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Supervisory Research Health Science Specialist (Deputy Associate Chief of Staff)

Veterans Health Administration•Atlanta, GA
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About The Position

The Supervisory Research Health Science Specialist serves as Deputy Associate Chief of Staff (D-ACOS) for Research at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, a tertiary Veterans Health Administration facility with a complex and diverse research program. The D-ACOS is the principal deputy to the ACOS for Research and helps ensure efficient operations and regulatory compliance across the Research Service Line. The position initiates policies, procedures, and organizational structures; plans, develops, and directs complex administrative activities; and leads the service’s administrative and budgetary operations. The incumbent supervises and evaluates Service personnel through subordinate supervisors and ensures compliance with VISN and VACO research policies, including requirements issued by the Office of Research & Development and the Office of Research Oversight. The role also oversees activities supporting ongoing accreditation of the human research program and the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care program. The Research Service supports more than 100 principal investigators conducting projects funded by the VA, NIH, nonprofit foundations, industry sponsors, private companies, and organizations. Research spans biomedical disciplines from basic bench science to multicenter clinical trials. VA-funded programs include Basic Institutional Support, High Priority VA Research Programs, Multicenter Cooperative Studies, Career Development, and Research Career Scientists. The D-ACOS provides leadership and strategic planning across biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation, health services, and laboratory research programs; supports the ACOS in overseeing the medical center’s research enterprise; and assumes full responsibility in the ACOS’s absence. The position requires expert knowledge of research regulations, grant administration, and program development in an academic healthcare environment. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework is available on an ad hoc basis under agency policy; the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives and a critical skills incentive are not authorized or approved.

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Meet the basic education requirement: a bachelor’s or graduate/higher-level degree with a major in an academic field related to medicine, health sciences, or allied sciences appropriate to the work.
  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-14 in the normal line of progression, including experience with policy and procedure development, complex administrative activities, research service operations, enterprise goals, research proposals, research regulations, grant administration, and program development in an academic healthcare environment.
  • Current federal employees who held a GS grade within the past 52 weeks must meet the GS-15 time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-14.
  • Complete the required application, assessment, and questionnaire, including every item of the Supervisory Situational Judgment Test.
  • Comply with applicable background/security investigation, onboarding, identification, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
  • Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

  • More than five years of research operations administration experience.
  • More than five years of experience supervising research staff.
  • Research budgetary experience managing a large research portfolio.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as principal deputy to the ACOS for Research and support oversight of the medical center’s research enterprise.
  • Assume full responsibility for the research enterprise in the ACOS’s absence.
  • Initiate policies, procedures, and organizational structures to achieve program goals.
  • Plan, develop, and direct complex administrative activities for the Research Service.
  • Lead the Research Service’s administrative and budgetary operations.
  • Supervise and evaluate Service personnel through subordinate supervisors.
  • Ensure compliance with VISN and VACO research policies, including policies issued by ORD and ORO.
  • Oversee activities that support ongoing accreditation of the human research program and the AALAC program.
  • Provide leadership and strategic planning across biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation, health services, and laboratory research programs.

Benefits

  • The posting states that federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits are not listed.

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