Program Specialist

Program Specialist

Help

Serves as the key advisor to service leadership on the evaluation and the effectiveness of service programs and operations, compliance, safety and survey readiness

Provides leadership with independently developed data and objectively based information for making decisions on the administrative and programmatic aspects of operations and management and advises on potential benefits/uses of process improvement strategies to improve efficiency of programs. Administrative oversight of Environmental Management budget requests and distribution, fund control point oversight and analyzing data and providing reports as needed.

Identifies, analyzes and researches problems issues or program requirements for the Service. Reviews information and apply standard analytical techniques.

Analyzes new or proposed regulations to determine impact on operation and management to develop new or modified administrative program policies, regulations, goals or objectives to ensure compliance with regulations, usually without further review.

Acts as a liaison for EMS. Maintains and communication with persons and groups from both within and outside the organization, speaking for the Chief EMS on administration issues.

Provides position management advice and recommendations to EMS leadership including providing advice on the distribution of workload among positions and recruitment strategy, execution, position management, staff education, training, competency assessment and performance management.

Determines pertinent issues and collects relevant information from a variety of sources. Develops recommendations and proposals to the Chief, EMS or CAVHCS leadership and provide guidance to the administrative staff within the Service.

Prepares written documents and correspondence with minimal grammatical or formatting errors to ensure they are current and effectively communicates its intended purpose on behalf of EMS Leadership, usually without further review.

Incumbent is involved in interactions with veterans, their families and representatives, in addition to internal and external stakeholders to EMS.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, work schedule subject to change based on agency needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.