Program Specialist

The position is located at the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia and reports to the PADRECC Director. The Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECCs) are congressionally mandated VHA specialized, multidisciplinary programs caring for Veterans with Parkinson's disease and related movement disorders. There are currently six PADRECCs throughout the United States. The PADRECCs have three core missions: research, education, and clinical care.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of Specialized experience include but not limited to: Knowledge of evaluating, planning, and analytical processes and techniques (quantitative and qualitative) for measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of facility health education and training programs. Develops and delivers health education in different modalities, including health education classes and materials to Veterans and providers; Collaborates with VHA Communications to develop and disseminate relevant, up-to-date military exposure and health information that is informed by health education and health promotion theories and principles to Veterans with PDMD, their caregivers and family members, VA, providers, and the general public; Conducts national needs assessments and develops national educational programs to address identified need while collaborating with ILEAD to arrange education and training programs to occur; Mastery of the broad functional area of learning and education, which includes health professionals learning and continuing education, staff education and patient education. 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/.