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Program Specialist
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 1 days ago
Hybrid Saint Petersburg, FL $50K – $80K Apply by Sep 24, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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This position is located in a Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Office (VARO). The Program Support Specialist will be responsible for administrative and technical work in the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: The incumbent is responsible for determining VR&E program eligibility, ensuring all necessary information is accurate regarding date of claim, initial rating notification date etc.
- →Fiscal responsibilities include authorizing subsistence allowance awards, Veteran supply purchasing, beneficiary travel and contract administration such as processing referral requests, review QA reports, and authorizing contracting invoices.
- →Responsible clerical duties such as scheduling counseling appointments, distributing mail, managing VR&E electronic files, maintaining office supplies and responding to a variety of personal, telephone and written inquiries from VR&E participants and staff.
- →Organizes work to meet internal controls, deadlines and mandatory timelines for service delivery.
- →Responsible for researching, developing responses, and answering inquiries received from the AVA system or similar VA online inquiry system.
- →Under the direct supervision and guidance of the VR&E Officer and/or Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC), assists in providing administrative case management services for disabled veterans and their dependents.
- →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-7/9.
- →Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- →Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only.
- →The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday.
- →Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval.
- →Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period 1 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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.
- ✓You may submit unofficial transcripts when applying.
Personality Fit
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