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Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 52 days ago
About the Role
This Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (SVRC) position is located within the Veteran Readiness and Employment Division (VR&E). The incumbent of this position will serve as a Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the VR&E division in the Regional Office. The position supervises VR&E staff and is responsible for the administration and workflow of the division. The incumbent exercises technical and oversight responsibility for subordinate employees for the VR&E Division.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: Serves as a first level supervisor for the VR&E personnel located at the Regional Office or out based facility, providing advice and guidance on unusual or unprecedented problems.
- →The work supervised is vital to the processes through which VBA directly serves the public.
- →Responsible for interviewing and recommending selection of employees to the VR&E Officer.
- →Is also responsible for training and monitoring performance of employees within the unit.
- →Prepares performance ratings, assist on preparing division reports, resolves disciplinary and performance problems, and assesses the ongoing training needs of the employees supervised at the out based locations.
- →Reviews and provides consultation and supervision regarding the most difficult cases, using expertise, training, and experience beyond the journeyman level of line VR&E Counselors.
- →This also includes broad expertise of divisional operations to provide supervision and management of the Employment Coordinator and Program Specialist positions.
- →Provides quality assurance, contributing to the development of reports, such as Strategic Oversight and Analysis Review (SOAR) quarterly reports, congressional and AVA inquiries and white papers.
- →The SVRC is supervised and accountable to the VR&E officer, with consultation of the Assistant VR&E officer.
- →Collects data and prepares accurate reports and analysis as required by the VR&E officer, including systematic analysis of operations (SAO's) and reports on special projects.
- →Identifies and recommends to the VR&E officer changes needed for improvement of operations or service and acts as directed.
- →The incumbent prepares a budget for travel funds for employees under their supervision and monitors the use of travel funds.
- →Provides technical support and supervision as needed for accomplishing the work of the unit.
- →Analyzes, interprets, and managerially enforces the application of laws, regulations, and rules as they affect policies, procedures and methods of operations.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓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 period Subject to background/security investigation Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process 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.
- ✓A transcript MUST be submitted with your application.
- ✓It MUST include your coursework and date of conferral of a Master's degree in vocational rehabilitation (or related) field.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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