Description:
Program Support Assistant for the Administrative Office, providing logistical and administrative support in the management of Primary Care Service clinical and academic programs. Works at a two-divisional teaching hospital affiliated with University of Kentucky Medical Center at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Ky. Will normally work at one of the locations for two divisions (Cooper Drive Division or Leestown Road Division) at the other location as necessary.Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/01/2024.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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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 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-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: administrative support duties; Microsoft Office email and spreadsheet systems; possessing an understanding of medical terminology; retrieving files; maintaining calendars, appointments and schedules; maintaining time and attendance records; coordinates meetings and scheduling conferences; establishing and maintaining an efficient filing and reference system for all files; using automated data processing equipment to generate a variety of reports; typing letters, memos, reports, etc. in final form; customer service; processing incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports, and other forms of written communication; establishing priorities and setting deadlines. OR,
- Education: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. OR,. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Administration and 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.
Preferred Experience: Timekeeping and spreadsheet management.
Physical Requirements: The work involves mostly administrative processing which requires standing, walking, sitting, stooping, bending, lifting light objects, answering telephones and entering data into an electronic record keeping/information system .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/.
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/.
Mar 15, 2024;
from:
usajobs.gov