Supervisory Veterans Claims Examiner

The incumbent serves as the Chief of one of the staff with Quality Assurance. The incumbent will supervise subordinate staff and employee's work relating to the specification of the quality programs to include Systematic Technical Accuracy Review, Advisory reviews, Special Focus Review, Program Operation and Quality Review Team support to field offices. The incumbent will ensure an accurate review of disability claims processing to establish nation and regional office accuracy rates. Specific duties include: Serves as a supervisor for Quality Assurance to include national STAR reviews, special focus reviews, advisory workload, and other duties as assigned. Conducts or directs studies, analyzes findings, and makes recommendations on VBA's Quality Review Team and QA programs. Coordinates with other VBA Business Lines and Office of Field Operations (OFO) regarding specific regulatory/procedural changes needed for successful implementation of Compensation benefit application support. Manages multiple projects or programs concurrently where effort involves coordination among multiple resources, other divisions, or agents outside of the organization. Oversees the preparation and on occasion gives oral presentations to various audiences within CS, VBA senior management, department level executives, and outside agencies. Directs the development of presentations covering highlights of new material and providing practical applications and examples. The incumbent develops and implements periodic special reviews requested by the Director of QA to ensure quality performance in specific target areas such as implementation of policy changes or handling of specific types of claims. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval. Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Veterans Claims Examiner; 39211A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:09/25/2026. 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. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level. 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. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-14 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position(s), and that is typically IN OR RELATED TO the work of the position to be filled. One year of experience which includes managing and assigning workload related to the application of Veteran benefits programing such as compensation, pension, fiduciary, and/or appeals; explaining benefit programs or decisions to multiple audience through various communication means such as orally or in writing. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements I-9 Acceptable Documents. There is no education substitution for the GS-14 grade level.