To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/30/2025.
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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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.
Individual Occupational Requirement - This series has the following Individual Occupational Requirement: You may qualify based on your experience/education as described below:
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.
OR,
Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that demonstrates a knowledge of the transportation function(s) of the position to be filled.
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-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Implementing local center policy and procedures based on facility, VISN, and VHA guidance. Conducting contract audits, compliance reviews and program effectiveness and efficiency reviews based on self-developed and nationally developed standards, of all facility activities to ensure services are provided and comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, directives, and procedures; Providing expert technical and analytical advice to executive leadership; Ability to coordinate and evaluate the efforts of subordinate's staff to identify specific requirements and to develop and adjust plans and schedules for the actions needed to meet each requirement on time; Initiating and preparing contracts to secure adequate resources to facilitate operations to include determining appropriate costs, performing costs analysis, soliciting bids; Knowledge of basic bookkeeping, record keeping and mathematical computation skills sufficient to maintain/retrieve records, compute statistics and ensure accuracy of varied reports and project; Possessing excellent written and oral communication skills to develop reports, memorandums, and present information to internal and external organizations.
- Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or successfully completed two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, LL.B or J.D. in a related field of the position to be filled (i.e., hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration). Education at the graduate level must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.
OR,
- Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of graduate level education (beyond the first year) and specialized experience as described above, to meet the total experience requirements.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Computer Skills
- Customer Service
- Planning and Evaluating
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: Work is generally sedentary, usually performed in an office environment. Requires some walking, standing, bending, climbing, etc. Travel will be required on a periodic basis. Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office within a VA Medical Center
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/.