Total 75 job vacancies in huntsville alabama

Major Duties:

• Serves as a FOIA expert in the Regional Office or an Area Office, ensuring that requests are processed in accordance with FOIA and Privacy Act regulations, as well as internal procedures.
• Acts as liaison between the Area Offices, the OSHA National Office, and the Regional and National Solicitors' Offices with regard to interpretation of FOIA issues.
• Responds to FOIA requests region-wide; requests the appropriate computer reports to obtain the requested information; reviews all applicable regulations to determine appropriate exemptions to be used; and redacts documents according to the regulations.
• Prepares responses within the prescribed time limits to FOIA requests from the general public. Assures that all legal citations are appropriate and accurate.
• Provides guidance to private sector employers, employees, interested parties, Regional management, and administrative staff in interpreting FOIA statutes and provides guidance on rules, regulations and procedures required to process requests.

As a Senior Accountant, you will:

• Provide analysis and advising in regard to accounting programs, financial systems, business processes, and establishing and communicating Fiscal Service accounting policies and standards.
• Establish financial and management accounting and reporting requirements consistent with financial rules and regulations and advise accounting procedures and controls to ensure adherence.
• Oversee operations of the monthly management and financial accounting functions, ensuring that all accounting guidelines, regulations, and policies are met.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on accounting matters and coordinate with the appropriate external and internal parties to set Fiscal Service's financial policy.

• Evaluate new policies, training products, regulations, and doctrine for applicability and effectiveness in improving the Proponent Sponsored Engineer Corps Training (PROSPECT) program.
• Function as the Program of Instruction (POI) Project Delivery Team Lead responsible for the development, coordination, and delivery of training.
• Participate in technical evaluation of contractor’s proposal to determine if it will satisfy educational and training requirements, as well as targeted accreditation standards.
• Maintain and/or update PROSPECT training directory, to include the evaluation and incorporation of government and commercially produced training courses.
• Lead the coordination and development effort for new PROSPECT courses based on needs analyses and new requirements throughout the agency.
• Research training available outside the agency to determine if a new course is required and if the development and execution of the new course will be cost effective.
• Evaluate all aspects of the education and training program, to include administrative policies and procedures, curricula, instructional methods, and techniques.
• Create all training products in the Training Development Capability (TDC) database, the Army’s training product repository.
• Prepare detailed Performance Work Statements (PWS) which specify contractor requirements in the development of course materials.
• Conduct occupational job analyses to determine training requirements necessary to support specific PROSPECT program through statistical analysis of collected data.

As an Accountant (Staff), you will:

• Assist in the planning and execution of highly specialized ARC programs in the field of
  government-wide accounting, cash management, agency accounting and reporting services.
• Develop project plans and ensures that all projects are properly documented and adequately controlled
• Perform analysis and evaluation of proposed initiatives to determine the impact to operations of the office and the bureau
• Develop proposals, issue papers, status reports, training plans, policy, procedural and other documentation as necessary to obtain understanding and decisions in conjunction with assigned projects
• Advise management on accounting matters pertaining to the accomplishment of the offices mission, related to providing accounting services to its customers and stakeholders

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a Program Analyst for the National Preparedness Directorate, Center for Domestic Preparedness. Typical assignments include:

• Analyzing programs to determine their impact upon emergency responder and receiver training.
• Researching current mission areas of mitigation, prevention, protection, preparedness, response and recovery to determine gaps or performance deficiencies.
• Applying qualitative and quantitative techniques to determine needs and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of instructional programs.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a Program Analyst for the National Preparedness Directorate,Center for Domestic Preparedness. Typical assignments include:

• Analyzing programs to determine their impact upon emergency responder and receiver training.
• Researching current mission areas of mitigation, prevention, protection, preparedness, response and recovery to determine gaps or performance deficiencies.
• Applying qualitative and quantitative techniques to determine needs and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of instructional programs.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

• Leads the team in identifying existing data resources, coordinating research areas and reviewing relevant legislation, regulations, SSA policies and other internal and external reports to accomplish project objectives.
• Develops comprehensive plans to accomplish complex and sensitive projects in accordance with applicable standards, policies, and procedures.
• Distributes and balances workload among the team members in accordance with work flow, skill level or job specialization, making adjustments in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Trains or arranges for the training of team members as needed.
• Analyzes information gathered to evaluate compliance with program regulations, policies and procedures, to evaluate accomplishment of program goals and to assess the economy and efficiency of operations.
• Formulates findings by identifying the cause(s) of conditions and developing recommendations to address them.
• Prepares written reports, memos and other documents to summarize the results of reviews and to present recommendations. Develops special reports as projects progress when significant issues are identified that require immediate corrective action.
• Liaisons with SSA staff on program and operational issues and negotiates to gain acceptance of findings and the recommendations presented where differing points of view may be strongly held.
• Leads the team in identifying problem areas and researching and analyzing information that results in new project proposals which have a significant impact on SSA’s operations and/or save Agency funds in its programs and operations.
• Reviews completed work and written products to ensure that instructions, priorities, deadlines, and quality standards are met. Identifies work products that do not meet established standards, referring unusual situations to the Division Director.

• Identify potential problem areas in programs managed and to propose/recommend corrective actions.
• Analyze automated reporting systems and develops a variety of reports.
• Provide guidance to management and administrative support personnel on directorate administrative procedures/policies and internal administrative programs.

Independently conducts group guidance sessions of a varying nature. This counseling deals with institutional adjustment, U.S. Parole commission, release planning, and interpersonal communications, individual counseling sessions varying in methods and intensity relevant to the individual's problems. They may focus on helping the individual offender understand and live within the complex family circumstances and assist him in developing new adjustment techniques. The Case Manager helps the offender view problems objectively and to deal with them realistically. Routinely deals with community resources to secure information and develop release plans. Prepare special progress reports for such consideration as parole, transfer, restoration of forfeited good time, and makes appropriate recommendations. Corresponds with attorneys, judges, probation and parole officers and other professionals regarding the inmate's case.

Prepares diagnostic studies, responsible for collecting, interpreting and evaluating factual information reflecting developmental and circumstantial factors for the assigned caseload of inmates. Acts in a liaison capacity with other units and institutional employees on matters concerning inmate behavior. Serves as the primary liaison with the U.S. Parole Commission in reporting the inmate's program progress, readiness or lack of readiness for release, and resources in the community relevant to the desirability of his release. Actively develops program planning by presenting cases to the Unit Team and coordinating case management services with other correctional disciplines.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

You will serve as a/an Environmental Protection Specialist and ensure environmental program activities and operations precisely comply with applicable laws, statutes, regulations, Executive Orders (EOs), and departmental/Coast Guard directives, instructions, and policies, protects the natural, cultural, and human environments, and contribute to a safe and healthful workplace

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Serves as spill and emergency response manager for minor spills on land at the Sector facility and 18 subordinate units.
• Frequent inspects generator collection points and areas, warehousing facilities and observes customer/contractor on-site operations which requires extended walking and standing
• Coordinates local recycling program and conducts disposal trips or arranges for the pickup of scrap metal, used oil, paper material, and other recyclable material.
• Conducts new employee orientation on environmental compliance and occupational health and annual refresher training for all employees.
• Manages the underground and above ground storage tank program for the Sector in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state, and local regulations and Coast Guard directives.

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Duties:

• Responsible for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service Out Patient. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• Programs include, but are not limited to, Residential treatment, Vocational Rehabilitation, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.
• Decisions made by the program manager affect staff and other resources associated with the programs managed and are made while exercising wide latitude and independent judgement.
• Maintain 40+ direct reports including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinical social workers, addiction therapists and peer support therapists.
• Monitors work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; and interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning in the specialized needs of the Veterans.
• Responsibilities include the management of key clinical, training and administrative programs to include full responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of those programs.
• Responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of Veterans being served in planning.
• Preparation of special reports and responses Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for Medical Center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and complex.
• Develops policies and procedures and may also develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements. They will monitor the clinical performance of staff, conduct performance appraisals, and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the Medical Center has been satisfied.
• Performs performance evaluations of all staff assigned to the program, approves time and leave, approves overtime and comp-time, monitors and oversees fund control points, and oversees daily operations, including budgetary oversight. He/she must be especially cost conscious, and find means to reduce or contain operating costs without impairing overall operational effect.
• Assists in effective integration of program efforts/activities with other medical center operations, community-based agencies and activities. Delegates appropriate authority to subordinate leaders and coordinators.
• Identifies and affects changes in the organizational structure of Behavioral Health Service Line multidisciplinary programs within mental health, as they may prove essential to ensuring conformance with anticipated changes in the treatment needs of the patient population within Behavioral Health.
• Ensures compliance with local and system wide program policy manuals and directives.
• Develops productivity standards appropriate to each service provided and each venue.
• Ensures professional management of administrative accreditation responsibilities including Joint Commission.
• Serves as high level liaison with local, state and national officials; community based special interest groups; community-based agencies and other health care providers; and representatives of affiliate institutions of higher learning (e.g., professional schools of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, etc.).
• Serves, as directed or required, on any of several Healthcare System, district, regional, and national task groups and committees.

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Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Behavioral Health Service Line and Primary Care Mental Health Integration encompasses four Community Based Outpatient Clinics and the main campus which spans three states (MS, AL and FL). The Program Manager will assist in overseeing a multispecialty behavioral health Programs consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses and other multidisciplinary team members who are part of our level IC organization

Duties:

• Provides direct line supervision of an interdisciplinary team of staff, including Nurse Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Peer Support Specialists.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work to meet multiple deadlines.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Evaluates work performance of subordinates.
• Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.
• Interviews candidates for positions in the unit; recommends appointment, promotion, or reassignments to such positions.
• Hears and resolves complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to Service Chief.
• Identifies developmental and training needs of employees, providing for and arranging for needed development and training.
• Develops performance standards.
• Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests.
• Ensures supervisees are trained and fully comply with the provisions of safety regulations.
• Adjusts staffing levels or work procedures within the program to accommodate resource allocation decisions made at higher echelons.
• Provide clinical treatment both face to face and virtually.

Duties:

• Responsible and accountable for all elements of their assigned program while providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care within the program focused on patient education, self- management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Executes supervisory position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.
• The Program Manager will assist in overseeing a multispecialty behavioral health Programs consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses and other multi-disciplinary team members who are part of our level IC organization.
• The incumbent will exercise oversight of clinic services in one or more of the following areas, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Specialty Mental Health, Residential treatment, Compensated Work Therapy Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Substance Use Disorders, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.

• Incumbent will have broad program manager responsibility for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• The Registered Nurse Program Manager has oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources in support of the program needs. They develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and externa accreditation requirements.
• The Program manager assists in effective integration of program efforts/activities with other medical center operations, community based agencies and activities. Delegates appropriate authority to subordinate leaders and coordinators.

• May have direct responsibility for all aspects of behavioral health services in the program, including those conducted by trainees and staff.

• Develops and facilitates management of in-service training and career development programs for program staff members, in coordination with similarly targeted efforts conducted by Medical Center wide programs, and professional discipline chairs.

• The incumbent is responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors and is accountable to the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS), Behavioral Health Service.

Duties:

• Responsible for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• Programs include, but are not limited to, Residential treatment, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.
• Decisions made by the program manager affect staff and other resources associated with the programs managed and are made while exercising wide latitude and independent judgement.
• Direct reports including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional mental health counselors, addiction therapists, vocational rehabilitation specialists, and peer support specialists. The incumbent will monitor work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; and interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning in the specialized needs of the Veterans.
• Responsibilities include the management of key clinical, training and administrative programs to include full responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of those programs.
• Responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of Veterans being served in planning.
• Has oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources in support of the program needs. They develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements.
• Monitor outcomes using data driven quality assurance processes and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis. Additional responsibilities include assisting in maintaining inter-departmental relations with other services to meet organization goals.
• Preparation of special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for Medical Center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and complex; is a requirement of the position.
• Serve as high level liaison with: local, state and national officials; community based special interest groups; community based agencies and other health care providers; and representatives of affiliate institutions of higher learning (e.g., professional schools of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, etc.).

Behavioral health services are integrated with the facility and other programs so it is critical the incumbent be based in the medical center to provide administrative and clinical support for any walk-ins to Veterans; assistance and education to other staff and providers, to interface and collaborate with other programs and services; and to best support the agency's mission by supporting timely, in person response to needs of those at or presenting to the facility.

Duties:

• Responsible for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service Outpatient Clinics. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• Direct reports including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional mental health counselors, addiction therapists, vocational rehabilitation specialists, and peer support specialists.
• Monitors work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; and interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning in the specialized needs of the Veterans.
• Prepares of special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for Medical Center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and complex; is a requirement of the position.
• Oversees administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources in support of the program needs.
• Develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements. They monitor outcomes using data driven quality assurance processes and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis.
• Maintains inter-departmental relations with other services to meet organization goals.
• Develops policies and procedures and may also develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements.
• Monitors the clinical performance of staff, conduct performance appraisals, and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the Medical Center has been satisfied.
• Set training objectives for staff and delegate responsibilities to subordinate sections.
• Manages general personnel policies and established practices regarding program operations, as they relate to key employees and management actions.
• Monitors and reports to Office of the ACOS regarding status of Mental Health Performance Measures for the Medical Center, with preparation and implementation oversight for any corrective actions necessary.
• Serve as high level liaison with: local, state and national officials; community based special interest groups; community based agencies and other health care providers; and representatives of affiliate institutions of higher learning (e.g., professional schools of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, etc.).