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Secretary (OA)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
The Memphis VA Medical Center is recruiting for a highly qualified Secretary (OA) to perform executive level administrative and clerical duties in support of the Associate Director. Memphis VA Medical Center considers it a privilege to serve veteran health care needs in any way they can. Memphis VA Medical Center provides health care services to more than 196,000 veterans living in a 53-county area of western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and northwest Arkansas.
What You'll Do
- →Responds to inquiries and administrative problems brought to the Directors/Associates, Director's Office by member of the staff, network employees, officials of VA Central Office (VACO), state and local governments, other hospitals and organizations, other Federal Agencies, and Congressional staffs.
- →Reads all incoming correspondence to ensure appropriate destination and follows up on correspondence sent service chiefs for reply.
- →Screens all correspondence prepared for the Director's signature for clarity, completeness of reply, and grammatical and procedural correctness and returns inadequate submissions for retyping or re composition.
- →Attends and records the minutes of meetings which are later summarized and distributed.
- →Prepares meetings, composes replies for the Associate Director's signature to routine correspondence not requiring a policy determination.
- →Uses word processing and printing equipment to create, copy, edit, store, retrieve and print a variety of documents.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm.
- →Some after hours and/or weekend work may be required on occasion.
- →Compressed/Flexible: Not authorized Telework: Not authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Secretary (OA)/PD091620 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-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.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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