Administrative Officer

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 11/07/2024. 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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9 grade level. 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: GS-11 EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: project management experience and skill, including planning, organizing, facilitating teams, fiscal responsibility, and negotiation; contributes to achievement of program objectives, including the essential system-wide objectives related to Risk Management, Accreditation Readiness, Quality Assurance, Employee Occupational Health, Infection Prevention, and Performance Improvement; promotes team building and improves business practices to eliminate barriers to productivity and efficiency; knowledge and skills in applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or actions related to office administration; knowledge of pertinent laws, Directives, regulations, policies and precedents which affect administrative operations. OR EDUCATION: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or a LL.M., in a field related to this position that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED. OR COMBINATION: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Applicants must have equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of the first two years or 36 semester hours) and specialized experience to meet total experience requirements. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Change Management Customer Service Manages and Organizes Information Organizational Awareness Planning and Evaluating Technology Awareness 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: The job is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Much of the work is at a desk but some movement in the facility, such as walking to attend meetings or to deliver materials might be required. There are possible travel opportunities locally and nationally to meet with colleagues in MSCoE, the MSCoE National Network, the NCP and NPO staff, and National non-profit stakeholder meetings that are better done in person. Work Environment: The incumbent typically performs work in an office setting with adequate light and climate control, or upon advance arrangement from a virtual site. However, there is occasional approved work-related travel in the Pacific Northwest or in other parts of the United States for MSCoE planning, evaluation, or dissemination of information. 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/.
The incumbent reports directly to the Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence (MSCoE) West at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS) in Seattle, and works with the National MSCoE Administrative Officer (AO) in the Neurology Clinical Program within the Neurology Program Office in VA Central Office (VACO) Specialty Care Services.