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Secretary
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
About the Role
This position deals with the provisions of supplemental services through volunteers and service organizations and through programs directly benefiting the Veteran patient.
What You'll Do
- →Assists with reviewing and interpreting directives and regulations.
- →Assist with internal policies, procedures, and work methods affecting administrative management operations and ensure compliance.
- →Review correspondence prior to signature of the Director before being forwarded outside the organization.
- →Disposition of obsolete material; maintain reports, a diary on service circular expirations and coordinate with Veteran Experience Coordinator on updating and making revisions to these circulars.
- →Arrange meetings, seminars, or conferences, including reserving meeting rooms, notifying participants.
- →Interpret and utilize VISTA and other computer programs such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Publisher, Purchase Card credit entries, and staff time card data entry.
- →Receive telephone and personal calls: handle routine matters not requiring technical knowledge and refer technical matters to the person having responsibility for such.
- →Serve as primary focal point for the organization.
- →Takes notes from VEC for numerous letters, memoranda, reports, etc. takes minutes for various meetings and conferences.
- →Edits correspondence, types correspondence, reports, bulletins for staff members transcribing from either own notes or handwritten drafts.
- →Fully cognizant of VA procedures for preparation and clearance of correspondence and action documents; advises other within the service of such procedures to ensure accuracy and compliance with policies and regulations.
- →Promote positive relations between VA staff and the complement of voluntary workers.
- →Informed of rules, policy changes, as well as initiate needed record keeping as required for reports and evaluations.
- →Keep calendar of the supervisor to setup interviews, speeches, tours, meetings and other community commitments.
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: Some walking, standing, bending, and carrying light items such as Books, records, and supplies are required.
- ✓Supplies are distributed to appropriate services by cart.
- ✓Occasionally carry items into office from outside vehicles and sorts through the articles for proper distribution.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: d78cf27a-f5ac-447b-9d90-92d10d0d0f47
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