Our Mission: "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. As a Program Specialist in the Office of Administration and Transportation Services is responsible for the oversight and management of daily operation of the Nationwide Transit Benefits Program and the VA National Capital Region Transit Benefits Program for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Duties

Provide oversight and management of daily operation of Nationwide Transit Benefit Program. Serves as the Contracting Officer Representative on financial aspects of the VA Transit Benefits contact between VA and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Conducts assessments and measurements of the VA Transit Benefit and Smart Benefits Program. Provides consultation on variety of issues to includes customer complaints, timeliness of the distribution of fare media, and processing of new transfer. Serves as primary official for the organization’s Equipment Inventory Listing account.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A probationary period may be required for employees
• Live within the commuting distance of the Washington, DC duty station.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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. The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards, associated individual occupational requirements (IOR), and individual qualification standards covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-11) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as work that involves: (1) Advise of budget principles and procedures to develop and implement a financial management system to control billing practices for a transit benefit program. (2) Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods and principles, concepts, and practices as they relate to the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness to provide comprehensive and expert operational and advisory services to management on the development and implementation of a Transit Benefit Program.(3) Consulting and evaluating best practices; facilitate work processes; identify, problem areas; provide in-depth analysis; and resolve issues relating to the administration of the transit benefit program.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-12 level.

Contacts

• Address Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration 810 Vermont Ave Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Erik Hubbard
• Phone: (313) 596-7200
• Email: [email protected]