Chief, Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch

Chief, Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch

Executive Office of the President

Office of Management and Budget

Defense Programs, Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch

Summary

This position is located in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Defense Programs, National Security Division (NSD), Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch. As Chief for the Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch, this position is responsible for overseeing OMB's role in developing and executing the budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Defense Health Program of the Department of Defense (DOD).

Duties

As a Chief, Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch, some of your typical work assignments may include:

Directing and managing the work of a group of highly-professional program and policy examiners responsible for the budget formulation and execution, legislative and regulatory analysis, and management-improvement focused on the Department of Veterans Affairs and defense health initiatives.

Advising and counseling high-level officials of OMB, the Executive Office of the President, and officials of executive departments and agencies on veteran's affairs and defense health issues.

Reviewing budget submissions, acting as a chair of budget hearings, and with the Deputy Associate Director, presenting recommendations thereon to the Director, the Deputy Director, and other high-level officials.

Coordinating the preparation of, reviewing, and advising on formal documents relative to assigned departments or governmental activities, such as complicated bills, reports, memoranda, Budget and State of the Union messages, special messages, veto messages, and executive orders.

Representing OMB in major interagency efforts and presenting completed staff work to senior policy officials in OMB and other Executive Office of the President components.