Veterans Health Administration Program Support Assistant Ann Arbor, MI · New Grad · Posted

Position: Veterans Health Administration Program Support Assistant Ann Arbor, MI · New Grad · Posted Oct 14, 2026 # Program Support Assistant New Grad Live nowAnn Arbor, MIPosted October 7, 2026 Last verified October 14, 2026. The listing is still live at Veterans Health Administration. Apply on company site Opens Veterans Health Administration's application site in a new tab. First Roles never charges new grads or interns to apply.## About this role This position is located at a VA medical facility in the Health Professions Education (HPE) Office (HPEO) and is organizationally aligned under the Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Designated Education Officer (DEO), who reports to the Chief of Staff (COS). The purpose of this position is to coordinate administrative and support services to assist the HPEO in fulfilling requirements related to VHA's academic mission and program requirements of OAA and HPEO accrediting bodies. Major Duties and Responsibilities: Operations Support - Provides technical and administrative guidance necessary to achieve efficient service operations within the VA medical facility and maintain stakeholder satisfaction. Prepares and tracks documents and correspondence to coordinate actions and close action items. Anticipates obstacles to operational management that are likely to interfere with the accomplishment of objectives and takes or recommends the necessary action to prevent their occurrence. Assists management and supervisors with human resources (HR) processes, catalogs actions and paperwork, and provides advice to accomplish supervisory goals. This includes assisting in writing position descriptions, job analysis, preparing performance plans and appraisals, processing training requests, TMS administration, and drafting disciplinary and adverse actions. Provides required documents within required time frames for position management, hiring actions, FTE requests, and performance appraisals. Provides administrative orientation and training to new employees within HPEO. Provides support to management in a wide range of strategy development and planning; ensures that appropriate and consistent sources of information are available; assess management techniques, processes, and styles for improving organizational effectiveness; assists with the implementation of management improvements in administrative areas; and assists in the development of program documents for personnel matters, and organizing logistics for review processes, accreditation reviews or site visits, and tracking outcomes. Facilitates performance measure goals by monitoring, reporting, and acting on suspense items, accreditation standards, needs assessments/surveys, and budgetary requirements. Assists in the formulation and execution of budget estimates and assists with preparing and updating the budget spreadsheets which are used in budget briefings. Provides financial support in both the formulation and execution phases of the allocation of HPEOs operating accounts. Program Support - Assists with the administrative tasks and processes required for oversight of paid and WOC HPTs and others associated with a complex health care system, which includes employees, executive facility management, academic affiliates, and HPTs. Provides administrative support for program development meeting the needs of the VA medical facility's HPEO programs. Prepares facility level executive briefing and decision materials, OAA documents for signatures, reports, and other documents as directed by management. Manages and maintains electronic files and program data in SharePoint and on shared drives. Provides support for data collection, data entry and financial analysis work. Participates in internal program office budget discussions. Coordinates special projects by performing a variety of duties such as collection and…