OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Duties

Duties: This position is located at the Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI (695) - a Level 1a Complexity VHA Facility, and is organizationally aligned under the Communications Division. The primary purpose of this position is to oversee the Library, Medical Media, and Veteran Health Education programs The position is directly responsible for management of staff and various contracts for facility services. Major Duties: Plans and organizes activities, involving the use and effectiveness of Library and Medical Media programs at the Medical Center. Provides direct management and supervision to the Medical Media & Library/Learning Resources Section. Assigns work, develops performance standards and evaluates work performance of subordinates. Interviews candidates for positions in the unit. Identifies and provides for employee training. Implements methods and procedures to improve organizational performance. Planning and managing of the Library section and Medical Media section operational activities. Coordinates with internal facility departments on a variety of projects. Performs additional duties as assigned. NOTE: Candidate may be required to perform a one year supervisory probation period. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30p Compressed/Flexible: Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Communications Specialist/PD17080O 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, 04/18/2024. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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: GS-12 GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Specialized Experience: Must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-11) in Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes: Supervise or manage subordinates to accomplish the work required to operate a significant program or organization function, demonstrate techniques and procedures for using Medical Center computers and telecommunications equipment for accessing databases and storing data in order to facilitate the manipulation of information, demonstrate resourcefulness, initiative, and judgment based on experience will be used to deviate from or extend traditional methods and practices, or develop new approaches in devising solutions to problems where precedents are not available, design, conduct, and interpret program-based needs assessments, design Library and Medical Media programs, services, and products based on assessed needs, analyze problems and establish priorities, taking into consideration the wide range of factors and requirements that affect the management of the health care delivery system, and communicate effectively both orally and in writing. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementAnalytical ReasoningBudget AdministrationPlanning and Evaluating 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: Thework is predominantly sedentary with extended periods of sitting while operating a personal computer, but also includes walking, standing, bending, and carrying light or medium loads of paper, office files, and supplies. 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 Clement J Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center 5000 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53295 US
• Name: Lesley Hynes
• Phone: 414-712-8259
• Email: [email protected]