The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Central Virginia VA Healthcare System (CVHCS) in the Environmental Management Service (EMS) in Richmond, Virginia.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: The incumbent provides timekeeping, work orders and LEAF support to EMS. Incumbent serves as the official point of contact for timekeeping queries for the Service. Responsible for creating, processing, and maintaining attendance and leave records for all Time and Leave (T&L) units. Performs payroll matters with expertise and independently provides technical advice and assistance on pay and leave matters. Responds to questions from employees concerning the application of pay, leave, and benefit policies and procedures. Provides orientation to the Veterans Affairs Time and Attendance System (VATAS) to all new alternate timekeepers, and new EMS supervisors to ensure continued competency in the use of VATAS. Accurately maintains all VATAS time and leave records for each EMS employee. Maintains files of complete time schedule for each T&L unit. Reviews all directives and instructional material pertaining to timekeeping practices and procedures. Maintains confidentiality of all employees' personal information from VATAS practices and procedures. Compiles employee time, and payroll data from time sheets and other records. Reviews timesheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information in order to detect and correct calculation discrepancies. Verifies attendances worked, pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records. Posts employees' daily work hours to include Annual Leave (AL), Sick Leave (SL) and Administrative Absence (AA) in order to maintain and update employees' daily postings. Prepares spreadsheets according to employees' time from information entered into VATAS for use by the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chiefs and the EMS Administrative Section. Prepares and distributes Annual Leave master schedule draft and finalized versions yearly. Provides general administrative and clerical support such as responding to telephone inquiries, providing requested information about the office and other criteria as applicable. Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Admin Support Assistant/PD01438A Functional Statement #: PD01438A Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-05 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience in positions which required a full range of support; such as, skill in operating a computers to type correspondence such as memorandums, letters, reports, etc.; skill in operating computers, printers, typewriters, calculators, and software programs such as MS Word, Excel and Office or compatible software; budget, data collection, data entry; experience in positions that required customer service skills such as a receptionist, receiving telephone calls, routing calls to appropriate staff, greeting the customers, etc.; and skill in oral and written communication and interpersonal relations, to appropriately and courteously relate to internal and external customers; determining entitlements on travel reimbursements. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed 4 years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, or secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond the first 60 semester hours (beyond the second year). To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned. Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours. TRANSCRIPT(S) MUST BE SUBMITTED IF EDUCATION IS BEING USED TO QUALIFY. CONFERRAL OF DEGREE(S) EARNED SHOULD BE PRESENT ON TRANSCRIPT(S). UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT(S) OK. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL DISQUALIFY YOU FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION. OR Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-05 level. 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. OR Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-05 level. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-05. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. 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.

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.

Contacts

• Address Central Virginia VA Health Care System 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard Richmond, VA 23249 US
• Name: Nassar Brisker
• Email: [email protected]