Transportation Assistant

Veterans Health Administration; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration in Chicago, IL seeks a Transportation Assistant - Transportation Coordinator to serve as primary contact to Veterans for transportation needs. The role supports workload forecasting, scheduling design, procedures, and quality improvement within the Veteran Transportation Service program.

The ideal candidate will have experience in data entry, scheduling, report generation, and coordinating transport logistics to ensure timely, safe veteran transportation across

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-04 in the Federal service.
• 4 years of education beyond high school may substitute for the required experience.
• Combination of education and experience is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate connections/scheduling and document travel information.
• Enter data into automated tracking databases and generate reports.
• Plan and direct a program that provides support services.

Skills

Data entry

Scheduling

Data analysis

Report generation

Education

4 years of higher education beyond high school

Tools

Automated tracking databases

Job description

The incumbent serves as a Transportation Assistant - Transportation Coordinator acts as primary contact to Veterans for transportation needs. The incumbent works with the Veteran Transportation Service (VTS) Supervisory Mobility Manager for transportation workload forecasting, scheduling design, procedure development, and quality improvement implementation, modification of processes, evaluation, and ongoing operational flow of the Veteran Transportation Services program.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/03/2026. 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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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 GS-5: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: preparing written instructions and a variety of correspondence; performing data entry into an automated system; scheduling appointments and admissions; collecting, compiling, and tracking of data; and ensuring compliance with regulations and procedures. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have at least 4 years beyond high school. (Transcripts Required). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the second year. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. (Transcripts Required)

Specialized Experience GS-6: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-05) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Transportation Assistant - Transportation Coordinator. Qualifying specialized experience includes performing transportation support duties such as coordinating connections/scheduling, documenting travel information; collecting, compiling, and tracking data on a daily basis; Performs a basic analysis of data and generates a variety of reports; entering data into automated tracking data bases; and planning and directing a program that provides support services.

Physical Requirements: The incumbent will be exposed to stressful working situations that require a professional attitude and collective reasoning. The incumbent is subject to high volume of work, the need for accuracy, frequency of interruptions and ever-changing demands due to program changes. Work Environment: The duties will be predominantly performed in one of the Veteran Transportation Program offices with intermittent trips to various locations throughout the Hospital catchment area both in and near patient care areas where there may be risk of exposure to disease. The incumbent must always remain composed in trying to assist veterans, their families and staff who may be upset or in distress and hostile in manner. The incumbent may work with patients who are mentally disturbed and must be alert to the risk of physical abuse. Due to changing deadlines and priorities; work maybe stressful at times.

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/. 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-ove