Job opening: Communication Specialist - Connected Health Coordinator
Salary: $59 966 - 94 317 per year
Published at: Oct 09 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Connected Health Coordinator serves as facility champion for Connected Health, leading facility teams to evaluate and improve the use and usage of Connected Health modalities through program and management analysis, outreach and communication campaigns, User Experience surveys, staff and Veteran training, process improvement, and administrative oversight.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/17/2024.
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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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.
You may qualify for the GS-09 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. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: provide social media management; experience with a variety of personal technology devices and how they interface; developing multimedia materials such as printed articles, brochures or videos, to distribute information to the public; deliver training and presentations. OR,
Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a 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., if related. OR,
Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the first year of graduate level education.
You may qualify for the GS-11 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-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: provide social media management; experience with a variety of personal technology devices and how they interface; developing multimedia materials such as printed articles, brochures or videos, to distribute information to the public; deliver training and presentations; develop and administer user experience surveys, collect data results, implement suggestions or provide solutions; leading or delegating work to subordinates. OR,
Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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. OR,
Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond graduate level education (in excess of 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education) and specialized experience to meet total experience requirements.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Communications and MediaCustomer ServicePlanning and EvaluatingTechnology Management
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: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.
Physical Demands: Work ls primarily sedentary, but may require walking, bending, stooping, reaching, and periods of standing during presentations, briefings, speeches, health fair activities, etc. May also lift and carry items weighing up to 15 lbs.
Work Environment: Work is mostly performed in an office setting with adequate lighted and climate-controlled office. However, outreach and training events may require occasional travel and work to be performed in a variety of indoor spaces.
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 Iowa City VA Health Care System
601 Highway 6 West
Iowa City, IA 52246
US
- Name: Kelsey Charley-Germain
- Phone: 651-405-5689
- Email: [email protected]
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