Program Support Clerk
What you'd do
This position serves as the timekeeper for Health Administration Service at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, providing guidance and oversight on all time and leave matters and coordinating timekeeping processes to ensure timely posting of work hours.
Major duties
Major duties include but are not limited to: Serves as a timekeeper for the Nursing/Patient Care Services' Time and Leave Units for full and part time professional nurses, practical nurses, nursing assistants, secretarial/clerical staff and volunteer service staff. Maintains the computerized Enhanced Time and Attendance records by utilizing a certified daily assignment schedule; which requires that each employee's tour of duty and attendance be accurately recorded daily. Skills require expert knowledge of Title 38 and General Schedule regulations to ensure that each category of personnel is coded correctly. Responsibilities for coding of annual and sick leave; leave without pay; absence without leave; non-pay status; Saturday and Sunday premium pay; overtime hours worked and overtime hours not worked; holiday pay; coding of continuation of pay for traumatic injury hours and days; unscheduled hours for part time employees; coding of military leave in hours and days; coding of on-call hours for personnel; compensatory time earned and compensatory time used. Provides explanation for all unusual occurrences such as authorized absence, absence without leave, travel status, traumatic injury, unscheduled duty hours, advanced sick leave or annual leave, etc., and must record through the remarks section of the computerized Enhanced Time and Attendance system; Complete prior pay period exceptions, (greater than), 14 days old. Utilities computerized timekeeping systems and enters requests for authorization of overtime/compensatory work for employees who perform overtime and compensatory services, including selection of applicable types of time codes and night and evening differential. Maintains timekeeping related files/record. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm. Work Schedule subject to change based on agency needs. Telework: Not Authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Support Clerk (OA)/PD11503A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/17/2026. 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-05 position you must have served 52 weeks, at the next lower 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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have . OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the second year. 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/.
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