Transportation Assistant ( Fleet Manager)

Veterans Health Administration; Tuskegee (AL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration seeks a Transportation Assistant who serves as the primary contact to Veterans for transportation needs. The role supports the Veterans Transportation Service (VTS) and reports to the Supervisory Mobility Manager for workload forecasting and scheduling.

Responsibilities include coordinating transportation requests, processing BTSSS and eCAMS claims, and maintaining accurate transportation data.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating travel for Veterans.
• Ability to document and report data daily.
• Familiarity with BTSSS and eCAMS systems.
• Time-In-Grade and federal service requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact to Veterans for transportation needs.
• Coordinate scheduling of Veterans' transportation requests.
• Process BTSSS and eCAMS claims.
• Collaborate with VTS and Supervisory Mobility Manager on workload forecasting.

Skills

Scheduling

Data entry

Data analysis

Reporting

Tools

BTSSS

eCAMS

Job description

The incumbent serves as a Transportation Assistant acts as primary contact to Veterans for transportation needs. The incumbent works with the Veteran Transportation Service (VTS) reporting to the Supervisory Mobility Manager for transportation workload forecasting, scheduling Veterans' transportation request, processes Beneficiary Travel Self Service System (BTSSS) claims and eCAMS claims.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/31/2026. 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. 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 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 for the GS-6 level. 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 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/.