Program specialist
Company Name:
Department Of Veterans Affairs
United States Citizens Permanent Full Time Vacancy ID: 1281558
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise - To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs employees who possess the energy, compassion, and commitment to serve those who served our Country. Whatever the job title, every position in VA will give you a chance to make a meaningful and personal contribution to the lives of truly special and deserving people - our Veterans. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. Working for VA is one of the most emotionally satisfying and professionally rewarding ways to dedicate the best within you to your Country's service. If you are transitioning from the military or a Veteran already, we invite you to explore the benefits of continuing your career at the VA. _The VA is committed to hiring Veterans_ .
The VA is much more than just another employer. It is an honorable, open and welcoming community of those who care. Gratitude is our motivation and service is our mission.
The VA has adopted Core Values and Characteristics that apply universally across the Department. The five Core Values define who we are, our culture, and how we care for Veterans, their families and other beneficiaries. The Values are _I_ ntegrity, _C_ ommitment, _A_ dvocacy, _R_ espect and _E_ xcellence ( I CARE ).
America's Veterans need you! To find out more, go /.
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job You may be required to serve a probationary period Background investigation may be required Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
This position is located in the Office of the Director of the Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System in Montrose, NY. The Program Specialist is considered a key staff member responsible for the organization and evaluation of administrative services essential in the effective operation of the Office of the Associate Director for Patient Care Services. The person in this position performs all administrative duties in support of the Executive Office. He/she is involved with administrative tasks related to personnel, financial management/budgeting, procurement and property management.
Major duties and responsibilities include:
Conducts special projects or studies to analyze, evaluate, and provide recommendations on administrative programs or issues;
Performs management and/or program support work, such as program or office planning, evaluation of administrative programs or issues, training program administration, correspondence control, special projects, or board/committee related work;
Manages, and prepares responses to correspondence for the organization;
Acts as a liaison with persons and/or groups within and outside of the organization;
Researches and analyzes administrative problems, issues, or program requirements;
Reviews information and applies standard analytical techniques, and develops recommendations to improve customer service;
Oversees all logistics planning and preparation for meetings, including scheduling, receipt of reports and data, mailings, travel, lodging arrangements, and special events;
Prepares and distributes approved agendas and minutes of various committee meetings;
Drafts initial or final correspondence and monitors such correspondence to insure that actions taken are completed accurately and appropriate procedures are followed;
Maintains the calendar for the Associate Director for Patient Care Services;
Maintains all paper and electronic files in the office and retrieves needed documents, reports and messages in a timely manner, as needed;
Exercises human resources responsibility by initiating requests for recruitment, interviewing and selecting employees, complying with EEO objectives; planning and assigning work, and maintaining accurate and current position descriptions;
Serves as the initial point of contact for all telephone and personal contacts;
Responds to contacts with information and assistance related to non-professional issues and refers them to the proper Executive Staff members as appropriate;
Receives complaints from patients and their representatives and addresses their concerns or refers them to the Patient Advocate or other appropriate staff member;
Communicates regularly with the Associate Director for Patient Care Services and Associate Chief Nurses and keeps them informed of special requests and/or instructions, new or revised policies and procedures and specific actions required in response to inquiries or issues, and
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm.
This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration.
The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience providing administrative support services within a healthcare environment. To receive credit for this experience, it must be documented in your resume.
AND
IN ADDITION TO THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR, THIS POSITION REQUIRES: One (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes: performing analytical, evaluative, and advisory work; organizing and evaluating administrative services essential to the effective operation of an executive office; providing high level administrative support; preparing a variety of reports, forms, and correspondence; tracking various types of information to provide status updates and ensure deadlines/due dates are met; utilizing Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Access and Excel to accomplish administrative duties. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in Federal service. To receive credit for these skills, they must be documented in your resume.
OR
SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: A master's degree or two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B., J.D. from an accredited institution that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position may be substituted for the experience required at the GS-09 grade level. Eighteen (18) semester hours is usually considered equivalent to one full year of study. If you are using education to qualify, transcripts are required.
OR
COMBINATION: A combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position is fully qualifying at the GS-09 grade level. For the GS-09, only graduate education in excess of one year of study (18 semester hours) may be used to qualify. If you qualify by a combination, your experience must be documented in your resume and transcripts are required.
You will be rated on the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other characteristics (KSAOs) as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:
1. Skill in providing professional administrative support.
2. Knowledge of correspondence control and management.
3. Skill in applying analytical techniques to conduct factual studies.
4. Knowledge of human resources policies and procedures.
5. Ability to communicate effectively with others.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate controlled office. Position may require occasional travel.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website .
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following . All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Veteran's Preference: When applying for Federal jobs, eligible veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of DD-214(s) showing all dates of service as well as character of service (honorable, general, etc.). Additionally, veterans with service-connected disability of 10% or more must also submit a copy of their official statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying their service-connected disability and/or their receipt of compensation for service-connected disability. If the military member is within 120 days of separation and does not yet have a DD214, the member may instead submit any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed.
Veterans with service-connected disability of less than 10%, non service-connected disability, and Purple Heart recipients, as-well-as those claiming derived preference for a spouse, widow or widower, or natural mother, should refer to and submit a completed SF15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, (go ) and required documentation with your application materials. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please .
Applicants will be ranked based on four quality groups, as follows:
Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.
After the vacancy announcement closes, reviewed applications are evaluated against the questionnaire responses and placed in the appropriate quality group. Qualified veterans will be afforded preference by being placed at the top of the appropriate quality group. Qualifying veterans with a service-connected disability of 10% or more will be placed at the top of the best qualified group. The best qualified group is the first to be referred to the hiring facility for further consideration and possible interview. The remaining groups may be referred based on the number of applicants available.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position , you must complete theView Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) onThursday, December 18, 2014 to receive consideration.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE : It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
The following documents are required:
1. Resume
2. Responses to the Occupational Questionnaire
3. Other documents - use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for well-qualified, displaced Federal employees), or documentation to support Veterans Preference claims. You will not be contacted for additional information.
Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents : You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents to your online application, follow the directions located at the following site: Fax Options. The Vacancy ID of the job opportunity announcement is1281558.
NOTE : If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203-FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
After the vacancy announcement closes and a referral certificate is issued, an electronic notification letter - or e-mail - will be sent to applicants who provide an e-mail address. Otherwise, you will receive a notification letter via the U.S. Postal Service within 2 to 4 weeks.
VA offers a comprehensive benefits package. This link provides is an overview of the benefits currently .
VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
The Federal Government has special excepted appointing authorities for persons with qualifying disabilities, such as Schedule A. Specific information can be found . IMPORTANT: If you would like to receive consideration as a Schedule A applicant, you must contact the Human Resources office at the facility where this position is located at x2246.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit theVA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website /.
VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Department Of Veterans Affairs
United States Citizens Permanent Full Time Vacancy ID: 1281558
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise - To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs employees who possess the energy, compassion, and commitment to serve those who served our Country. Whatever the job title, every position in VA will give you a chance to make a meaningful and personal contribution to the lives of truly special and deserving people - our Veterans. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. Working for VA is one of the most emotionally satisfying and professionally rewarding ways to dedicate the best within you to your Country's service. If you are transitioning from the military or a Veteran already, we invite you to explore the benefits of continuing your career at the VA. _The VA is committed to hiring Veterans_ .
The VA is much more than just another employer. It is an honorable, open and welcoming community of those who care. Gratitude is our motivation and service is our mission.
The VA has adopted Core Values and Characteristics that apply universally across the Department. The five Core Values define who we are, our culture, and how we care for Veterans, their families and other beneficiaries. The Values are _I_ ntegrity, _C_ ommitment, _A_ dvocacy, _R_ espect and _E_ xcellence ( I CARE ).
America's Veterans need you! To find out more, go /.
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job You may be required to serve a probationary period Background investigation may be required Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
This position is located in the Office of the Director of the Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System in Montrose, NY. The Program Specialist is considered a key staff member responsible for the organization and evaluation of administrative services essential in the effective operation of the Office of the Associate Director for Patient Care Services. The person in this position performs all administrative duties in support of the Executive Office. He/she is involved with administrative tasks related to personnel, financial management/budgeting, procurement and property management.
Major duties and responsibilities include:
Conducts special projects or studies to analyze, evaluate, and provide recommendations on administrative programs or issues;
Performs management and/or program support work, such as program or office planning, evaluation of administrative programs or issues, training program administration, correspondence control, special projects, or board/committee related work;
Manages, and prepares responses to correspondence for the organization;
Acts as a liaison with persons and/or groups within and outside of the organization;
Researches and analyzes administrative problems, issues, or program requirements;
Reviews information and applies standard analytical techniques, and develops recommendations to improve customer service;
Oversees all logistics planning and preparation for meetings, including scheduling, receipt of reports and data, mailings, travel, lodging arrangements, and special events;
Prepares and distributes approved agendas and minutes of various committee meetings;
Drafts initial or final correspondence and monitors such correspondence to insure that actions taken are completed accurately and appropriate procedures are followed;
Maintains the calendar for the Associate Director for Patient Care Services;
Maintains all paper and electronic files in the office and retrieves needed documents, reports and messages in a timely manner, as needed;
Exercises human resources responsibility by initiating requests for recruitment, interviewing and selecting employees, complying with EEO objectives; planning and assigning work, and maintaining accurate and current position descriptions;
Serves as the initial point of contact for all telephone and personal contacts;
Responds to contacts with information and assistance related to non-professional issues and refers them to the proper Executive Staff members as appropriate;
Receives complaints from patients and their representatives and addresses their concerns or refers them to the Patient Advocate or other appropriate staff member;
Communicates regularly with the Associate Director for Patient Care Services and Associate Chief Nurses and keeps them informed of special requests and/or instructions, new or revised policies and procedures and specific actions required in response to inquiries or issues, and
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm.
This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration.
The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience providing administrative support services within a healthcare environment. To receive credit for this experience, it must be documented in your resume.
AND
IN ADDITION TO THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR, THIS POSITION REQUIRES: One (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes: performing analytical, evaluative, and advisory work; organizing and evaluating administrative services essential to the effective operation of an executive office; providing high level administrative support; preparing a variety of reports, forms, and correspondence; tracking various types of information to provide status updates and ensure deadlines/due dates are met; utilizing Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Access and Excel to accomplish administrative duties. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in Federal service. To receive credit for these skills, they must be documented in your resume.
OR
SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: A master's degree or two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B., J.D. from an accredited institution that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position may be substituted for the experience required at the GS-09 grade level. Eighteen (18) semester hours is usually considered equivalent to one full year of study. If you are using education to qualify, transcripts are required.
OR
COMBINATION: A combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position is fully qualifying at the GS-09 grade level. For the GS-09, only graduate education in excess of one year of study (18 semester hours) may be used to qualify. If you qualify by a combination, your experience must be documented in your resume and transcripts are required.
You will be rated on the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other characteristics (KSAOs) as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:
1. Skill in providing professional administrative support.
2. Knowledge of correspondence control and management.
3. Skill in applying analytical techniques to conduct factual studies.
4. Knowledge of human resources policies and procedures.
5. Ability to communicate effectively with others.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate controlled office. Position may require occasional travel.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website .
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following . All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Veteran's Preference: When applying for Federal jobs, eligible veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of DD-214(s) showing all dates of service as well as character of service (honorable, general, etc.). Additionally, veterans with service-connected disability of 10% or more must also submit a copy of their official statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying their service-connected disability and/or their receipt of compensation for service-connected disability. If the military member is within 120 days of separation and does not yet have a DD214, the member may instead submit any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed.
Veterans with service-connected disability of less than 10%, non service-connected disability, and Purple Heart recipients, as-well-as those claiming derived preference for a spouse, widow or widower, or natural mother, should refer to and submit a completed SF15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, (go ) and required documentation with your application materials. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please .
Applicants will be ranked based on four quality groups, as follows:
Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.
After the vacancy announcement closes, reviewed applications are evaluated against the questionnaire responses and placed in the appropriate quality group. Qualified veterans will be afforded preference by being placed at the top of the appropriate quality group. Qualifying veterans with a service-connected disability of 10% or more will be placed at the top of the best qualified group. The best qualified group is the first to be referred to the hiring facility for further consideration and possible interview. The remaining groups may be referred based on the number of applicants available.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position , you must complete theView Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) onThursday, December 18, 2014 to receive consideration.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE : It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
The following documents are required:
1. Resume
2. Responses to the Occupational Questionnaire
3. Other documents - use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for well-qualified, displaced Federal employees), or documentation to support Veterans Preference claims. You will not be contacted for additional information.
Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents : You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents to your online application, follow the directions located at the following site: Fax Options. The Vacancy ID of the job opportunity announcement is1281558.
NOTE : If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203-FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
After the vacancy announcement closes and a referral certificate is issued, an electronic notification letter - or e-mail - will be sent to applicants who provide an e-mail address. Otherwise, you will receive a notification letter via the U.S. Postal Service within 2 to 4 weeks.
VA offers a comprehensive benefits package. This link provides is an overview of the benefits currently .
VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
The Federal Government has special excepted appointing authorities for persons with qualifying disabilities, such as Schedule A. Specific information can be found . IMPORTANT: If you would like to receive consideration as a Schedule A applicant, you must contact the Human Resources office at the facility where this position is located at x2246.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit theVA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website /.
VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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