U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 day ago
Government Information Specialist
White City, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$75K/yr - $116K/yr
4+ years expThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Government Information Specialist to oversee the data governance program and initiatives within the VHA Medical Center. This role involves formulating policy, ensuring compliance with federal and state laws, and managing the disclosure and dissemination of federal agency records.
GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Implement unique policies and procedures to manage agency information - providing assistance and services to the general public and an organization - agency or facility staff members
Supports developing a local level strategy for data governance - which includes leading from the executive office and creating a unique program that includes diverse processes and specific policies which are independent of other facilities
Monitors and covers all aspects of the collection - use - dissemination - disclosure and destruction of information within an organization - agency or facility
Develops and integrates policy based processes - roles and controls that influences how data is created - collected - used - stored and destroyed throughout the organization
Adjudicates complex privacy and FOIA decisions that affect employees - customers and commercial businesses in the absence of supervision
Performs in-depth legal research that pertains to both federal and state statutes to render expertise - provide solutions and facilitate corrective action
Safeguards information while supporting accountability and transparency initiatives
Analyzes all of the interrelated issues that affect the privacy/FOIA program and plans and conducts monitoring activities which measure the overall level of operational compliance by the facility
Teaches and trains employees on general data protection procedures and detailed service specific practices for daily operations and uses technology to provide required privacy/FOIA training and supplemental education
Performs assessment of privacy-related risks associated with business activities that involve processing of personal and sensitive data
Investigates non-compliance of privacy related issues at all levels of an organization - agency or facility and outside of these entities when information is involved
Strengthens and sustains the operational life cycle of the privacy/FOIA program by developing a communication strategy that fosters awareness for both internal external partners to improve compliance - provide training and engage the public
Ensures that organization - agency or facility correspondence for data governance is transparent - timely - accurate and complete in response to requests for information from the general-public - Congressional representatives - law enforcement - courts and commercial business
Creates communications process and tools that are flexible - customizable and interactive to address unique compliance challenges and educational/training needs
Qualification
Required
Applicants must meet requirements time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement - 02/12/2026
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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement
For a GS-11: position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09
For a GS-12: position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11
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
GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization
Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: safeguarding of government information while supporting accountability and transparency initiatives; conducting strategic risk analysis pertaining to privacy/FOIA programs; coordinating training; managing outreach programs; implementing unique policies and procedures to manage agency information; providing services and assistance to the general public and staff members; researching - interpreting and applying laws - regulations - policies and guidance for access and disclosure of agency records and information
Note: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title - GS level (if a federal position) - duties - month & year starting and ending dates AND hours worked per week
OR - Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience
To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M - if related
(Transcripts Required)
OR - Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level
You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a master's degree to meet total experience requirements for the GS-11 level
To determine if you meet combination requirements - the total percentages of your qualifying experience and percentage of education required for the grade level must equal at least 100 percent
For example - an applicant has 9 months of specialized experience equivalent to GS-9 and 2 1/2 years of creditable graduate level education
The applicant meets 75 percent of the required experience and 50 percent of the required education - i.e. - the applicant has 1/2 year of graduate study beyond that required for GS-9
Therefore - the applicant exceeds the total requirement and is qualified for the position
The applicant's first 2 years of graduate study are not qualifying for GS-11
(Transcripts Required)
GS-12 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization
Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: independently working as a privacy/FOIA officer with little to no supervision; formulating policy; ensuring compliance with federal and state laws; conducting thorough research of implementing regulations - policies and procedures to manage agency/organization information; providing assistance and services to the general public - staff members and communicate information to the Executive Leadership - facility staff and outside stakeholders
Note: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title - GS level (if a federal position) - duties - month & year starting and ending dates AND hours worked per week
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