Health Science Specialist

**Duties**: Duties will include, but may not be limited to the following: - Develops policies, procedures, and criteria for administration of the health science research program on precision health research. - Analyzes the needs, strategic plans, and goals of the research program and makes recommendations for new directions, initiatives, policies, and procedures. - Participates in senior management and policy decisions regarding strategic planning, priority setting, staffing, budget, and operations; administers screening, advisory and approval processes for MVP. - Develops and coordinates implementation of research methods and design standards, criteria and guidelines for the scientific and technical activities of the research program; prepares proposals that meet review process requirements; and consults with supervisor to develop project presentation, budget recommendations and resource allocations for proposed projects. - Applies knowledge of genomic medicine research to strengthen scientific review process. - Identifies and recruits scientists to serve on review committees. Monitors and reports on progress in the genomic medicine and precision health research areas, both internal and external. - Coordinates review meetings and oversees logistics including administrative support work. - Provides advice to investigators regarding preparation of proposals and review criteria. - Applies skill of research and development policies and procedures, choose appropriate references and interprets its meaning in response to questions from investigators. - Evaluates merit review projects recommended for funding and contributes to general portfolio management. - Mediates between R&D offices and investigators to resolve difficult/unusual problems. - Performs other duties as necessary. **Work Schedule**: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm **Recruitment & Relocation Incentives**: Not authorized **Financial Disclosure Report**: Not Required **Requirements**: **Conditions of Employment**: - 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 - Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process - Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. **Qualifications**: **BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)**: Requires a Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree with a major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education(external link) at the time the degree was obtained. - **AND** **SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SCREEN-OUT)** - A Selective Placement Factor (SPF) has been identified for this position. Selective Placement Factors (SPF) are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for the position. Applicants who do not meet the SPF are ineligible for further consideration. - **The SPF for this position is**: Experience working within genomic medicine research environment, analyzing and consulting on critical/complex research program issues. **AND** **SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE**: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is related to health science research program and includes: - Reviewing scientific literature, synthesizing and writing scientific findings for various audiences/stakeholders; - Analyzing the needs, strategic plans, and programmatic goals, and making recommendation for new directions, initiatives, policies, and procedures; - Developing project presentations, budget recommendations and resource allocations for proposed research projects; and - Mediating/liaising between research offices and investigators to resolve difficult/unusual problems. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: - Biology - Communications - Critical Thinking - Project Management **IMPORTANT**: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience