The Administrative Officer (AO) of Mental Health Service reports directly to the Chief of Mental Health Service. The primary purpose of this position is to administratively lead the Mental Health Service at the Kansas City VA Medical Center (KCVAMC) and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).

Duties

The Mental Health Service provides a wide array of complex specialty care programs, including Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI), Mental Health Clinic (MHC), Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM), Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Recovery Centers (PRRC), PTSD Clinical Team (PCT), Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (SARRTP), Substance Treatment Outpatient Program (STOP), Suicide Prevention, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (IPV), Acute MH Inpatient Unit, as well as the associated training programs. Administrative Management: Provide for the overall administrative management of the Mental Health Service. Responsible for advising, planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating administrative processes and programs such as contract management, funds management, clinic flow, clinic scheduling, staffing efficiency, labor mapping, access, strategic planning, and communication across the Service Line. Monitor administrative performance and suspense actions. Develop performance metrics and process measurement methods - collecting data from various sources; analyzing data; developing reports; and providing guidance to the Service Chief and other clinical staff. Identify the linkage in complex systems and diverse processes in order to obtain efficiencies that improve quality of care while balancing improvement of operational performance and conservation of resources. Review documents, reports, and/or applications for omissions and inconsistencies, and ensures data entry is complete and accurate in order to maintain suspense controls on actions such as project milestones, progress reports, funding accomplishments, and compliance strategies. Maintain continuous liaison and communication with staff to ensure assigned actions are handled within prescribed time limits and that responses conform to procedural and substantive requirements. Personnel: Administer and oversees all aspects of personnel management within the Service. Provide advice on interpretation and application of a variety of human resources policies, practices, and procedures that affect the Mental Health Service Line. Direct recruitment and onboarding activities, research and input for market pay development and reviews, and other personnel administrative tasks. Review and maintain personnel action requests, awards, promotions, and supervisors' disciplinary action documentation. Maintain files and documents on all personnel actions, coordinating actions with appropriate staff or supervisor, monitoring current and projected personnel actions, and providing continuous status updates. Review related reports and analyzes trends to identify deficiencies or discrepancies and recommends plans to improve efficiency of processing actions and solutions to eliminate recurrence of unfavorable conditions. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm 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#: Administrative Officer/PD102200 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/29/2024. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Performing administrative management, interpreting/developing administrative and local policies, prepare/edit correspondence, human resources management, budget and finance, management and program analysis. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementCommunicationsFinancial ManagementPersonnel and Human ResourcesPlanning and Evaluating 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 is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

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 Kansas City VA Medical Center 4801 Linwood Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64128 US
• Name: Fallon Bailey
• Phone: (410) 336-5277
• Email: [email protected]