The Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System (GCVHCS) is a highly affiliated multi-divisional tertiary care facility providing a broad range of specialty medical services. The facility meets the full array of VA missions to include health care to America's heroes, education, research and national preparedness.

Duties

The selectee will serve as the Program Support Assistant for the Office of Community Care Service (OCC) at the Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System (GCVHCS) The primary function will be to provide administrative support to the department. The OCC Service includes a hiring ceiling of 153 full time employees both clinical and administrative. The selectee is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating, implementing, directing, and controlling the overall activities related to human resources activities, training, contracting, quality monitoring and compliance with applicable regulation or policy for OCC which includes Non-Institutional Care, Institutional Care, Utilization Review and Dental. Budget issues and constant staffing changes make the position challenging. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8am - 4:30pm, subject to change based on the needs of the agency. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant - Office of Community Care/PD035810 and PD036820 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/29/2023. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience for GS-06: You must have one year of specialized 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: administrative functions to perform higher-level assignments; drafting research communication materials, emails and reports; communicate factual and procedural information clearly, orally and in writing; and ability to independently plan and carry out assignments in conformance with policies and practices; adhering to instructions, policies, and guidelines. This experience must be supported by your resume to be creditable. Specialized Experience for GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: administrative functions to perform higher-level assignments; drafting research communication materials, emails and reports; communicate factual and procedural information clearly, orally and in writing; and ability to independently plan and carry out assignments in conformance with policies and practices; adhering to instructions, policies, and guidelines. This experience must be supported by your resume to be creditable. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ReasoningCommunicationComplianceFinancial ManagementPlanning and EvaluatingProblem Solving 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 Requirements: No special physical qualifications are required to perform the work. The work requires the ability to move around the office and clinic and requires some standing, walking, bending and carrying of light items up to 20 pounds such as office files, copy paper and supplies. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Biloxi VA Medical Center 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS 39531 US
• Name: Angela Fortenberry
• Phone: (601) -383-0370
• Email: [email protected]