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Time And Leave Clerk (OA)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 41 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines IL. (578) - a Level 1a Complexity VHA Facility, and is organizationally aligned under the Nursing Service Line. The incumbent serves as the primary Civilian Pay Technician for the Hospital. The primary purpose of this position is to perform timekeeping and clerical/program support assistance duties.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as the official point of contact for timekeeping queries for the service, responsible for creating, processing, and maintaining attendance and leave records for assigned Time and Leave (T&L) Units for employees located in Nursing Service.
- →Responds to questions from employees concerning the application of pay, leave, and benefit policies and procedures, also explaining the rationale behind the procedures and solutions to pay and leave problems.
- →Provides orientation to the Time and Leave system to all new alternate timekeepers, and new supervisors to ensure continued competency in the use of the VATAS system.
- →Incumbent also acts as a reference/mentor for alternate timekeepers.
- →The Incumbent is responsible for accurately setting up, posting, and maintaining time and leave records for each employee on a biweekly pay schedule for Nursing Service including, Nurses, LPNs, NAs, general schedule and wage grade employees.
- →This includes entry of all regular time, shift differential, Sunday and holiday pay, overtime/compensatory time, unscheduled hours, sick and annual leave, and all other leave for full-time and part-time employees using AcuStaf schedules or another time and attendance scheduling system used in the VA.
- →Obtains information for irregularities from employee's supervisor and records on time cards.
- →In addition, incumbent ensures that necessary remarks for special time and leave posting are entered onto each computerized record in VATAS.
- →Any necessary corrected timecards are completed in a timely basis.
- →Works effectively with all levels of service personnel to ensure accuracy of work and to resolve any problems related to time and leave records.
- →Maintains current and accurate data within the computerized system and maintains an approved, current, and accurate "tour of duty" data base for each T&L Unit.
- →Meets all deadlines for submission of data including regular and early turn-in times.
- →Reviews all unit schedules.
- →Assures the use of appropriate terms, abbreviations and codes for certified time.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e5f07e90-e151-476c-b72c-cf52983867e0
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