Supervisory Transportation Assistant

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, MS, seeks a transportation supervisor to lead the transportation staff in Medical Administration Service. The role emphasizes effective leadership, policy implementation, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications include at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-7, with duties spanning transportation operations, policy application, and issue resolution.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience at GS-7 level or higher is required.
• Experience includes managing transportation program operations.
• Experience includes analyzing and resolving transportation issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the management of the transportation staff.
• Oversee scheduling of transportation and assign work.
• Implement policies and plans to support transportation services.
• Analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of transportation program operations.
• Communicate with a range of individuals.

Skills

Conflict Management

Influencing/Negotiating

Manages Resources

Partnering

Planning and Evaluating

Job description

Employee will be assigned to Medical Administration Service, Beneficiary Travel at the VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS. The primary function of this position is to provide leadership in the management of the transportation staff.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-7 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: managing transportation program operations; overseeing staff who schedule transportation to include assigning work; implementing policies and plans to support transportation services; analyzing the effectiveness and efficiency of transportation program operations; analyzing and resolving transportation issues; and communicating with a range of individuals.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:

• Conflict Management
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Manages Resources
• Partnering
• Planning and Evaluating

Supervisory Situational Judgment Test

Applicants will be required to complete a Supervisory Situational Judgment Test (SSJT) as part of the assessment process for this position. The SSJT evaluates judgment and decision-making skills that align with relevant competencies, organizational values, and best practices. Assessment results may be used as part of the evaluation, ranking and referral process. This is not a timed test, however, the assessment is expected to take approximately 45 minutes or less to complete. The assessment for this application does not include a cut score for a minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. However, you must answer each item in the assessment.

IMPORTANT:

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.

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; religious; 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.

Physical Requirements:

This is primarily a sedentary position, but the work requires some walking, bending, stooping, and carrying of light objects such as manuals, documents, etc. Concentration and sustained performance under prolonged stress is required because of the time factors involved in completion of work assignments within deadlines.

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/.