Administrative Officer; Chief Support Services Division

This position serves as the Chief of the Support Services Division which covers both administrative and finance activities. The Division has responsibility for providing timely and cost effective support services to the Regional Office (RO) and its satellite offices.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:08/31/2026.

As a current/former Federal, GS employee you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. If you are a current VBA employee requesting a reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS-13 (or higher) and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-13.

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.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-13 Grade Level: Specialized

Experience:

To qualify, applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-12) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as:
Specialized experience is experience in a multifaceted program of services, management programs, and budget/fiscal and administrative operations for a federal office. The experience should demonstrate the following:

• Preparing administrative study findings, recommendations, plans and reports.
• Providing advice on programs and procedures pertaining to facilities, budgets, security, safety, and other administrative program activities.
• .Presenting position papers and technical presentations to top management or the public involving finance and administrative program issues.
• Conducting independent evaluations of finance and administrative functions.
• Preparing and monitoring complex budgets and resolving financial management issues.

There are no educational substitutions for the grade 13 level. Supervisory/Managerial Abilities:
Candidate must also demonstrate experience or training they possess, or have the potential to develop, the qualities or successful supervision as follows:
Assign to and review work of subordinates, train and work effectively with subordinates from a variety of backgrounds and with different levels/areas of training. Accomplish the quality and quantity of work expected within set limits of cost and time. Plan own work and carry out assignments effectively. Communicate with others effectively both orally and in writing in working out solutions to problems or questions relating to the work.

Understand and further management goals as these affect day-to-day work operations. Develop improvements in, or design new work methods and procedures.

Volunteer

Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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.

Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.

The work normally involves mental rather than physical exertion. The work is mostly sedentary; however, there may be some walking, standing, and carrying of light items. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..