The Incumbent will serve as Staff Assist to the Director of the Regional Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) assisting to ensure effective, economical direction, control, and operation of the VBA's program of benefits and services provided by law for Veterans, their dependents, beneficiaries, services for other agencies, allied governments, and miscellaneous beneficiaries within the limitations of established policies and delegated authority.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A probationary period may be required for employees and supervisors
• Relocation Expenses with Buyer Value Option (BVO) Program is authorized
• Must meet OPM's eligibility requirements for Relocation Incentive

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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. The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards, associated individual occupational requirements (IOR), and individual qualification standards covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here. To qualify, applicants 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. Specialized experience is defined as work that involves: (1) Establishing priorities and determining resource needs to meet program objectives; (1) Supervising, managing, or serving as a project lead to accomplish performance and project goals; possess knowledge and/or practical application of employee relations (e.g., performance or conduct based actions) and labor relations (e.g., grievance process or negotiations) practices; (2) Establishing priorities and determining resource needs to meet program objectives; (3) Directing, coordinating and approving a full range of personnel management actions and organizational change proposals; (4) Directing comprehensive and complex program reviews; (5) Monitoring and controlling program progression and effectiveness through analysis of policies, directives and organizational short and long range goals.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-14 level.

Contacts

• Address Hartford Regional Benefit Office 555 Willard Avenue Newington, CT 06111 US
• Name: Regina Devin
• Phone: 860 666-7377
• Email: [email protected]