Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor; AVREO

• Hiring Agency: Veterans Benefits Administration
• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Serves as the Assistant Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Officer (AVREO), in a Regional Office setting, providing administrative and technical direction and professional leadership to a professional and technical staff of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors and clerical staff in the Regional Office and its out-based locations.

Specific duties include:
Facilitates operations with major public and private universities, community colleges, and vocational/technical institutes in the state to resolve training issues. Gathers and interprets a wide range of data addressing service concerns and can recommend appropriate action based on that data. Works closely with division teams in planning, designing, and carrying out programs, projects, studies, or other work to support the mission.

Evaluates the work performance of subordinates, make recommendations to fill division positions, receive employee complaints, approve employee travel, recommend awards, and determine alternative courses of action to reduce work backlogs and barriers to production.

Possess extensive knowledge about Department of Veterans Affairs laws, regulations, policies, and procedures and their proper utilization and application and must be aware of the full scope of benefits and services available through the Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies or sources.

Serves as the professional and technical expert to advise higher management in areas of education, training psychology, testing, evaluation, counseling, rehabilitation, job development, and job placement in this capacity is responsible for implementing the counseling, training, and related rehabilitation services under Chapter 31 and other VA rehabilitation, educational, and training programs as well.

Work Schedule:

Full Time, Monday
- Friday, 8:00 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m.

Compressed/Flexible:
Available Telework:
Yes
- This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval. Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position. Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#:
Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (AVREO); PD002760 Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
Required
- Selectee will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, under 5 CFR (a) prior to entering on duty and annually thereafter.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications. Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.

This position is with Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

The posted pay range is $116038 – $150852/yr.

This position is eligible for telework.

This position requires a Other security clearance.

Applications close on .

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.