Supervisory Program Specialist at Charleston

JOB SUMMARY:

Southern charm, hospitality and history imbue Charleston, one of the most well-preserved cities in the United States. 

 

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) 968374

 

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. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

Located in the historic part of the city of Charleston, the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center serves more than 57,000 veterans in 22 counties along the South Carolina and Georgia coastline in our main Medical Center or one of six community-based outpatient clinics.  The main Medical Center provides acute medical, surgical, and psychiatric inpatient care, as well as outpatient primary and mental health care to low country veterans. The Medical Center currently operates 96 beds and a 20 Community Living Center beds.  Charleston VAMC supports the Vet Centers in North Charleston, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia.  Charleston is a DOD/VA Joint Venture Site and has a robust Academic Affiliation with the Medical University of South Carolina.  The Ralph H. Johnson VAMC also has over 100 Researchers with some 300 research protocols.

 

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.

 

 

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must submit most current SF-50 reflecting grade, step and salary.
• Most current Performance Appraisal.
• You must meet time in grade requirements by closing date of announcement

DUTIES:Back to top

The Supervisory Program Specialist is located in the Mental Health Service at the Charleston, South Carolina VA Medical Center.

 

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Responsible for budget management and related resource allocation decisions including FTEE, hours of duty, salary budget, equipment budget, overtime, space utilization, maintenance contracts, etc..
• Directs the personnel management program for the tele-mental health programs within the Mental Health Service Line.
• Provides personnel management and administration for this program with varied functions and activities.
• Directs the personnel management program, including matters involving recruitment, promotions awards, position classification, training, disciplinary actions etc.
• Shares oversight responsibility with ACOS, Mental Health Service Line and other Mental Health Managers for the performance appraisal and merit pay programs.
• Develops status reports or response materials for the ACOS, Mental Health Service Line, for higher level attention, review or signature.
• Provides expert advice to managers on human resource needs.

 

Work Schedule: Monday -  Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm 

Position Description Title/PD#:534-07525-0

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized for this position.

 

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

 

Time-in-grade:    Federal employees must serve a minimum of 52 weeks at a particular grade to be eligible for promotion consideration to the next higher grade.  For this vacancy, applicants must have served 52 weeks in a GS-07 position or higher to be eligible for the GS-09 level.  Applicant is responsible for providing supporting documentation with his/her application that shows time-in-grade requirements have been met. 

 

Specialized Experience: 

Applicants 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. Qualifying specialized experience includes: knowledge in and experience interpreting the policies and requirements for administrative support programs such as resource and supply management, workload analysis and contract administration; administering personnel management programs; and supervisory/managerial responsibility

OR

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-9 level.  To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 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-9. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (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 position

 

There is no educational substitution for the GS-9 level.

 

Preferred Qualification: Supervisory Experience.

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required.  All candidates must be physically and mentally able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, without hazard to themselves or others. Candidates must meet the physical requirements outlined in Section II and Section VI of the OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, and must possess emotional and mental stability.

 

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

 

You will be rated on the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other characteristics (KSAOs) based on your application for this position.

1 – Knowledge of policies and requirements for administrative support programs such as resource management, workload analysis, and contract administration.

2 - Ability to to administer the personnel management program for the organization.
3 - Knowledge of budget principles, concepts, and procedures.

4 - Ability to supervise others.

 

If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview.

 

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE . If your resume/application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

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.

 

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

 

 

Probationary period for First-Time Managers and Supervisors in the Competitive Service:  A one-year probationary period is required of all newly appointed supervisors in accordance with Section 3321 of Title 5 USC, as amended.  Failure to meet written performance requirements will necessitate removal from this position to a position of now lower grade and pay than that held prior to entry except for those individuals who change to lower grade to accept the position.

New appointees will be required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.

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.

 

Applicants responsibility:  It is the applicants responsibility to submit documentation to support his/her application for this position.  Applicant is responsible for ensuring that all experience, education, formal training, award recognition, etc. are documented in the application package.  Experience may include voluntary or other non-paid experience in the appropriate field.  If you feel that your training record contains information pertinent to your qualifications, then you must submit a printed copy of your training record with your application package.  Your training record will become a part of the specific vacancy file and will not be filed in Official Personnel Folder. 

 

This announcement is not intended to cover all aspects of the duties, responsibilities or qualifications of this position.  Request for copies, return of forms or transfer of consideration to another announcement will not be honored.

 

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.

 

Interviews: Management may interview candidates for this position and may elect to use the Performance Based Interviewing (PBI) process. If PBI is used, questions will be job-related, reasonably consistent and fair to all candidates.  You can visit the following website http://www.va.gov/pbi to learn more about PBI, frequently asked questions and aids to prepare for an interview.  Additionally, printed reference material is available at each Human Resources Office.

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Country: USA, State: South Carolina, City: Charleston, Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.