This position is located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, Seattle Regional Office. The duty location for this position is in Seattle, WA and is not eligible for remote work. **Applicants please note: Additional selections may be made across the Department of Health and Human Services through this vacancy announcement.**

Duties

This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for ensuring that operational and fiscal activities align with and enable accomplishment of Health Resources and Services Administration's mission, goals and objectives. As a Program Specialist, you will perform a variety of analysis, administrative and management support assignments utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods for the analysis and evaluation of internal, organizational program operations. Your major duties and responsibilities include: Planning and coordinating travel and other arrangements for professional conferences, including coordination of presenters and facilitators. Providing technical and administrative support in the areas of time and attendance, property and records management, and purchase requests. Assisting the Regional Administrator and staff with the management, coordination, and efficient operation of activities under their authority. Recommending alternative courses of action for resolution of problems/issues related with implementation of programmatic and operational issues. Partnering with appropriate colleagues within HRSA IEA, Office of Communications, and other HRSA entities to ensure presentations, exhibits, manuscripts, and publications developed by regional HRSA IEA staff are cleared utilizing the approval process as outlined by the Office of Communications. Making recommendations to the Regional Administrator and staff in the form of briefing papers, written reports, and presentations. NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Requirements

• U. S. Citizenship is required.
• All qualifications and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Federal applicants must submit an SF-50 to show status and time-in-grade.
• Males ages 18 through 25 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• PHS Commissioned Corps applicants must submit current personnel orders.
• A one year probationary period may be required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of the pre-appointment process (i.e., background investigation, verification of qualifications and job requirements, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, etc.)

Qualifications

THESE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE: 12/06/2024 Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. MINIMUM QUALIFYING SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance. GS-09: Applicants may meet the minimum qualifications for this grade based on one of the three methods below: 1. EXPERIENCE: Your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of the minimum qualifying specialized experience that is comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-07 level in the federal service. Examples of minimum qualifying specialized experience equal to the GS-07 level include performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis: Performing and advising on a variety of administration and/or programmatic functions for an office, including providing written recommendations to increase efficiency and effectiveness of those functions. OR Recommending changes or improvements in management processes, procedures, or reporting systems for the effective operation of an organization. OR 2. EDUCATION: Have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or at least 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.B. or J.D. To be qualifying, the higher-level graduate education must be in a major field of study in business administration, accounting, management, or finance or other field of study with course work directly related to the work of this position. OR 3. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Have an equivalent combination of the above minimum qualifying specialized experience AND higher-level graduate education directly related to the work of this position that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. GS-11: Applicants may meet the minimum qualifications for this grade based on one of the three methods below: 1. EXPERIENCE: Your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of the minimum qualifying specialized experience that is comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-09 level in the federal service. Examples of minimum qualifying specialized experience equal to the GS-09 level include performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis: Providing technical and administrative support services in the development, review and management of programs or projects. AND Developing standard operating procedures, flowcharts, power point presentations, etc. for modifying, revising work processes, procedural changes, etc. OR 2. EDUCATION: Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or at least 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.M. To be qualifying, the higher-level graduate education must be in a major field of study or other field of study with course work directly related to the work of this position. OR 3. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Have an equivalent combination of the above specialized experience ANDhigher-level graduate education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. 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; religious; community; student; social). If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. Applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate the required minimum qualifying specialized experience will be evaluated based on the occupational assessment competencies listed below. A competency is defined as a measurable pattern of knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to perform work roles or occupational functions. MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS - Conducts research and solves organizational inefficiencies to increase the effectiveness of the organization. ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT - Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION - Knowledge of the principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results. TECHNICAL WRITING - Prepares written documentation to transfer technical information about concepts, situations, products, services, or results to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledge. TO PREVIEW THE OCCUPATIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE, please click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12624729 Current status candidates must meet Time-in-Grade (TIG) by the closing date of this announcement. To allow us to verify that you meet TIG requirements, provide any of the following SF-50s: Please Note: Current year pay adjustments are not acceptable for verifying TIG (ex. 2024 general increases cannot be used to verify TIG). Competitive or Career-ladder promotion to your highest grade (this does not include 120 day temporary promotions) Regular Within Range Increase (WRI) or With In Grade (WGI) increase at your highest grade (this does not include quality step increases (QSIs). Competitive career/career-conditional appointment to your highest grade. SF-50 at your highest grade held, that is at least one year older than the announcement closing date of 12/06/2024. Not sure which SF-50 to submit? Check out our video... Go here to watch the video on the SF50s to submit in your application package.

Education

If you qualify on the basis of education in lieu of experience, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades) to document that you have met the education. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required prior to your starting work.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov.

Contacts

• Address Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 US
• Name: AskHR HRSA Helpdesk
• Phone: (301) 443-3780
• Email: [email protected]