Social Science Program Coordinator Health Coach

We're Looking for a skilled Social Science Program Coordinator Health Coach in the Veterans Health Administration based in Lubbock, Texas. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 12/28/2023. TimeInGrade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet timeingrade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS5. For a GS9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS7.The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF50 that shows your timeingrade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF50 has an effective date within the past year it may not clearly demonstrate you possess oneyear timeingrade as required by the announcement. In this instance you must provide an additional SF50 that clearly demonstrates oneyear timeingrade. Note: TimeInGrade 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. Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: Degree: behavioral or social science or related disciplines appropriate to the position. Note: Successful completion of a full 4year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelors or higher degree that included a major field of study or specific course requirements. The number of semester hours required to constitute a major field of study is the amount specified by the college or university attended. If this number cannot be obtained 24 semester hours will be considered as equivalent to a major field of study. The nature and quality of this required course work must have been such that it would serve as a prerequisite for more advanced study in the field or subjectmatter area. Related course work generally refers to courses that may be accepted as part of the program major. (Transcript Required) OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. Note: The quality of the combination of education and experience must be sufficient to demonstrate that you possess the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform work in the occupation and is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of a full 4year course of study with a major in the appropriate field. In addition to courses in the major and related fields a typical college degree would have included courses that involved analysis writing critical thinking research etc. These courses would have provided an applicant with skills and abilities enough to perform progressively more responsible work in the occupation. Therefore creditable experience should have demonstrated similarly appropriate skills or abilities needed to perform the work of the occupation. (Transcript Required) OR Experience: Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. In addition to the above basic requirement you may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS7 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include: knowledge of health coaching structure process skills and techniques knowledge of ethical code and rules of conduct for health coaches and existing VHA and community resources that support Veterans personalized health goals as well as other health and wellbeing programs available at a facility or in the community to support their personal health plans ability to retrieve track and trend information needed for reporting related to health coaching. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 1 year of graduatelevel education (18 semester hours) or superior academic achievement. S.A.A. is based on: 1. class standing: applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college university or major subdivision such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration based on completed courses. 2. gradepoint average: a3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (B or better) as recorded on their official transcript or as computed based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum or b3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (B or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum or 3. honor society membership as outlined by the Association of College Honor Societies. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work. (Transcript Required) OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond a bachelors degree. (Transcript Required) GS9 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include: knowledge of health coaching structure process skills and techniques knowledge of ethical code and rules of conduct for health coaches knowledge of current research literature related to health and wellness including behaviors that promote wellness and those that are detrimental knowledge of pertinent laws regulations policies and precedents to determine their impact on the customer service program and related support resources in the area studied in order to assist the Veteran in getting additional support or care when that is required as well as navigate the personalized health inventory personalized health planning components of health and wellbeing and existing VHA and community resources that support Veterans personalized health goals as well as other health and wellbeing programs available at a facility or in the community to support their personal health plans ability to retrieve track and trend information needed for reporting to health coaching quality improvement analysis techniques and methods are required to refine information for comprehensive reports addressing elements such as patient reported outcome measures work measurement trend analysis efficiency effectiveness productivity and knowledge of inpatient and outpatient programs and operations admissions scheduling sharing agreements and travel as well as operational knowledge of laws and regulations related to the protection of the privacy of medical information. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed two (2) full years of progressively higherlevel graduate education leading to a masters degree or masters or equivalent graduate degree in a related field of the position to be filled. (Transcript Required) OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and graduate level education beyond the first year (18 semester hours). (Transcript Required)

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.