Program Support Asst (OA)

This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Central Virginia Healthcare System, Richmond, Virginia, assigned to Social Work Services (SWS) and serves as the Program Support Assistant to the Social Work Service Line and its Programs, supervised under the Assistant Chief of Social Work.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2026. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Ability to perform a full range of administrative duties and responsibilities in support of the Social Work Service Line and its Programs, consisting of typing and word processing, filing, referring phone calls and visitors, etc., and program work of a more varied and substantive nature, (e.g., preparing special reports based on gathering and interpreting information from the staff and the files, performing office automation duties which require a variety of software and differing methods and approaches, and setting up meetings and conferences). Preferred Experience: Basic Computer skills to include Microsoft software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Timekeeping and Records Management experience. Customer experience skills in a Hospital setting to include Service Recovery. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.