Supervisory Administrative Specialist
What you'd do
The position is located at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DC VAMC), office of the Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS). The Washington DC VAMC is one of the most visible and dynamic facilities in the VA system. This tertiary care university affiliated facility provides comprehensive primary and specialty services in Medicine, Surgery, Neurology and Psychiatry as well as offer Nursing Home Care unittreatment.
Major duties
Major Duties: Serves as the SharePoint Content Manager responsible for design, development, creation, coordination, review, modification, modernization, security and maintenance of all Nursing Service SharePoint portals. Develops and executes the Administrative Management Program for the Associate Director for Patient Care Service (ADPCS) and services aligned under the ADPCS. Oversees a program that consists of a variety of functions that include incoming/outgoing correspondence, records management, publications/forms management, administrative standard operating procedures, administrative internal controls, and organizational files management. Liaises with Human Resources Management Service to provide Nursing Service lines advice and assistance on the processes and procedures of performance management systems, the incentive awards and/or other productivity measurement and improvement programs. Oversees submission of and monitors, coordinates and tracks all on-going and projected HR actions and continuously apprises management of status. Responsible for overall management and assignment of timecard keeping functions for the ADPCS and services aligned under the ADPCS. Serves as principal advisor to lower level administrative staff, as well as staff office chiefs. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Manual dexterity is required in operation of computer equipment and other office equipment. The work performed is of a precise nature requiring long periods of concentration that is often interrupted. Incumbent is often faced with changing priorities and with meeting deadlines. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Virtual: This is NOT a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Administrative Specialist/PD200430-O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Approved
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/20/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 position. 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 GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Conducts studies and surveys of local administrative policies and procedures; defines administrative and functional responsibilities and reporting consistent with operational policy of formulates new or revised policies; reviews and evaluates completed staff actions for overall quality; establishes internal procedures to secure adequate control in terms of deadlines, progress reports, and directives. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related . 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. 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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