This position is assigned to the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Mental Health Services, Suicide Prevention Program Community Engagement and Partnership Program. The incumbent will serve as Program Support Assistant under the Supervisor, Suicide Prevention Programs. The incumbent will provide services to support the Community Engagement Partnership Coordinator (CEPC).

Duties

The Program Support Assistant performs analytical and evaluative work pertaining to administrative aspects of community engagement and partnership operations and management. Duties include but are not limited to: Analyzes information (e.g. performance improvement measures), interpret the data, and aid the CEPC in implementation of management plans. Manages important timelines, including those related to planning, direction, and timely execution of policy, training, education, research and evaluation, and/or data and surveillance projects/programs pertaining to the prevention of Veteran suicide. Plays a key role in collecting, analyzing, tracking, organizing, and interpreting various data/ surveys/ questionnaires. Enters, updates, and assists in analyzing data for CEPCs. Assist in assessing and tracking workflow of CEPCs and help adjust ensure adequate workload capture. Helps to modify and resolve operational and systemic problems within Community Based Suicide Prevention more generally. Creates complex databases for the CEPCs to include all SPC-SP interventions. Assists with development of communication products. Assists CEPC with Implementing VHA Community-Based Interventions for Suicide Prevention. Assists with developing and coordinating graphics requirements, including databases, tables and spreadsheets to complement communications materials. Assists in developing suicide prevention related media/marketing, social media postings, and communication campaigns (Paid/PSAs); Takes minutes during meetings with prospective and existing community stakeholder(s) focused on Veteran suicide prevention. Assists CEPCs with travel arrangements. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 7:45am- 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant (Suicide Prevention Program)/PD60464-0 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, 02/19/2024. 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Skill in applying analytical and evaluative techniques to theidentification, consideration, and resolution of community-based interventions for suicide prevention issues and problems of a procedural and/or factual nature. Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methodology of the Suicide Prevention programs. Skill in gathering the data necessary to evaluate and analyze community-based interventions for suicide prevention issues and problems. Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: ClericalCommunications and MediaComputer SkillsData ManagementInterpersonal Skills 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: The work is primarily sedentary. There may be some walking, standing and sitting. Reading, composing memo and frequent usage of visual display terminal is required. No heavy physical demands are 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

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address James H Quillen VA Medical Center Corner of Lamont Street and Veterans Way Mountain Home, TN 37684 US
• Name: Zenophia Harris
• Email: [email protected]