The VA New Jersey Health Care System is currently hiring for Housekeeping Leader. Located in Guest Relations Service under the Environmental Management Section, the Housekeeping Aid Leader position has an important role in ensuring that Veterans receive the highest quality health care available.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/22/2023. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyLead or Supervise 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; religions; 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. 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. PHYSICAL EFFORT: The position demands continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. The work requires the occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers) weighing over 50 pounds. The duties necessitate considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration as well as visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris. WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is normally performed indoors with adequate heat, light, and ventilation. Some work may be performed outdoors where there may be exposed to varying degrees of heat and cold as well as inclement weather. Incumbent is a working leader that leads housekeeping aids under his/her control as well as performs housekeeping duties when not leading. Must be able to work under pressure. exercise flexibility in changing on type of work to another with only short notice and to meet emergencies and deadlines without undue interruption of routine. Incumbent may be required to work any established tour of duty as deemed necessary for the function of the operation. The incumbent is subject to call back during operation. Working conditions such as ventilation and environment are satisfactory. Incumbent may be exposed to both indoor and outdoor environments. Incumbent may be subject to occasional noise, skin irritations, broken bones, cuts, and bruises. The work performed requires continuous walking when making inspections in various areas. When performing cleaning tasks, moderated effort is expected. Must have a thorough knowledge of specialized cleaning and sanitation techniques, materials, and equipment in order to assist in the training of employees. There is a possibility of exposure to hazardous cleaning chemicals, strong cleaning solutions, bodily fluids, and communicable disease. Protective clothing and/or personal protective equipment (PPE) including gowns, gloves, safety shoes, masks, etc. will be furnished as needed.

Education

Not applicable.

Contacts

• Address VA New Jersey Health Care System 385 Tremont Avenue East Orange, NJ 07018 US
• Name: Melissa Charles
• Phone: 908-647-0180
• Email: [email protected]