Lead Transportation Assistant

Description:

This position serves as a Lead Transportation Assistant (OA) organizationally aligned within Business Service located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at the San Francisco VA Healthcare System in the Business Office /Veterans Transportation Service. The San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SFVAHCS) is a Level 1a facility and ranks among a complex system in the VA serving the VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21).

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/31/2025.

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS- 06 . 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 as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience using VA laws, directives, guidelines, policies and procedures pertaining to the VA Beneficiary Travel Program. Resolve complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager. Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, consideration of the difficulty and requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of the employees. Identify developmental and training needs of the employees, and provide for and arrange the needed training. Provide advice, counseling, or instruction to staff on work and administrative matters.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Customer Service
• Leadership
• Managing Human Resources
• Teaching Others

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.

Physical Requirements: The work requires no special physical demands, but will require some physical effort such as standing, walking, bending, or sitting. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms or libraries. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.

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/ .