Supervisory Government Information Specialist

Summary This position is within the Office of Research and Development (ORD) within the Deputy Chief Research and Development Officer (DCRADO) for Enterprise Protections, Regulatory, Outreach and Systems (EPROS) and reports to the Director of Research Central Policy and Regulatory. Duties MAJOR DUTIES: Manages the Office for Research and Development (ORD) privacy program in support of research involving VA information, including research involving non-VA extramural partners. Provides consultation and subject matter expertise for ORD privacy requirements, records control, and information sharing. Develops ORD information privacy and records retention policies, assessing policies for revisions and recertification, and staffing as well as coordinating policies through agency review processes. Leads the conduct of privacy-related reviews for protocols under VA Central Institutional Review Board ( IRB) and other IRB review, as well as post-approval compliance eviews of privacy-related monitoring, audit and incident reports. Develops and delivers training content for the VA research community, extramural partners, and other stakeholders in the design and conduct of VA research to ensure compliance with applicable privacy laws and policies. Evaluates information systems and data sharing for research to assess confidentiality protections, risks to privacy, and sufficiency of safeguards. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for subordinate staff, by establishing performance plans, observing staff performance, recognizing staff, ensuring continuity of operations, and conducting performance evaluations. Coordinates and provides professional development and position specific training and education for subordinate staff. Performs administrative functions for office staffing in support of the VA, VHA and ORD missions, including position description development, recruitment and selection, compensation and market analyses, EEO and safety compliance, and position classification. Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00amto 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Government Information Specialist/PD969270 Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in-person work unless they are approved for an exception or an exemption. Any approval for an RTO exception, exemption, or extension will happen after a tentative job offer, but before a final job offer. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/02/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. Quality Ranking Factor: Current certification as a Certified Institutional Review Board Professional (CIP); additional certification as Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC). 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-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience for this position is: Current designation as a federal agency privacy officer or government information specialist. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Compliance Human Capital Management Information Assurance 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, including typical office work. The work does include travel tomeetings and conferences away from the work site. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level.