Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/30/2026. 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. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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. ***Note - time-in-grade and specialized experience/education are two separate requirements*** You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized Experience is defined as: Experience with qualitative and quantitative techniques for assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of administrative, technical, and clinical programs; Experience in operations used to manage equipment, personnel, contracts, and communications; Data management techniques and maintenance of documentation and records; Experience with financial management and accounting practices for budget development, justification, and administration; Personnel management including recruitment, contract development, credentialing, maintenance of certification, and maintenance of personnel files; Experience with contracts and service line agreements and development of collaborative relationships; Experience with administrative policies, regulations, directives and principles used to administer VHA health care programs; Experience using Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, TEAMS, and MS Outlook programs with intermediate to advanced facility and skill. NOTE: 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. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. in a field related to this position. (Transcripts must be submitted with application) 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 graduate level education (in excess of the first two years or 36 semester hours) and specialized experience to meet total experience requirements.(Transcripts must be submitted with application) ***A supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required.*** You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical Reasoning Budget Administration Communications Leadership Planning and Evaluating Quality Management 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: This position requires the incumbent to have the ability to commute to work daily, be physically able to ride long distances while traveling to all Lexington VA Healthcare System facilities, and the ability to be in a seated position at a workstation for long periods of time. The incumbent will be required to routinely walk long distances throughout the facility and must by capable of occasionally lifting 25 pounds or less. 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/.