Program Support Assistant OA

Veterans Health Administration; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration at Harry S. Truman VA in Columbia Township seeks a Program Support Assistant to provide administrative, clerical, and technical support to Nutrition and Food Service.

The successful candidate will demonstrate typing proficiency (40 wpm) and possess at least one year of specialized experience in administrative support, data handling, and office record keeping for the GS-6 level.

Qualifications

• Typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute.
• One (1) full year of specialized experience at GS-5 or equivalent, providing administrative support and handling data/records.

Skills

Typing 40 wpm

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Electronic mail

Desktop publishing

Calendar

Database

Graphics

Job description

This position is located at Harry S. Truman VA in the Nutrition and Food Services Department (N&FS) as the Program Support Assistant. The primary purpose of this position to provide a wide variety of administrative, clerical, and technical support to Nutrition and Food Service.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. TYPING PROFICIENCY: This position requires the skills of a qualified typist. In addition to meeting the experience and/or education requirements, you must be able to type at least 40 words per minute. In order to qualify for this position at the GS-6 level, you must possess the following: EXPERIENCE: One (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties the Program Support Assistant at the full performance level (GS-6), and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-5) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience where you were responsible for providing administrative support; collecting, compiling and tracking data and information; processing documents and reports; establishing, updating and maintaining office files and records; performing automation duties using such software applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, electronic mail, desktop publishing, calendar, database and/or graphics; answering telephones, referring visitors, and providing information. NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.