Human Resources Assistant (Info Sys/OA) at Murfreesboro

JOB SUMMARY:

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 950185 

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Our mission:  To fulfill President Lincolns promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are Americas Veterans. 

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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.

 

Recruitment or Relocation Incentives are not authorized

Relocation expenses are not authorized

 

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.  Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a US citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Must meet time-in-grade by closing date of announcement
• A qualified typist is required. Must self-certify ability to type 40 wpm.

DUTIES:Back to top

This position is in the Processing and Records section of the Human Resources Management Service.  Incumbent performs technical work in processing, documenting and coding a full range of recurring and non recurring types of official personnel actions. Such actions include a variety of accessions, position and pay changes, separations, etc. for both the competitive and excepted appointments including special programs for veterans, handicapped, trainees, Title 38 and hybrid employees. Reviewing appropriate nature of actions to ensure the action is appropriate for intended purpose. Reviews the SF 52 Request for Personnel Action for completeness and accuracy; including reviewing benefit eligibility, retirement system, creditable service, veterans preference, as well as determining salary dates, within-grade eligibility, leave group, etc. in accordance with the various actions. Determines follow-up codes required for each particular action. Maintains a suspense system and follows through to ensure actions are processed timely. Determines necessary documents needed to support the transaction and ensures that all documents obtained are complete and in proper sequence. The incumbent is considered an expert on all processing and records functions. Service is provided to a large block of medical center services. Receives and reviews PAID error/reject messages on a daily basis. Verifies actions on the SF 50 for accuracy and makes necessary corrections. Codes actions that affect employees in diverse and complex paid systems. Conducts formal orientation sessions, provides counseling and assists new employees in completing required forms. Responsible for the establishment and maintenance of personnel records including Electronic Official Personnel Records (EOPFs), Board Action files, and Fee Basis Folders.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

Time-in-Grade Restriction - 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. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.

 

Specialized experience:  Specialized experience is experience which is in or directly related to the duties of the position to be filled such as clerical and administrative support position in support of an organization performing the following: reviewing, coding, and processing a full range of personnel actions.  Reviews requests for completeness and accuracy to include benefit eligibility, retirement system, creditable service, veterans preference, salary dates, within-grade eligibility leave group, etc.  Conducts formal orientation sessions; maintaining personnel records or similar system; providing clerical and administrative support in a health care organization or similar work environment, and which has equipped the applicant with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties as described in this announcement. 

 

GS-5 level:  Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service.

OR Education equivalent to 4 years above high school.

NOTE:  Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels and positions for which both education and experience are acceptable. 

 

GS-6 level:  Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service.

GS-7 level:  Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level in the Federal service.

 

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

There is no educational substitution for the GS-6 or GS-7 level.

 

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications .

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:  In addition to meeting minimum qualification requirements, as described in your resume, all applicants should show the level of accomplishment or degree to which they possess the KSAs by describing your experience, training, and education to include examples that clearly demonstrate them in your resume. 

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.  WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.  If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your responses.

 

• Knowledge of regulations and procedures necessary to process the full range of personnel actions.
• Knowledge of rules and regulations concerning Federal employee benefit programs
• Ability to complete tasks with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness
• Ability to plan, organize and adjust the workload to changing priorities

 

APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE:  Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.)  Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website:  http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html  All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  Work is usually sedentary.  It does require walking, standing, bending, stooping, reaching and carrying light to moderate items such as stacks of OPFs.  The demands of meeting constant deadlines with a high degree of accuracy can become very stressful. 

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work is performed in an office setting.  At times, the incumbent is required to travel from one duty station to another to perform their duties.  The work includes the everyday risks and discomforts of office settings.  The incumbent maintains a safe work environment.

 

DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION:  Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.  Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.  Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.

 

 

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:  Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements.  To determine if you are qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire.  The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire.  The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position.  If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities.  Please follow all instructions carefully.  Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

 

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS will receive a rating of IFM (ineligible due to missing forms).  Requests for reconsideration of ratings will not be considered for applicants who fail to submit a complete application package.  We cannot be held responsible for incompatible software, fax transmissions, delays in mail service, etc.

 

Only send documentation as requested/required by this announcement and that directly supports your qualifications for this position.

Country: USA, State: Tennessee, City: Murfreesboro, Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.