Program Support Assistant

Veterans Health Administration; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration in Fayetteville, AR seeks an administrative support specialist to assist the Police Service with clerical duties, data entry, and records management.

Applicants must meet the qualification standards by 09/10/2026 and may qualify based on specialized experience including policing environment, MS Office, and office administration. Time-in-grade requirements apply to current federal employees.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience: one year equivalent to GS-05.
• Experience in a police organization.
• Experience with MS Office, data processing, and file management.

Responsibilities

• Perform administrative and support duties for the Police Service.
• Assist with office administration, data processing, and file management.

Skills

Police organization experience

Data entry

Timekeeping

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This position predominately involves performance of a variety of administrative and support duties in support of Police Service duties.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/10/2026.

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 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-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Experience working in a police organization.
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Office products.
• Experience in office administration, data processing, and file management.
• Experience utilizing purchase cards.
• Experience with timekeeping systems.

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/.