISN and Medical Center missions.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/10/2026.

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-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 former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Experience managing a multi-million-dollar budget that includes staffing, equipment and contract funds
• Experience managing programs and making decisions that profoundly impact an organization
• Evaluating and assessing program effectiveness and the need to implement new programs
• Experience working in a clinical operations setting
• Supervising staff in multi-disciplinary areas

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/.