This position is in the Engineering Service located at the Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Healthcare System within VISN 6 Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network. The incumbent serves as the Administrative Support Assistant, reports to the Assistant Chief and provides administrative support that is essential to daily operations to sections within the Engineering Service Line. S/he performs a variety of adminstrative, clerical and technical duties /responsibilities including assisting the Service Chief.

Duties

As an Administrative Support Assistant, you will provide technical and administrative support services for Engineering Services. Duties include, but are not limited to the following. Knowledge of budget procedures and ability to analyze data Conducts detailed analyses of complex function and work processed Obtains and analyses data to equipment requests Collects the necessary data to establish the facts and take or recommend action Serves as timekeeper Conduct annual equipment inventory Presents findings and recommendations and negotiating solutions to disputed recommendations Provides ongoing training and assistance to new and iimcumbent personnel regarding office policies and procedures Negotiates and advises managers at all levels concerning improvements in services provided Work Schedule: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (EST) Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Not Authorized VirtualRemote: This is NOT a virtual/remote position. Position Description/PD#: Admininstrative Support Assistant/PD08219A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): 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, 09/20/2023. Driver's License Requirement: Applicants must possess a current valid state driver's license. 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-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skiss and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge of budget procedures to compile, organize, and maintain an accurate budget; knowledge of the structure of appropriation accounts, object classes, and line items of the service's program and budget to identify and crosscheck the accuracy of estimates; knowledge of requisition procedures to maintain supply levels; and knowledge of major issues, program goals and objectives, work processes, and administrative operation of an organization. [Note: Applicants must fully document their experience on resumes and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates, full-time/part-time work, and hour worked per week.]; OR, Education: Applicants must have successfully completed four (4) years of education above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite? [Note: This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.] (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED); OR, Combination: Applicants must have successfully completed equivalent combinations of specialized experience and education above to meet the total experience requirements at the GS-5 grade level for this position. [Note: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One (1) full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to six (6) months of specialized experience. For example, The applicant has 9 months of specialized experience and 75 semester hours of college (15 semester hours beyond the second year and the equivalent of 3 months of specialized experience). The applicant meets 75 percent of the required experience and 25 percent of the required education. The applicant meets 100 percent of the requirement for 1 year of specialized experience and is qualified for the position.] (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementBudget AdministrationComputer SkillsManages and Organizes InformationWriting 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: The work is mostly sedentary. However, may require walking; bending; standing; carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts; or driving an automobile, etc. throughout the medical center (interior and exterior) and visitation to construction sites. Work Environment: The work is performed in an office setting. The work environment involves everyday risks common to typical office and medical center settings. Work may require travel away from the normal duty station to include inside and outside locations, where demolition construction is present encountering noise, fumes, dust and debris. Precautionary measures should be taken in potentially infectious and construction areas. 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

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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 Fayetteville NC VA Medical Center 2300 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 US
• Name: Cynthia Rax-Lee
• Email: [email protected]