To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/15/2025.
Time-In-Grade Requirement (GS-7): 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 this GS-7 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.
Please Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former VA employees applying for reinstatement with CTAP eligibility.
Applicants Please Note: Consideration will be given to the first 100 applicants. Any applicants received after the initial cut-off may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below.
Specialized Experience (GS-7): 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:
1) Analyze and extract information from a variety of documents and forms to determine their authenticity and applicability to a situation
2) Gathers information, summarizes data, and presents findings with recommendations to supervisors, teammates, and other individuals
3) Responds to requests for assistance with various issues related to enrollment, eligibility, income testing, and special programs
4) Operates a personal computer using the Windows environment that includes Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
5) Enters information into various databases and executes transmission to facilities that will be involved in the enrollee's care
6) Reviews benefit applications for completeness and analyzes various types of legal, financial, and military documents
7) Develops financial assessments to determine the priority for enrollment and eligibility for income-based benefits
OR,
Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 1 full year of graduate level education
OR,
Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.
OR,
Superior Academic Achievement (SAA): SAA is based on class standing, grade-point average, or honor society membership.
1) Class standing: Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.
2) Grade-point average (G.P.A.): Applicants must have a grade-point average of: a. 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or b. 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.
3) Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Analysis and Problem Solving
- Communications
- Computer Skills
- Quality 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.
Physical Requirements: This is primarily a sedentary position, but the work requires some walking, bending, stooping and carrying of light objects such as manuals, documents, etc... Concentration and sustained performance under prolonged stress is required because of the time factors involved in completion of work assignments within deadlines.
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/.