Administrative Officer

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration at the Hampton VA Medical Center seeks an Administrative Officer in the Health Informatics Service (Access and Transformation) to manage a broad range of administrative functions.

You will provide advice, assistance, and coordination for planning, budgeting, personnel management, and internal controls to support service direction. This role requires a valid driver's license and relevant specialized experience or education for GS-9.

Qualifications

• At least one year of specialized experience at or above GS-7 in the Federal Service.
• Experience includes budgeting, program analysis, personnel management and HR activities.
• Ability to advise on HR activities, staffing, and classification.
• Experience with internal controls and records management.
• Budget formulation, justification, and execution experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice, assistance, and coordination of administrative functions.
• Assist in long- and short-range planning.
• Prepare reports on program operations.
• Coordinate HR activities and personnel management.
• Support budget development and execution.

Skills

Planning and coordination

Program reporting

HR advisory

Internal controls

Budgeting

Education

Master's degree or higher

Graduate education (2 years)

LL.B./J.D. or equivalent

Job description

This position is located in the Veterans Health Administration, Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network, Hampton VA Medical Center, within the Health Informatics Service (Access and Transformation). The position serves as an Administrative Officer responsible for providing or obtaining a variety of management services essential to the direction of the Service. Key functions of the position include providing advice, assistance, and coordination of a full range of administrative functions.

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION AT THE GS-9 LEVEL YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT

This position requires a current, valid state driver's license. Do not upload a copy of your license at this time. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your current, valid, and unrestricted state driver's license.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-9

You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in the Federal Service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of an Administrative Officer, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes development and coordination of long and short-range planning activities; preparing reports related to the program's operations (i.e., personnel management, program analysis, budgeting, etc.); advising on Human Resources activities (personnel administration, staffing, position management and classification, training, awards); and Internal Controls (Correspondence, records/forms/reports management, etc.); performing budget formulation, justification, and execution. (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR RESUME TO BE CREDITABLE.)

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE GS-9

You must have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.B. or J.D. (related to the position) from an accredited college or university. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Administrative Officer position. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION)

COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION GS-9

You must have equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience, as described above, which may be used to meet total experience requirements for this grade level. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Administrative Officer position and must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR RESUME TO BE CREDITABLE AND COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION)

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/.