Administrative Officer

Summary

This position serves as the Administrative Officer for the Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System with administrative responsibility, accountability, and oversight for the Logistics programs and activities.

Applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/02/2026. Time‑In‑Grade Requirement:
Current Federal employees who have held a GS grade within the past 52 weeks must also meet time‑in‑grade requirements by the closing date. For a GS‑09 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS‑07. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in Federal service. An SF‑50 showing 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 and does not clearly demonstrate you possess one‑year time‑in‑grade, you must provide an additional SF‑50 that demonstrates this.

Note:

Time‑In‑Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement and to current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments.

• Specialized Experience – One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS‑7 level in the Federal service that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of an Administrative Officer, typically in or related to the work of this position.
• Coordinating and monitoring the functions of administrative services within an office; managing budget activities; assisting with contracting functions and managing procurement.
• Assisting with human resources functions to include recruitment, position classification, performance, training, etc.; preparing letters, reports, and presentations; retaining procurement records and reconciliations; making space utilization recommendations.
• 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 per week spent in such employment.

Education – Have 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 an LL.B. or J.D. in a related field that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. Transcripts must be submitted with the application.

Combination – Possess equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of the first year or 18 semester hours) and specialized experience to meet total experience requirements. If using education combined with specialized experience to qualify, a copy of your transcript is required.

• Administration and Management:
  Planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.
• Communication:
  Expresses information effectively to individuals or groups, makes clear and convincing presentations, listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately; produces information including technical material suitable for the intended audience.
• Decision Making:
  Makes sound, well‑informed, objective decisions, perceives the impact and implications of decisions, commits to action to accomplish organizational goals, and causes change.
• Problem Solving:
  Identifies problems; determines the accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and make recommendations.
• Attention to Detail:
  Is thorough and conscientious about detail.
• Information Management:
  Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems.
• Reading:
  Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.

The work is primarily sedentary and usually accomplished while seated at a desk or table in an adequately lighted and…