The primary purpose of this position is to manage administrative, personnel and financial programs and a variety of other administrative functions associated with Clinical Sciences R&D Service. The incumbent will have as his/her primary responsibility, the provision of evaluative information to the CSR&D Director/Deputy Director, facilitating effective management of the CSR&D Service, including finance, space, and other administrative program needs.

Duties

Major Duties: Participates in the development of long and short range plans, goals, and objectives for the CSR&D service. Keeps the Director/Deputy Director informed of significant activities. Evaluates the effectiveness of the administrative policies, procedures, and management practices; and recommends appropriate adjustments or alternatives. Works with ORD Senior staff and ORD Finance to ensure that the CSR&D administrative, personnel and financial programs are appropriately interfacing with ORD. Serves as the Administrative Officer and Position Management Coordinator for the CSR&D service. Responsible to the Director/Deputy Director for FTE utilization, work organization, performance standards and evaluations, training, disciplinary actions, and awards. Sets priorities, coordinates work operations, develops internal procedures to ensure that employees are informed of all aspects of administrative personnel and financial programs, interviews candidates and makes selections for positions, evaluates the performance of employees, approves personnel actions, recommends disciplinary actions, with supervisor input, approves and disapproves leave, and formulates training plans for employees. Assures that all requests and justifications for staffing are in accordance with FTE and financial allowances determined in the budget process. Travels to CSR&D national scientific meetings, ORD professional conferences and VA special events to promote CSR&D/ORD research. Represents the Director/Deputy Director, CSR&D at meetings with VA and other government agency officials. Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm EST 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. You will be required to physically report to the duty location listed on the announcement. Position Description/PD#: Administrative Officer/PD347920 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized 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, 05/09/2024. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. Quality Ranking Factor: Quality Ranking Factors are knowledge, skills, and abilities/competencies that could be expected to significantly enhance performance in a position, but are not essential for satisfactory performance. Applicants who possess such KSAs/competencies may be ranked above those who do not, but no one may be rated ineligible solely for failure to possess such KSAs/competencies. For this position, the Quality Ranking Factor is: Familiar with grants management. Fiscal management in excess of $100M. 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-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 1) Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable public laws, executive orders, federal regulations and established VA policies and directives. 2) Works with executives and managers of other organizations, both within and outside VA to resolve mutual problems or areas of concern. 3) Interviews candidates, makes recommendations for hiring, coordinates employee performance oversight, and formulates training plans. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ReasoningFinancial ManagementGrants ManagementManaging Human Resources 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 sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as papers, books, or small parts. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. 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 VSHO - Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]