Program Analyst

Salary: $69,789.00 to $109,777.00 Per Year

Serve as a program applications specialist for the Quality Management Service of the Alaska Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (AVAHS). Participates in and facilitates transformative quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency improvement efforts in the facility. The incumbent supports specific program elements and processes including, Data Management, Performance Measure Coordination, Risk Management, Patient Safety, Performance Improvement, Systems Redesign, and Accreditation Readiness.

Major duties

Serves as the facility point of contact for performance monitoring to include the External Peer Review Process (EPRP). Schedules performance reviews through the Quality Insights (QI) abstractors, coordinates data validation through services and program managers. Analyzes the data received through EPRP, conducts chart audits, evaluates trends, looks and documents potential reversals in findings, reconciles differences with EPRP Abstractor by providing source documentation demonstrating compliance. Develops and maintains databases to track performance measures, action plans, professional practice evaluation data, and other quality indicators. Charts data, identifies trends, validates outcomes, and performs analysis on facility performance measure data. Ensures that quality initiatives are implemented to identify, prevent, and correct unsatisfactory performance on organizational measures. Coordinates collection and collation of corrective action plans and updates from organizational champions. Develop reporting procedures, sampling techniques, and measurements for facility data and action plans. They develop indicators to provide objective evidence of the effectiveness of quality procedures, projects, and controls they are assisting with or assigned to. Reviews, analyzes, and interprets incoming requests, recommends appropriate action or suggests appropriate alternatives based on knowledge of internal operations, agency personnel policies, budgetary constraints and work priorities. Investigates and analyzes adverse quality trends or conditions and recommends need for corrective action to process owners. Incumbent monitors qualitative and quantitative measures to identify quality trends. Incumbent assists in activities and preparations for internal and external reviews as they relate to Quality Improvement. Represents facility during performance measure data calls and solicits best practice and benchmark advice from external colleagues and regulatory bodies. Leads project teams through designed brainstorming and phases to develop solutions towards a common goal or project. Other duties may be assigned. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-430pm Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized. This can be discussed once onboarded. Telework: Not eligible. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst/PD503770 and PD503760 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/14/2026. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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: GS-9 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: General clerical and administrative duties; preparing correspondence; compiling reports; extracting and organizing data, provides statistical analysis for accuracy; reviewing documents for accuracy; maintaining files; managing and maintaining databases; establishing work schedules and workload ratios. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or successfully completed two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B or J.D. if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate education beyond the first year, as described above, to meet the total requirements. GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of hospital operations, policies and procedures as well as VA regulations, policies, and program guidelines. Ability to apply a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods of assessment, which result in improvements to a program or complex process that measure effectiveness, efficiency and productivity. Preparing project papers, utilizing PowerPoint, Excel and other computer software applications; converting data to develop statistical models that measure performance improvement actions; planning and conducting of extensive studies; and identifying system design issues and offering alternative solutions. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. if related that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate education beyond a master's or equivalent graduate education may be used to qualify. 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/.