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Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 16 days ago
About the Role
The Assistant Veteran Readiness and Employment Officer (AVREO) will supervise VR&E staff at out based locations and/or within the Honolulu Regional Office. The AVREO is responsible for administration and workload management in the Honolulu RO, reporting any issues to the Veteran Readiness Employment Officer (VREO) with suggested corrections needed, to assure that all performance goals in the areas of timeliness, accuracy, cost, customer satisfaction, and employee development are achieved.
What You'll Do
- →Duties are divided between counseling duties and case management which include the following, but are not limited to: Answers technical questions for counselors and support staff in the VR&E Office.
- →Manages broad-based and multi-faceted programs through a team of supervisors and team leaders.
- →Typically, the VR&E division is comprised of professional, administrative, technical, and clerical staff members ranging in grades up to and including the GS-13.
- →Frequent collaboration and referrals are maintained with employers, school officials, medical and rehabilitation officials, contractors, state employment service personnel, and other community resources.
- →Ensures staff responds timely to Congressional, White House and other special inquiries concerning VA benefits for Veterans and other claimants.
- →Provides advice and recommendations to meet major goals and assists with the assessment of priorities.
- →Makes decisions related to assigning and allocating program resources and directing and reviewing personnel within the assigned staff complement to accomplish the changing initiatives and emphasis established by Central Office program managers.
- →Must be responsive to dynamic nature of Veteran and beneficiary populations and needs within the jurisdictional area.
- →Assists with the development and implementation of plans to meet objectives; monitors progress toward the accomplishment of approved goals and takes steps to overcome any obstacles.
- →Provides administrative expertise in all phases of rehabilitation activities, including counseling, case management, rehabilitation plan development, and job development and placement.
- →Coordinates and integrates these operations and policies with other divisions, agencies, employers, and rehabilitation facilities.
- →Plans, formulates, and implements operational procedures and policies to maintain efficient operating performance of professional and support staff.
- →Assumes final responsibility for proper interpretation and uniform application of laws, regulations, and instructions in conformance with mandatory policies, procedures and practices, reconciling divergent opinions.
- →The AVREO may review personally the most difficult and complex cases and elements such as fraud, high cost programs, independent living cases to include home adaptation, category one and two self-employment cases, re-entrance into a rehabilitation program cases, retroactive induction cases, and extension of entitlement cases.
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.
- ✓You may be required to serve a supervisory probationary period.
- ✓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 Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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