Transportation Assistant
What you'd do
The position is located under the Veterans Transportation Service at the Gulf Coast VA Health Care System. Attention to detail and strong customer service are mandatory duties for this position. The Beneficiary Travel Program provides transportation at Government expense to beneficiaries and their attendants traveling to and from VA facilities and other places for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Serves as the primary contact to Veterans & vendors for patient transportation needs.
Major duties
Duties: - Performs work involving consult management, appointment scheduling and admissions scheduling. - Arranges all modes of transportation via air ambulance, commercial air, taxi, ambulance, bus, and/or contracted transportation services. - Independently manages the Travel Program. - Authorizes obligations and requests for additions, deductions, and/or movement of funds. - Maintains manual and electronic accounting records. - Determines appropriate fund control points to utilize and enters authorizations. - Receives invoices for payment of transportation services; investigates authorizations, orders, and/or utilizes computer systems - Secures reservations and tickets from carriers. - Prepares appropriate documentation and/ or scheduling for traveler according to government rates or substantial rates. - Collects, compiles, and tracks data in support of the beneficiary travel program. - Performs analysis of data and generates a variety of reports. - Prepares detailed reports of funds deposited and withdrawn monthly and on demand as needed. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM. Tour of duty to be determined by supervisor, based upon the needs of the facility. Telework: This position is not authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Transportation Assistant/PD03558A 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, 08/28/2026. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have at least at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-05) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Transportation Assistant. Qualifying specialized experience includes applying transportation regulations and practices to perform a wide variety of administrative support; coordinating travel arrangements; maintaining records, utilizing databases, reconciling records and generating reports; investigating/resolvingissues and taking corrective actions; and communicating effectively with a wide variety of individuals. 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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