The Beneficiary Travel/Veteran Transportation Service Mobility Manager operates within the Health Administration Service Located at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, SC. The Manager is the facility point of contact/Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to coordinate with local contract transportation providers surrounding the medical center to improve overall mobility for Veterans.

Duties

The incumbent manages the VA Medical Center's Beneficiary Travel/Veteran Transportation Program (VTP) to include:

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/02/2020. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: manages the Beneficiary Travel/Veteran Transportation Program (VTP) and services provided; develops, analyzes, evaluates, advises on, or improves the effectiveness of work methods and procedures, manpower utilization, distribution of work assignments, delegation of authority, management controls, information and documentation systems and similar functions of management; designated/assigned staff, performs/coordinates personnel actions, maintains personnel-related records such as performance ratings, position descriptions, awards and proficiencies for Veterans Transportation Program staff; manages the VAMC transportation budget, analyzes organizational budgets and provides information and recommendations to Chief, HAS, Associate Director, Chief Financial Officer and CBO VTS Program Staff, as appropriate; manages the VAMC transportation program quality assurance processes; assures that VA performance measures and standards issued by various accrediting, regulatory and higher agency authorities pertaining to the VAMC's patient transportation program are met; performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised; establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. OR, Education Substitution: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess 3 years of progressively higher level education leading to a Ph.D or equivalent doctorate degree. NOTE: Your must submit a copy of your transcripts. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-11, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. 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. 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 Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401 US
• Name: Debra Crawford
• Phone: 8437897013
• Email: [email protected]