Program Support Assistant (OA)

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 37,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Nutrition and Food Services Department in Dayton seeks a Program Support Assistant to assist the Administrative Officer with a variety of admin, clerical, and technical tasks.

You will help maintain office files, prepare reports, and support data collection and customer service tasks. Applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of 09/01/2026 and provide a two-page resume.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05.
• Experience providing administrative support, data collection, maintaining office files, and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative, clerical, and technical support to the NFS Administrative Officer.
• Assist with data collection, report preparation, and maintaining office records.

Skills

Administrative support

Data tracking

Customer service

Office records management

Job description

Two page Resume limit is REQUIRED for this position.

This position is located within the Nutrition and Food Services Department (N&FS) of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The person in this position serves as the Program Support Assistant to the N&FS Administrative Officer, providing a wide variety of administrative, clerical, and technical support. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/01/2026.

You may qualify based on your experience 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: 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 software applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, electronic mail, desktop publishing, calendar, database and/or graphics; and providing information and customer service.

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/.