Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by 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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-14 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) Serving as a liaison for building Management functions to include maintenance, custodial, functioning of building systems including mechanical, electrical, fire/life safety, and elevators, and housekeeping support; (2) Providing program support for facilities, emergency preparedness, Emergency Alerting and Accountability System, contingency operations, conference room scheduling; (3) Administering a records and information management program; (4) Providing a variety of operational support services such as building maintenance, Including appraisal, storage, retrieval and disposition, space alterations and minor improvements; (5) Overseeing all aspects of the financial management regarding facilities management, including budget projections, expenditures, renovation expenses, contractual services for leased space, miscellaneous contracts, and wide variety of other support services. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Civil Engineering Safety Engineering Leadership Financial 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. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management’s website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
This position is responsible for providing direct oversight for over 7 VA Central Office buildings in the National Capital Region. The position is the liaison for building Management functions to include maintenance, custodial, functioning of building systems including mechanical, electrical, fire/life safety, and elevators, and housekeeping. Other duties include program support, emergency preparedness, contingency operations, conference room scheduling, media services and safety programs.