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Summary The Social Work department of the Mountain Home VA Medical Center is hiring for a secretary position. Responsibilities The Secretary performs a variety of clerical and administrative duties under the Chief of Social Work Services, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. The position provides assistance to staff and is the principal administrative support of the service. Additional duties include, but are not limited to the following: Receives incoming calls to the furnishes information wherever possible from files and reports. Must use discretion in releasing information over the telephone and must tactfully inform callers of how they may go about obtaining desired information. Unusual requests for information are not released to outside sources without consulting the appropriate supervisor. Calls are referred only when deemed necessary. Produces daily reports for leadership. Completes open encounters. The incumbent serves as the primary timekeeper, which includes the Time and Leave for full-time and part-time employees and support staff. Incumbent composes and replies to routine letters and memorandums in final form. Incumbent is responsible for reviewing proper grammar, punctuation, format, and neatness of all typed materials. Receives visitors and incoming calls. Coordinates agenda, prepares, distributes and maintains minutes of all meetings and follows-up on all identified action items, coordinating response dates. Incumbent serves as secretarial support performing many duties interchangeably such as preparation and review of correspondence, setting up and maintaining files, managing project deadlines through completions. Organizes and maintains files and records, manuals, handbooks, and other related materials. Facilitates approval and processing of catastrophically disabled veterans. Monitors TMS training Reviews congressionals, suspenses, issue briefs, hotlines, et. Incumbent receives incoming correspondence, publications, regulations and directives that may affect the service. Determines the appropriate person to act upon certain tasks and takes the necessary action. Determines what incoming correspondence is of interest or importance. Ensures that all supervisory staff and other personnel are informed of new procedures, policies or suspense requests that impact on their area. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 07:30 AM - 4:00 PM or similar Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Secretary/PD046950 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/31/2024. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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. TYPING PROFICIENCY: This position requires the skills of a qualified typist. In addition to meeting the experience, you must be able to type at least 40 words per minute. 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-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: Filing, copying, sorting, faxing, mailing; receiving and accurately routing internal/external communication; preparing meeting agendas; establishing a filing system for easy retrieval of all follow-up actions; recording accurate minutes; scheduling travel arrangements; preparing memorandums, reports, appraisals and other requested items utilizing VA associated software; identifying and organizing materials requiring expeditious review, responses and requests; maintaining extremely sensitive materials and maintaining confidentiality of all correspondence reviewed; providing administrative support to programs, timekeeper, and other VA web based programs. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Clerical Customer Service Flexibility Manages and Organizes Information 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 is somewhat sedentary but requires walking, standing, bending, stooping, reaching, and carrying of light to moderately heavy objects such as mail, copy paper, stacks of Occupational Health employee files, etc. 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/. Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Additional Information The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.