Program Support Assistant (OA)

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Temple (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Temple, Texas, is seeking a Program Support Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative support to the Chief of Environmental Management Service within the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System.

The role requires specialized experience in audits, data validation, and reporting, with responsibilities including creating correspondence, audits, reports and graphs using various computer programs, and ensuring due dates are met.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting audits per directives and compliance guidelines.
• Ability to validate data for accuracy.
• Experience compiling data into charts/graphs for review.
• Create correspondence, audits, reports and graphs utilizing a variety of computer programs.
• Identify discrepancies and errors during audits.
• Provide/submit requested information to meet all due dates in a timely and satisfactory manner.
• Perform data entry, collection, validation from varied sources to create data.
• Experience with clerical and administrative procedures.
• Use initiative to follow-up on action items and time-sensitive issues with appropriate staff members.

Skills

Audit compliance

Data validation

Data aggregation

Administrative support

Attention to detail

Time management

Job description

The Program Support Assistant provides comprehensive administrative support to the Chief of Environmental Management Service (EMS) within the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS).

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/25/2026.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Specialized Experience

• conducting audits in accordance with directives and compliance guidelines
• validating data for accuracy
• compile data into charts/graphs for review
• create correspondence, audits, reports and graphs utilizing a variety of computer program
• identify discrepancies and errors during audits
• provide/submit requested information to ensure all due dates are met in a timely and satisfactory manner
• perform data entry, collection, validation from varies sources to create data
• experience with clerical and administrative procedures
• use initiative to follow-up on action items and time-sensitive issues with appropriate staff members

Required

• Driver's License - Must possess a valid, state driver's license.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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/.