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Program Specialist
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 14 days ago
Hybrid Huntington, WV $62K – $116K Apply by Sep 8, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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This position is in the Huntington, WV, VA Regional Office. The incumbent is assigned to the Office of the Director and reports to the Assistant Director. The incumbent serves as a Program Specialist responsible for providing performance management and technical support for the regional office Human Resources program. The incumbent is the key advisor to the Director and the Division Chiefs on all human resources issues and coordinates directly with the Human Resources Center.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: Tracks any lag time with recruitment or classification actions.
- →Provides solutions to management on how to improve processing times for recruitment actions.
- →Aids and advice on hiring and classification actions during weekly meeting staff meetings.
- →Reports are reviewed for completeness and accuracy prior to being forwarded for official review.
- →Prepares and presents reports and briefings on assignment status and/or recommended actions to appropriate individuals.
- →Visits activities throughout the office to assist staff, supervisors and management officials as requested or as determined necessary by superiors.
- →Assists in the development of initiatives to improve management processes and systems using the most efficient utilization of human resources.
- →Studies and advises managers and supervisors on staffing requirements, resources, and problems in assigned offices involving a high degree of complexity.
- →Coordinates with legal officials as appropriate.
- →Provides advice and assistance to managers and supervisors who are responsible for compliance with EEO, affirmative action, and other special emphasis programs.
- →Keeps employees informed regarding policies and latest regulations on health and life insurance benefits, retirement, and other benefits, training, time and attendance, pay, leave, overtime, awards, employment opportunities, and other personnel actions.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
- →The grade progression for this position is GS-9, GS-11, GS-12.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the Agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the Agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Additional Conditions of Employment are as follows: 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 or trial period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements I-9 Acceptable Documents.
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 62f020b9-475a-4ae4-95d3-df485b7ca1f6
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