The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) is a part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), located in Washington, D.C. The Board's mission is to conduct hearings and decide appeals properly before the Board in a timely manner. 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) 7101(a). The Board's jurisdiction extends to all questions in matters involving a decision by the Secretary under a law that affects a provision of benefits by the Secretary to Veterans, their dependents, or their survivors.

Duties

This is a bargaining unit position. This position is being filled under The College Graduate Hiring Authority and will allow agencies to use strategic recruiting to hire recent college graduates to fill professional and administrative positions at General Schedule (GS)11 level and below. The authority was established by P.L. 115-232 and is codified at 5 U.S.C. 3115.) The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 100 applications. The first 100 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (100 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. This is NOT a remote/virtual position. Incumbent will be expected to report to the office (425 I Street, Washington, DC) at least 5 days per pay period. Major Duties: Compiling workload and statistical data and providing updates on staffing projections, gains and losses, for budgetary forecasts. Assisting with reports on hiring trends for attorney excepted service appointments and the success rate of various recruitment efforts; tracking of Veterans Law Judge (VLJ) appointments and retirements; overall succession rates for Board staff; and Fiscal Year attorney hiring data as compared to established hiring goals. Conducting and analyzing a variety of Human Resource (HR) related reports to include graphs, charts, historical and statistical data for distribution to senior leadership and staff. Serving as a point of contact in coordinating recruitment, promotion, and reassignment for a portion of the organization. Identifying specific goals, objectives, milestones and completion dates for administrative management matters. Providing the required services in a timely manner through individual effort or cooperatively through facilitating team resolution/action. Using a wide variety of methods and techniques of data collection, fact finding, analysis to resolve complex problems and demonstrating the ability to develop, design, and implement actions plans to insure resolution and corrective action. Meeting and dealing with internal staff members, other professional staff, non-staff personnel, etc., at all levels. Communicating orally and in writing to develop and present briefings, information papers, instructions, project reports, and other related correspondence in order to convey a clear understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations. Effectively using MS Office, PowerPoint, Word, Access, and Excel for preparing HR reports and presentations. Applying, fundamental Human Resource Management methods, principles, and practices of the specialization(s); and standardized analytical, and evaluative methods and techniques sufficient to: advise on and/or resolve moderately complex, non-controversial, factual, procedural, and recurring issues. Preforming assigned duties with accuracy, acceptability, and reliability of subsequent data processing, automated systems, and monitoring through to fruition. 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: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm EST Compressed/Flexible: Not Available. 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#: Program Specialist (Human Resource Liaison)/PD19610A and PD19611A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary. There are no special physical demands for this position.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/14/2024. RECENT GRADUATE REQUIREMENT: You must have obtained a qualifying bachelors or graduate from a qualifying educational institution within the previous two years. Preference eligible veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their 2-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty. Eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed 6 years from the date on which the degree (or certification) was completed. You may qualify based on your education/experience/combination as described below. 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. For a GS 11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS 09. 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. A transcript must be submitted with your application. In addition to meeting the eligibility requirements above, applicants must possess the experience requirements as follows: You may qualify for the GS-9 level based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience in compiling workload and statistical data and provide updates on staffing projections, gains and losses, for budgetary forecasts; Experience in conducting and analyzing a variety of HR related reports to include graphs, charts, historical and statistical data for distribution to senior leadership and staff; Demonstrated ability to perform the assigned duties with accuracy, acceptability, and reliability of subsequent data processing, automated systems, and provide analysis and assessment of the data. Your resume must clearly support at least 2 of the listed specialized experience items to be minimally qualified OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., with courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED). OR, Combination: 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 year (18 semester hours) to be creditable. To determine if you met these requirements, total your qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determine your education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; then add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED).You may qualify for the GS-11 level based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience serving as a point of contact in coordinating recruitment, promotion, and reassignment for a portion of the organization; Experience with identifying specific goals, objectives, milestones and completion dates for administrative management matters; Experience with using a wide variety of methods and techniques of data collection, fact finding, analysis to resolve complex problems and demonstrates the ability to develop, design, and implement actions plant to insure resolution and corrective action. Your resume must clearly support at least 2 of the listed specialized experience items to be minimally qualified. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph. D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related, with courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond 3 full years. May be computed by first determining the total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Critical Thinking Customer Service Interpersonal Skills Clerical Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application.

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 Board of Veterans' Appeals 425 I St NW Washington, DC 20001 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]