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Time And Leave Clerk (OA)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 43 days ago
On-site North Chicago, IL $46K – $59K Apply by Aug 12, 2026 Civilian Pay ENTJESFJESTJISTJ OperationsHealthcare
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The position is located in the Division of Nursing Operations in the Directorate of the Office of the Nurse Executives located at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, Illinois, West Campus.
What You'll Do
- →Duties includes: Independently provides technical advice and assistance on pay and leave matters to employees, supervisors, and other management officials and services.
- →Responsible for accurately setting up, posting and maintaining all Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data (PAID) time and leave records for each Nursing Divisions employee on a biweekly pay cycle.
- →This includes entry of all regular time, overtime (OT), compensatory time earned and used (CTE/CTU) as well as other types of leave.
- →Maintain an accurate, current and approved computerized tour of duty/work schedule database for each T &L unit.
- →Responds to questions from employees concerning the application of pay, leave, and benefit policies and procedures explaining the rationale behind the procedures and solutions to pay and leave problems.
- →Provides orientation to the Time and Leave System to all new or detailed Nurse Managers.
- →Review the bi-weekly exception reports and notifying the T&L supervisors, or Nurse Managers of needed leave requests.
- →Receives incoming telephone calls, gives information and takes messages.
- →Exercises good judgement in determining priority and importance of calls and determines any need for immediate action.
- →Assists with updating of Procedure Manual, Administrative Manual and Special Procedures Makes corrections for final distribution and sends to reproduction, then out to the units to be put in their manuals.
- →Maintains files of completed certified time schedules for each T &L unit.
- →Keeps T &L Unit supervisors informed as to the leave status of employees assigned to T &L Unit.
- →Maintains official files in accordance with procedures outlined in the Records Control Schedule.
- →Computer knowledge including a thorough knowledge of DHCP and PAID with an understanding of how the computer processes/computers time and leave data input, advanced knowledge of personal computers and the various Microsoft Suites (Excel and Microsoft Word).
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job 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.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: f493c189-de49-4a74-ae62-f815e3a7ca4c
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