Total 3 job vacancies by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Senior Executive Management

CSEMO Policy and Programs provides executive human resources (HR) services to VA staff offices, VHA,
VBA, and NCA organizations and is responsible for a wide range of activities that support and promote.
the Senior Executive Service (SES) across the Department. This includes executive policy, employee.
relations, performance management, pay and leave administration, and benefits. Counseling; coordination of the Performance Review Board (PRB); coordinating executive. programs implementation; and providing personnel operations technical advice and assistance to VA and CSEMO leadership, members of the Executive Resources Board (ERB), and executives in VA administrations and executive staff office.

The major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provides guidance, consultation, advice, and assistance to management on all aspects of employee relations.
• Provides situational analysis involving moderately complex employee relations matters to determine appropriate corrective action.
• Proposes courses of action to resolve problems based on knowledge and interpretation of administrative case law, regulations, policies, and judgment.
• Provides situational analysis involving very sensitive, complex and controversial employee relations matters to determine appropriate corrective action.
• Prepares cases and serves as technical advisor to management.
• Adjudicates employees of their rights.
• Analyzes grievances, appeals, and complaints to identify systemic problems and recommendations.
• Individually or as a team member, conducts special studies or surveys and makes recommendations.
• implement human resources management of such programs, including guidance and participation in and/or conduct of training programs.
• Writes supplemental guidelines which interpret and implement regulations related to various human resource management programs.
• Continually evaluates the effectiveness of human resource management programs and modifies or develops new procedures to assist management programs to satisfy the goals of VA.
• Reviews and forwards completed SF-52s and its documentation as required.
• Adjudicates suitability cases

The incumbent oversees quarterly SES orientation program, HR liaison training, training to stakeholder members (at headquarters and in the field) regarding newly implemented transformational policy, processes and procedures, attends executive meetings with the Office of Personnel Management and other federal agency roundtable and ad hoc groups; assist in the design and development of learning opportunities (in coordination and cooperation with VALU and the Office of Human Capital Planning, Development and Outreach) for VA's SES population.

Assist in the development, recommendations and the coordination department-wide SES training and development policies and procedures. Responsibilities include developing and improving the policies and procedures for these functions, establishing a communications network between VACO and the field advising top management and key staff on policy and process issues.

Provide direct advice and guidance on all aspects of these programs. Given the significant, complex, and sensitive nature of these programs, the incumbent must function with wide independence of operation within framework of general policy and guidance from supervisory management.

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-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as Special Assistant to the Policy and Programs Division Chief.

Major Duties Include:

• Performs work on a variety of personnel projects, either on a start-to-finish basis or on projects already underway.
• Provides direct advice and guidance on all aspects of assigned program/project areas, including senior executive performance management planning and execution; pay and compensation; employee relations and conduct issues; policy development; benefits and entitlement programs; employee awards and special recognition programs; data applications; and succession planning.
• Provides high level of customer service to support CSEMO strategic goals and objectives.
• Interpreting and applying laws, regulations, policies, and practices to provide advice and guidance to officials, supervisors, and employees.
• Interpreting and applying laws, regulations, policies, and practices to provide advice and guidance to officials, supervisors, and employees.
• Serve as a primary Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer. Independently reviews and analyzes Freedom of Information
  Act/Privacy Act requests and the records responsive to such requests and consults with program officials about concerns they may have about release of those records.
• Resolves technical questions relating to FOIA requests and evaluates requests in terms of relevant legislation and content to determine legislative applicability.
• Provide personal assistance services as the primary or alternate Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Coordinator.
• Assists applicant or employee with RA related questions or requests following existing policies and procedures.
• Assists management officials at all levels within the VA with: processing requests for RA; interpreting regulations and statutes; reviewing existing policies and procedures; and recommending appropriate changes in policy and procedures when necessary to be consistent with this guidance.