Program Support Assistant
What you'd do
This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development in Dayton, OH (Dayton, Ohio VAMC). The Program Support Assistant (PSA) will support the Research Coordinator and Local Site Investigator by performing both clinical and administrative tasks. This is a part-time, Term appointment, Not to Exceed (NTE) 1 year - may be extended up to 4 years.
Major duties
Note: This is a TERM appointment (not to exceed 1 year). Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration (more than 1 year but not more than 4 years). Term appointments may be extended without further competition (up to the 4-year maximum). The appointment to a Term position does not confer eligibility for promotion or reassignment to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment. NOTE: This is a part-time position (20 hours/week). The salary listed represents full-time employment and will be pro-rated based on the actual number of hours worked each pay-period. Likewise, benefits and time-off accrual will also be prorated and based on your part-time work schedule. Duties: Duties may include, but are not limited to: Assists in conducting the trial as delegated by the Local Site Investigator (LSI). Ensures all aspects of processes related to participant recruitment, conducting the informed consent are met. Applies inherent creative problem-solving to meet strong subject recruitment goals. Interacts with VA and area medical professionals to communicate the study and recruit subjects. Creates and distribute media advertisements, including DV AMC ads on digital monitors in waiting areas and common areas, wallet cards, etc. Responds to subject/patient queries or occasionally clinical crisis, requiring the ability to triage the calls/contacts for medical and psychiatric safety with the help of supervising staff. Interacts with participants to schedule specimen collection and contacting participants for follow-up meetings. Enters and records research data, including fairly technical tools such as MINI and the Timeline Follow-Back tool assessing for recent drug use or alcohol use, and various other psychiatric measures. This is a bargaining unit position. Work Schedule: Part-Time, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 12:00pm, Term appointment, Not to Exceed (NTE) 1 year - may be extended up to 4 years. Telework: This position is not authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant/PD912270 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved. 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, 07/15/2026. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. Do not submit an award SF50 for Time in Grade requirements. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. 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 as described below. GS-07 Grade Level Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level. Examples of specialized experience include: Assist in conducting trials as delegated by the Local Site Investigator (LSI). Ensures all aspects of processes related to participant, recruitment, conducting informed consent are met. Interacts with participants to schedule specimen collection, and contacts participants for follow-up meetings. Responds to queries or clinical crisis, requiring the ability to triage these calls, contact medical and psychiatric safety with the support from supervising staff. Enters and records research data using technical tools such as MINI and Timeline Follow-Back tool assessing for recent drug use or alcohol use, and various other psychiatric measures. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Clerical Communications and Media Creative Thinking Customer Service Research Teamwork Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. 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/. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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 OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/alph-ndx.asp.
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