Administrative Specialist

Summary

These positions are located at the VA Southern Nevada Health Care System, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The incumbent provides management and program support to all clinical and supported programs in the Ambulatory Care Center, Community Living Center and Medical Center specifically supported by theMedicine Service line.

Duties

Advises the Chief, Assistant Chief and Administrative Officer of the Medicine Service on the practical and technical aspects of office administration, to include budgeting, purchasing, supply management, personnel administration, data processing, and files management, and performs staff support work in each of these areas. Monitors and reports time and attendance. Reviews and researches time and attendance records and logs and compiles information and reports for supervisors to use, such as salary costs, hours worked, and full time equivalencies, etc. Performs typing, stenography, and data transcription tasks. Processes incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms and written communication. Maintains confidential information for the Chief. Composes documents, briefings, and presentations and reviews and edits products for accuracy and completeness. Maintains staff competency folders, Medicine office calendar, independently schedules appointments and arranges meetings, and maintains the control point for suspense management. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Administrative Specialist/PD04533A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/04/2026. 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. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:For the GS-7 grade level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Coordinate and/or track all administrative requests for a large division or service in a hospital setting; experience in technical and operating procedures; experience in administrative, management and HR polices, programs and procedures; experience in process improvement; data management and analytics. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one full year of graduate level education OR superior academic achievement. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the graduate level. For the GS-9 grade level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience in program administration and development, organizational support, providing direct customer/patient services, workforce and position utilization, and budgetary and financial management analysis. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree. OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR, LL.B. or J.D., if related OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the graduate level.. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Attention to Detail Customer Service Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Manages and Organizes Information Organizational Awareness Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. 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. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying light items such as papers, books, binders, small parts. Must be able to readily read computer screens and small text. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.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/.

Education

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/.