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The Supervisory Government Information Specialists are responsible for one of seventeen processing teams under the Centralized Support Division at the St. Louis Regional Office within the VBA. The position is located in the Centralized Support Division, St. Louis VA Regional Office. The Centralized Support Division has primary responsibility for conducting required management activities related to VBA paperwork management, Privacy Act (PA) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Learn more about this agency11/19/2024 to 11/29/2024
$61,408 - $79,830 per year
GS 9
4 vacancies in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
9 - Full Performance Level
Yes
No
No
331-24-MC-12608592-NBU
819738900
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current federal employees of this agency.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
This vacancy announcement is open to applicants within the 50 mile Commuting Area of the St Louis Regional Office, VA and VBA wide, Schedule A, Displaced federal employees eligible under CTAP/ICTAP, persons eligible for non-competitive appointment, Veterans eligible under VEOA or VRA (or both), 30% Disabled Veterans, federal employees eligible for transfer/interchange agreements, Reinstatements, Military Spouse, Peace Corps/VISTA, and Land Management employees. NOT a Remote Position.
Supervisory Government Information Specialist
Directly supervises approximately 20 employees engaged in processing requests for military records from all VBA Regional Offices or processing PA/FOIA request. Plans and schedules work to be accomplished by subordinates. Provides subordinates the requirements and descriptions of the work to be performed and tracks progress. Sets priorities and quarterly and annual goals. Resolves work
problems presented by subordinates and recommends or implements ways to improve the unit's production/quality of work. Prepares performance standards and evaluates the performance of subordinates. Interview candidates for positions in the organization, making or approving selections for non-supervisory positions. Makes recommendations for employee promotions or reassignments. Hears and resolves complaints from employees, referring more serious complaints to a higher-level supervisor.
Major Duties:
The incumbent has the responsibility for special projects related to the records retrieval system of the VA as well as the release of those records to external stakeholders. This entails coordination with not only VA entities but also with the Department of Defense, National Personnel Records Center and other federal, state, and local agencies that during the routine course of their activities require access to records. The incumbent also has the responsibility for ensuring the efficient service provision of nonrelated workload and other missions as assigned by VA Central Office.
TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are/were federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.
Applicants may substitute education for the experience required with 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.
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
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. 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.
Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.
Promotion Potential: The position is at the Full Performance Level (FPL).
Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts; driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Please contact the special placement coordinator or the human resources specialist listed on this vacancy for more information regarding applying for consideration under schedule A or as a 30% disabled veteran.
Displaced federal employees: The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. A well-qualified candidate is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualifications requirements for this position. A score of 85 or above on the assessment questionnaire is considered well qualified. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility can be found here.
Military Spouse Hiring Authority To be eligible under this hiring authority, the military spouse must be in one of 3 categories:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
The following documents are required for all applicants:
To apply for this position, you must complete the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12608592 and submit the documentation specified in the required documents section. Documents will not be accepted after the closing date of the announcement.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 11/29/2024 to receive consideration.
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