This position is located in the Environmental Management Service (EMS), Veterans Health Administration Medical Center in Salem VA Medical Center. The primary purpose of the position is to direct and coordinate the administrative, operational/planning activities internal and external to the service, oversee the budget and conduct comprehensive staffing/organizational analyses of EMS (final authority resting with the Chief).

Duties

Serve as the technical expert regarding reviewing and analyzing reports, statistical data, survey evaluations, policies and procedures. Provide guidance on such issues as leave administration, administrative/ disciplinary actions, incentive award programs, motivation and moral, position management and continuing education activities. Participates with managers in the development and implementation of policies and procedures. Communicates information to management effective evaluation of program operations and operations and milestones. Forecast and estimate program requirements and prepare programmatic reports, justifications, charts, graphs, statistical, and narrative data for executive level presentations and briefings. Prepare internal instructions, operating policies, procedures and guidelines concerning assigned programs and recommends required changes and adjustments to ensure proper and adequate accomplishment or major program goals and objectives. Access, update and monitor records and reports in an automated/online systems. Compile information and present narrative and statistical reports using computers Responsible for managing the accurate and timely data gathering, data analysis and preparation of reports and surveys. Responsible for reviewing and approving organizational changes, position descriptions, and individual performance standards. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not available Telework: No Position Description/PD#: Administrative Officer/PD022770 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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, 08/15/2024. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. Computer SkillsManages Human ResourcesOral CommunicationOrganizational StewardshipStrategic ThinkingTechnical CompetenceWritten Communication 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. 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

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on 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. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Salem VA Medical Center 1970 Roanoke Boulevard Salem, VA 24153 US
• Name: Andrew Larrison
• Phone: 7192819052
• Email: [email protected]