Program Specialist

Description:

The Raymond G Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is currently recruiting for one (1) Program Specialist to work in Nursing Services Albuquerque, NM. The incumbent serves as an Equipment Integration Specialist and reports directly to the Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS).

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/20/2025.

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 requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.



You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: OR,

• Specialized Experience: GS-11: In addition to time in grade , 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. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
  • distribution and placement, maintenance and calibration, employee training of appropriate equipment use, tracking of effective life, upgrade and replacement, manage equipment procedure and training, equipment status, and equipment effectiveness.

OR,

• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have
  • Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
  • 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
  • related LL.M.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Administration and Management
• Data Management
• Financial Management
• Production and Processing

Preferred Experience: One year of inventory management and procurement experience with both expendable and non-expendable equipment.

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 mostly sedentary with some walking, bending and carrying of light/heavy items that are delivered for the physical movement of all types of supplies.

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/ .