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Community Options

Program Specialist

Pottsville, PA

$55K/yr

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 12 states. We are seeking a Program Specialist in Pottsville, PA . The Program ...

Community options

Program Specialist

Pottsville, PA · On-site

$55K/yr

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 12 states. We are seeking a Program Specialist in Pottsville, PA . The Program ...

Community Options, Inc.

Program Specialist

Drums, PA · On-site

$55K/yr

Description Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 11 states. We are seeking a Full-Time Program Specialist in Drums, PA . The ...

Community Options

Program Specialist

Woodbury, NJ

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 12 states. We are seeking a Program Specialist in Woodbury, NJ . The Program Specialist ...

Community Options, Inc.

Program Specialist

Drums, PA · On-site

$55K/yr

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 11 states. We are seeking a Full-Time Program Specialist in Drums, PA . The Program ...

Alpha Health Service

Program Specialist

Scranton, PA

$35K - $45K/yr

Program Specialist Job Title: Program Specialist Department: Programs and Services Reports To ... Interfaces with Service Coordinators, families and other community partners. * Handle daily ...

Community Options, Inc.

Program Specialist

Butler, PA

$50K/yr

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 11 states. We are seeking a Full-Time Program Specialist in Butler, PA . The Program ...

Community Solutions

Program Specialist

Morgan Hill, CA · On-site

Since its founding as a teen drop-in center in 1972, Community Solutions (CS) has grown in both ... Program Specialist II: * Ability to achieve productivity expectations and maintain assigned case ...

Community Options, Inc.

Program Specialist

Butler, PA · On-site

$50K/yr

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 11 states. We are seeking a Full-Time Program Specialist in Butler, PA . The Program ...

Community options

Program Specialist

Woodbury, NJ · On-site

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 12 states. We are seeking a Program Specialist in Woodbury, NJ . The Program Specialist ...

Community Options, Inc.

Program Specialist

Allentown, PA · On-site

$55K/yr

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 11 states. We are seeking a Full-Time Program Specialist in Allentown, PA . The Program ...

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How much do community program specialist jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 9, 2026, the average yearly pay for community program specialist in the United States is $68,012.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $46,500.00 and $86,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a community program specialist?

Community Program Specialists are professionals who develop, implement, and evaluate programs and services designed to meet the needs of a specific community. They often collaborate with local organizations, government agencies, and residents to identify issues, set goals, and coordinate resources. Their responsibilities can include planning events, conducting outreach, tracking program outcomes, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Overall, they play a key role in improving community well-being and fostering positive relationships among stakeholders.

How does a community program specialist typically collaborate with local organizations and stakeholders?

Community Program Specialists frequently partner with local organizations, government agencies, and community leaders to develop and implement effective programs. Collaboration often involves coordinating meetings, gathering input from stakeholders, and aligning program goals with community needs. Building and maintaining these relationships is crucial for ensuring successful outreach, securing resources, and increasing program impact. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential to facilitate these partnerships and foster a positive, cooperative environment.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a community program specialist, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Community Program Specialist, you need strong organizational, program management, and community outreach skills, often supported by a bachelor's degree in social sciences or a related field. Familiarity with data management systems, grant writing tools, and reporting software is typically required. Excellent interpersonal communication, problem-solving abilities, and cultural competency help build strong relationships with diverse community members and partners. These skills ensure effective program delivery, stakeholder engagement, and measurable community impact.
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Infographic showing various Community Program Specialist job openings in the United States as of September 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 79% Full Time, 17% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 94% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 5% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $68,012 per year, or $32.7 per hour.

Program Specialist

Salt Lake City, UT • On-site, Remote

Veterans Health Administration
Health Care and Social Assistance • 10K+ employees
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$50K - $97K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 21 days ago

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Job description

Summary
The Program Specialist (PS) for the Business Operations Service Line provides service-level administrative and operational support to the Business Manager located within the Community Clinics and serves as a primary technical advisor to administrative, clinical, and support staff across assigned services including Primary Care, Specialty Care, Administrative Medicine, and ancillary programs.
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Duties
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Duties include but are not limited to:
  • The Program Specialist ensures that the outcomes, guidelines, resources, accountability, and consequences are aligned with the administrative support of the care team's clinical, research and educational mission.
  • The PS develops and implements reports intended to analyze and improve delivery of care, efficiency of administration, and reduction of cost. Reports include those requested by or developed for VISN and VACO administration. Further, the Program Specialist establishes processes in coordination with the Health System Specialist to train and validate complete medical record documentation, and ensure encounter form completion, as well as accurate encounter coding through accountability, education, and communication.
  • Complete workload reporting results in optimal medical center reimbursement, medical cost containment, and recovery.
  • The Program Specialist develops and sustains a training program to maintain provider accountability and complete workload reporting which encompasses the core values, mission, performance measures and directives of the VASLCHCS.
  • The Program Specialist works with the Health System Specialist to analyze data, test theories, implement change and redesign clinical grids. The Program Specialist measures results, evaluates effectiveness, and standardizes improvements.
  • The Program Specialist evaluates and improves processes and services in achieving desirable outcomes and utilizes collected data to improve CBOC clinic quality
  • The PS is responsible for the education of Community Based Outpatient clinical staff in compliance issues and for the care team maintaining target levels of compliance parameters
  • The PS designs studies, training programs, and organizational strategies for identifying opportunities to improve internal customer service and process quality.
  • Auxiliary training for secure messaging, My HealtheVet, consult reconciliation, clinic profiles, unsigned notes and other process related problems is instituted. Works in conjunction with Primary Care, Medicine, Surgery, Mental Health, and Fiscal in order to maintain consistent performance by clinic staff and in support of accurate and timely patient records.
  • Consults with technical experts to examine and analyze unusual or problem situations indicated by changes in program quality indicators. Performs in-depth research, analyzes operating contingencies and special situations.
  • Assists technical managers and staff in developing process solutions
  • The PS is the lead CBOC contact with HR and educates Primary Care leadership and staff on Human Resources Management practices in recruitment; staffing, classification, employee relations, pay and leave administration, training, and other Human Resources Management programs (performance appraisals, proficiencies, performance pay, and the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation)
  • The incumbent develops, implements, and manages compliance monitoring programs to ensure adherence to VHA policies related to workload capture, provider productivity, documentation accuracy, scheduling standards, coding compliance, and electronic health record requirements.
  • Routine audits are conducted to evaluate part-time and full-time provider utilization, encounter validation, clinic coding accuracy, and completeness of health record documentation. Using recognized quality improvement methodologies such as PDCA and FOCUS models, the incumbent designs and conducts performance studies to detect adverse quality trends or systemic inefficiencies.
  • Results are compiled, analyzed, and presented to service-level leadership, VISN, and VACO stakeholders. Based upon findings, corrective action plans are developed and implemented to standardize best practices and enhance program performance.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist/PD148040, PD148050, and PD148060
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
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Conditions of employment
  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
  • To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
  • Subject to background/security investigation
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
  • your performance and conduct;
  • the needs and interests of the agency;
  • whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
  • whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/10/2026.
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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS - 7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS - 5. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07 . For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. 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.
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.
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
  • GS7 : You must have one year of experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of principles of management and organization, including administrative practices and procedures of organizations, such as those pertaining to areas of responsibility, changes of communication, delegations of authority, routing of correspondence. Knowledge of and skill in applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to analyze and assess programs and projects. Knowledge of the duties, priorities, attitudes, responsibilities, commitments, Policies and goals of the HRO and DHRO). Knowledge of Senior Leadership's views sufficient to enable the incumbent to perform duties such as prioritizing calendar appointments and development of material. Respond to routine inquiries concerning the VISN, program policies and interest in actions. Knowledge of the substantive programs as they relate to administrative functions. Thorough knowledge of the organizational structure of the VISN HR SSU, to facilitate administrative review and routing of correspondence. Knowledge and skill in operating personal computers, application software such as word processing. graphics, spreadsheet, electronic mail, and various office equipment. Skilled typist. Knowledge of travel requirements and documents, including a thorough knowledge of travel policies, processes, and procedures sufficient to create, review, edit, process, and trouble-shoot travel authorizations and vouchers. Knowledge of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation to prepare material in required formats. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; ability to train and instruct staff in administrative procedures; ability to plan and organize work; ability to interpret and apply rules and regulations. OR,
  • Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one (1) full year of graduate level education in an accredited college or university. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the Program Specialist. NOTE: A transcript or course listing must be submitted if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Unofficial transcripts required. Applications submitted without this information will not be considered. OR, Superior Academic Achievement. OR,
  • Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and successfully completion of 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree qualification requirements for the grade level GS-07

GS-09:
  • Specialized Experience: You must have one year of experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Analyzes and implements administrative programs; serves as an intermediate point of contact for operational data. Multi-clinic or service-line developmental projects and data trend analysis. Implementation of existing SOPs and evaluation of program effectiveness. Works with increased independence on specific program assignments. Analyzes audit findings to detect trends; assists in developing corrective action plans. Monitors patient volumes and access metrics; identifies gaps in encounter throughput. Manages master staff rosters; prepares pre/post recruitment documentation. Generates non-standard reports; performs analysis of workload trends and productivity. OR,
  • Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree from an accredited college or university; OR, two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR, an LL.B. or J.D., if related. NOTE: A transcript or course listing must be submitted if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Unofficial transcripts required. . OR,
  • Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade level GS-09.

GS-11:
  • Specialized Experience GS-11: Knowledge and skill in applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations Knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, policies and precedents which affect the use of program and related support resources in the area studie

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, serving millions of Veterans each year. Located in Phoenix, AZ, and many other parts of the US, the VHA operates under the Department of Veteran Affairs, as suggested by their official website va.gov. The VHA is dedicated to providing the highest level of comprehensive care to its veterans. The organization offers a broad spectrum of medical, surgical, and rehabilitative care, including mental health services, research, and pharmacy benefits.

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