Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: Serves as an Records and Management Specialist

Duties

Manage various records administration programs such as training for office records managers and file custodians Implement/improve paperwork management codes, subject codes, recurring reports, forms management, and central records. Develop and manage state guidelines for access to information. Collaborate with program staff and managers to develop records policy and procedures. Is the authority for such policy and procedures statewide. Recommend changes to existing policies and procedures as needed to improve program operations. Develop/facilitate transition plans to ensure effective management of official records to a predominantly automated environment. Identify records needs (automated and manual) and determine appropriate media; evaluate new technology; and conduct feasibility studies of old versus new technology. Conduct long/short range planning for moving from manual to automated environments. Ensure user community has input to all phases of record systems design, implementation, and application. Serve as a member of various project teams as necessary to provide records administration expertise, advice, and counsel. Provide advice and counsel to program staff, data stewards, and various management teams on records administration. Serve as the statewide lead for Information/Data Sharing Agreements. Assist program leads in developing appropriate information exchange documents with other agencies and private users. Coordinate activities with data administrators and data stewards to develop agreements that are implemented correctly, legally, and successfully.

Requirements

Qualifications

At the GS-9 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include: Knowledge of, and ability to apply the principles and concepts of information governance of various phases of records and information management. Specialist knowledge of the Freedom of Information (FOIA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Privacy Acts is required to avoid the unauthorized release of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Ability to adapt quickly to changes in regulations and procedures, or to interruptions that temporarily disrupt the workflow, and the ability to work under pressure while maintaining a high degree of accuracy. At the GS-11 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: To qualify, applicants 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. Specialized experience is defined as experience conducting interviews in a state and/or Federal benefit/services program capacity to obtain essential information and assess an individual's competency to make valid decisions; Expertise in personal financial management for individuals in exceptionally unique or complex financial situations; Conducting professional interviews or investigations involving issues/cases such as benefit; Establishing and reviewing budgets for expenditures, verifying or monitoring the use of funds, personal financial management, balancing or reconciling finances for disabled individuals or minors who are unable to legally manage their own accounts claims, and Interpretation and application of Federal, State and Local benefit programs (i.e. compensation/pension, healthcare, mortgage/lending, insurance, etc.) that comply with related laws, policy, regulations.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address Central Alabama VA Medical Center-Montgomery 215 Perry Hill Road Montgomery, AL 36109 US
• Name: Denise James
• Phone: 3347270550 X53200
• Email: [email protected]