Job opening: Transportation Assistant
Salary: $44 117 - 57 354 per year
Published at: Jan 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is aligned within Fiscal Service located at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA.
Qualifications
IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION AT THE GS-6 LEVEL YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service, that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of a Transportation Assistant. Specialized experience includes managing a web-based travel program; determining eligibility and processing travel requests; managing fund control points associated with travel; receiving invoices for payment of travel services. (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR RESUME TO BE CREDITABLE.)
You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:
Customer ServicePlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence
IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.
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; religious; 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.
Physical Requirements: Work involves various physical demands requiring the employee to be versatile in the many functions performs. These include sedentary work performs at a desk with intermittent standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, and lifting of lightweight records or supplies. Position requires some mobility between various clinical areas in separate building location sites. The employee is required to work with computer equipment at least 75% of the time which impacts on hand and wrist motions.
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:
Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).
Contacts
- Address Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
4815 North Assembly Street
Spokane, WA 99205
US
- Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
- Phone: (844)456-5208
- Email: [email protected]
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