To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/03/2025.
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-09 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the
GS-07. 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.
Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized Experience - GS-09:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Thorough knowledge of a complex variety of Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR), VA Regulations, Directives, Handbooks, bulletins, policies and other Federal regulations, publications and guidelines to extensively research and develop solutions to complex and routine problems; to accurately maintain perpetual inventory accounts for nonexpendable equipment in a fully computerized and integrated data base system; and to formulate improved inventory management procedures and practices, Comprehensive understanding of supply principles, lifecycle management, planning, property inventory and accounting methods are required to properly manage the property management program and determine the means and methods to resolve issues and improve operations.
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Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. Successful completion of a Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Master's OR equivalent degree OR LL.B or J.D., if related, in a major field of study related to the work of the position and which provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position. (
Note: Transcripts must be submitted if education is being used to qualify. Conferral date and degrees earned should be present on transcript. Unofficial transcripts are okay.)
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- Combination of Experience and Education: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-09 grade level. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 18 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-09. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education beyond the first 18 semester hours of graduate study (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the GS-09 position. (Note: Transcripts must be submitted if education is being used to qualify. Conferral date and degrees earned should be present on transcript. Unofficial transcripts are okay.)
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Communication
- Contracting/Procurement
- Planning and Evaluating
- Problem Solving
- Technical Competence
- Technology Application
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:
Involves a mix of working in an office environment to working in a warehouse to assist in processing new equipment receipts and entering into the EIL. A great amount of time walking and climbing stairs is required to conduct on-site inventories of EIL equipment. Lifting of up to 40 pounds is required when receiving new equipment at the facility and preparing for the sale of excess property. Work conditions are often indoors, but could occasionally be dirty, hot, humid or unusually cold when involved in property inventories, disposal of equipment, transferring of equipment between serviced locations and recycling centers.
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/.