Job opening: Veterans Service Representative
Salary: $86 962 - 113 047 per year
Published at: Nov 12 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Locating Specific Pay Information:
Muskogee, OK Salary Range: $86,962 - $113,047
Waco, TX Salary Range: $86,962 - $113,047
Duties
The AQRS measures individual performance quality as well as identifies training needs through the review and assessment of completed compensation and pension claims. Specific duties include:
Performs individual quality reviews to determine the authorization quality level of individual VSRs for purposes of individual performance standards in accordance with an established monthly schedule.
Conducts focused "in-process reviews" for cases to determine the accuracy of claims action taken. (Such reviews are for station-level feedback and improvement only, not used for individual performance standard purposes.)
Responsible for sharing authorization quality trend information with management on an ongoing basis and with the VSRs during training sessions.
Reviews products or activities for quality of performance and enters the results into the on-line STAR checklists.
Evaluates and identifies deficiencies of all elements of a claim from evidence development, income and dependency issues, to award processing and authorization. Provides an explanation of errors and includes comments where attention is warranted.
Prepares STAR data reports and provides to personnel in the regional office who are authorized to request and receive such reports.
Develops various quality assurance processes with emphasis on work procedures and techniques that address unique work conditions and practices.
Ensures all program requirements imposed by Compensation Service and/or the Pension and Fiduciary Service and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims are met or implemented.
Promotion Potential: This position is at the full performance level
Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday (hours to be determined by hiring office)
Compressed/Flexible: May be available as determined by the hiring office
Telework: May be available as determined by the hiring office
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: 37136A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
The salary range indicated in this announcement will be adjusted to include locality payment for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.
Requirements
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- You may be required to serve a probationary period
- Subject to background/security investigation
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:11/18/2024.
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.
For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level.
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.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
GS-12 Grade Level:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or higher. Specialized experience is defined as work that involves functioning in either a capacity performing training, analyst or information systems duties of a claims management process.
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 normally involves mental rather than physical exertion. The work is mostly sedentary. However, there may be some walking, standing, and carrying of light items such as papers, books, claims folders, and files from one desk to another or for returning to storage. Carts are utilized to carry large number of claims folders. This will require the incumbent to push or pull the cart from one area to another.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Education
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Contacts
- Address VBACO HRC Denver
810 Vermont Ave NW
Washington, DC 20420
US
- Name: HRC Denver - Waco RO Servicing Team
- Email: [email protected]