Program Analyst (Watch Officer)

Quick Facts

• Role: Program Analyst (Watch Officer)

• Duty location: Veterans Affairs Integrated Operations Center (VA IOC) and alternate IOC sites as directed

• Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

• Telework: Eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only; must report to the official duty station each scheduled workday

Description

The VA IOC provides data integration, fusion, and proactive analysis to develop and present recommendations on events and incidents that may impact VA. As a Program Analyst (Watch Officer), you will gather, analyze, and fuse information from multiple sources to assess and communicate impacts to operational readiness, producing accurate incident reports and SITREPs for senior leadership. You will also coordinate COOP and major exercises and support standing operating procedures, after-action reports, and lesson-learned critiques.

Responsibilities

• Initiate contact with personnel across VA and VBA to ensure timely situational awareness reporting

• Gather, analyze, and fuse data and information from numerous sources

• Assess actual or potential impacts to operational readiness (facilities, services, etc.) and report via incident reports and situation reports (SITREPs)

• Prepare reports with complete accuracy of information, style, format, grammar, and spelling for executive management

• Coordinate routine and unannounced Continuity of Operations Program (COOP) and major exercises

• Coordinate development and publication of standing operating procedures, plans, after-actions reports, and lesson-learned critiques

• Receive, integrate, analyze, disseminate, track, and archive information on continuous operations and emergent situations/incidents

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret National Security Clearance

• Ability to serve a 1-year probationary period

• Meet GS-13 specialized experience and time-in-grade requirements (or applicable internal rules)

• Demonstrated experience in continuity and emergency operations, operational analysis and executive reporting, and emergency planning/program improvement

Benefits

A comprehensive federal employee benefits package (eligibility depends on position type; details provided by the hiring agency).