This position is located in Medical Service and provides primary secretarial support and administrative assistance to one or more subspeciality sections within this service.

Duties

Duties include but not limited to: Schedule and review work activities performed in an office, including reporting and record keeping. Review and direct incoming documentation/inquiries and take personal action when applicable or direct to appropriate staff as needed. Maintain files and reports. Maintain office compliance regarding regulations, policies, and guidelines as established. Enter all reports within an expedient time frame. Maintain calendar for manager, i.e. scheduling appointments. Maintain employee records. Prepare travel arrangements for staff. Perform transcription from dictation cassette tapes or handwritten forms. Receive incoming calls from patients, clients, staff, and others in need of information. Execute and prepare responses to routine correspondence and reports. Take meeting minutes. Perform office automation work on personal computer utilizing multiple programs to complete documentation. Utilize a range of office equipment (i.e., copier, fax, telephone, etc.). Maintain tracking mechanism for reports and action items. Utilize a range of software applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) to prepare correspondence. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm, subject to change depending on the needs of the agency. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Secretary (OA)/PD07937A Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/15/2024. 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-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. 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 s described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Providing general public contact support services such as answering the phones and referring visitors and providing information; developing agendas, invitations, and minutes; performing clerical duties such as composing and editing letters and reports; reviewing correspondence for accuracy and completeness, serving as principle timekeeper for time and attendance OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 4 years above high school. 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. . OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the second year. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: ClericalCommunicationsComputer SkillsManages and Organizes Information 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: Work is mostly sedentary, with some walking, bending, standing, carrying light items, such as papers, files, manuals and Consolidated Health Records, and also occasional lifting weights about 20 pounds. The work requires manual dexterity sufficient to write legible and use of a computer. 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center One Freedom Way Augusta, GA 30901 US
• Name: Deborah Niebauer
• Phone: 228-523-5000 X40010
• Email: [email protected]