Supervisory Transportation Assistant

This position is aligned with the Wilmington Health Care System's (VAWHCS) Clinical Operations, Health Administration Service, Veterans Transportation, Beneficiary Travel Section. The purpose of this position is to provide support for the Veterans Transportation Service Program (VTS) Transportation Service. and will be the general Supervisor of the Beneficiary Travel Staff. The incumbent has the full responsibility for supporting the daily operations of the Beneficiary Travel Section.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/12/2025.

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-08 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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:

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 1) Analytical techniques to analyze and interpret technical transportation requirements and guidelines to perform a variety of assignments for which there are general precedents. 2) Application of an extensive body of transportation regulations, methods and practices to perform a wide variety of interrelated or nonstandard transportation support assignments and resolve a wide range of problems 3) organize and maintain documentation and records supporting the Travel Program and other duties as assigned

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

• Clerical
• Communications
• Leadership
• Work with 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: Work is performed primarily sedentary in nature; however, there is some walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, and pushing carts.

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/.

Responsibilities:

Duties for this position may include but is not limited to:

• Analyze, develop, plan, and advise on bene-travel program passenger movement policies and programs. Cultivate partnerships and multi-agency coordinated transportation activities.
• Management of program operations to identify and define requirements for the use of automated systems when dispatching and routing drivers.
• Research needs and demands for users, identify transportation alternatives, review regulatory processes, facilitate communications between agencies, and develop incentives to encourage agency participation as needed.
• Prepares appropriate documentation and /or scheduling for traveler according to beneficiary travel program guidelines.
• Develops complete procurement packages to include statements of work .
• Reviews and updates local policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to stay abreast of new, revised or supervised procedures for preparation and processing of correspondence and reports

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Telework: This position is not authorized for telework.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Transportation Assistant/PD014640
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Salary : $60,967