This position is for a Supervisory Environmental Care Specialist in the Environmental Management Service at the Montgomery VA Medical Center. The duties involve staff supervision, training, and overall program administration.

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following: Provides technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers in accomplishing housekeeping work for the medical center. Possesses administrative knowledge and ability required to develop and write detailed operating procedures and job requirement standards for position within the sanitation section. Assists in supply control used in the sections and is responsible for submitting requests for re-stock. Serve as Contracting Officer Technical Representative. Assures direct relief of other like supervisors so as to ensure continuity of supervisory coverage of all areas of responsibility. Plan work, assign and review work, and evaluate performance. Conducts inspections throughout all areas of the Medical Center that assigned to ensure quality improvement and cleanliness standards are met. Maintains and prepares production reports and keeps records. Planning and organizing the study, estimating costs, coordinating with staff and line management personnel, and conducting all phases of the project. Communication with staff, upper management personnel, and/or contractors. Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 08:00 AM to 04:30 PM. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Environmental Care Specialist/PD110410 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. 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, 10/13/2023. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Process incoming and outgoing material such as correspondence, reports, postal mail, memorandums and other forms of written communications. Providing clerical and administrative support to different aspects of a program. Managing and maintaining reports and activities for different programs. Analyzing documents, statistics, worksheets, and projections to assist with resource allocations. Provide training resources for employees of a program/service. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate level education beyond the first year. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Clerical Manages and Organizes Information Communications Acquisition Strategy Teamwork Learning 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: Incumbent walks throughout the medical center. The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Occasional travel will be required. 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 Central Alabama VA Medical Center-Montgomery 215 Perry Hill Road Montgomery, AL 36109 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]