Job Title: Social Science Program Coordinator Department: Department Of Veterans Affairs Agency: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Job Announcement Number:14-1140154-MJ SALARY RANGE: $64,585.00 to $83,960.00 / Per Year OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 to Tuesday, July 01, 2014 SERIES & GRADE: GS-0101-11 POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time - Permanent PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 11 DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy in the following location: Inglewood, CA WHO MAY APPLY: Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles) SECURITY CLEARANCE: Public Trust - Background Investigation SUPERVISORY STATUS: No JOB SUMMARY: Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) 1140154 Our Mission: To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise – “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans? As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities and leadership positions at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the Nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to: vacareers.va.gov// Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact on the last page of the JOA for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. TRAVEL REQUIRED • Not Required RELOCATION AUTHORIZED • No KEY REQUIREMENTS • You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job. • Subject to a background/suitability investigation. • Designated and/or random drug testing may be required. • Time In Grade Requirement • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. ________________________________________ DUTIES: THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN INGELWOOD CALIFIORNIA. The Community Based Care (CBC) Westside Residence Hall (WRH) Program Coordinator, a position located within the West Los Angeles VA Community Care Service Line, is responsible for planning, developing, organizing, implementing, directing and evaluating VA services available to patients of the WRH facility. The WRH is a transitional residential community facility in Inglewood, California established to assist homeless veterans. The WRH is directed by L.A. VETS, a community partnership that includes the WLA VA Medical Center. One element of the WLA CBCs role in the partnership is to provide VA clinical staff to work with the over 300 veteran resident of the WRH. All residents are veterans, with most residents manifesting substance abuse problems and/or a mental illness. MAJOR DUTIES: • Coordinates treatment team in selecting veterans who will meet the admission criteria and participate in program goals • Tracks the daily census of the per diem program so as to allow an independent verification of all requests for per diem payment. • Insures that daily clinical program activities, groups, classes are planned, organized, coordinated and implemented. • Tracks progress of residents. • Provides coordination, training and consultation to interns and staff • Assists in planning the monitoring of quality improvement assurance/activities • Provides data collection and recording of clinical and psychosocial database. • Manages funds assigned to the program • Ascertains community needs via contact with leadership staff in community health clinics, social, cultural, and religious agencies and within the private health sector. • Develops screening and procedural mechanisms to identify and locate homeless veterans with in a primary service area • Develops a systematic plan for reviewing and appraising the effectiveness of the program. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: 007890 ________________________________________ QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement Time-in-grade: 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. Specialized Experience: Applicants 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: Working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team; Coordinates, tracks, and reports on program goals and participant treatment; Monitors quality improvement; manages funding of a program; and develops and maintains effective working relationships with community agencies and organizations. OR Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-11 level. You must possess 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-11 level. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-11. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. You will be rated on the following competencies based on your application for this position. Competency 1 – Knowledge of bio psychosocial rehabilitation programs Competency 2 - Ability to provide sound clinical and administrative counsel and leadership. Competency 3 - Skill in working effectively and cooperatively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Competency 4 – Ability to effectively communicate, in writing with people from various backgrounds. Competency 5 - Skill in effectively exchanging information orally If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: This work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Near Vision correctable at 13 to 16 to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and 20/40 in the other; Ability to distinguish basic colors; Hearing (aid permitted) Veterans Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) and/or documentation related to your active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), or dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 Application for 10 Point Veterans Preference with required proof as stated on the form. For more information, please review the information for disabled Veterans in the application checklist or visit fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. ________________________________________ BENEFITS: VA offers a comprehensive benefits package. This link provides is an overview of the benefits currently offered: vacareers.va.gov/why-choose-va/benefits/index.asp. VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. OTHER INFORMATION: Best-Qualified : Best qualified candidates will be determined by the selecting official based upon Performance Based Interviews and/or the resume, questionnaire response and the KSAO’s elements that are reflected in the resume The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 90 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPMs Career Transition Resources website. Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave : Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This announcement is for an immediate opening. Candidates notified of tentative selection will be required to complete a physical examination and/or a background investigation to include fingerprinting. For either requirement, additional information may be required and candidates will be provided one to five business days to meet these requirements. For tentative selectees who fail to report for a physical, fail to submit additional information regarding the physical, fail to complete the on-line background investigation and/or submit the signature pages required to complete the investigation within the five day period may have their name removed from further consideration for this vacancy. These candidates may apply for future vacancies as they are posted on USAJobs. ________________________________________ HOW TO APPLY: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the View Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 to receive consideration. 1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. 2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account: https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s): Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants: •Cover Letter •DD-214 •OF-306 •Other (Resume REQUIRED) •Other Veterans Document •Resume •SF-15 •SF-50 •Transcript Please use this checklist to ensure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional information. Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents: You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents to your online application, follow the directions located at the following site: Fax Options. The Vacancy ID of the job opportunity announcement is 1140154. NOTE: If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203-FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible. AGENCY CONTACT INFO: Terrance D. Stennis Phone: (310)268-3711x43465 Email: [email protected] Agency Information: VHA Greater Los Angeles HCS Department of Veterans Affairs 11301 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90073 USA WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: After we receive your complete application package (including all required documents), your qualifications will be reviewed and assigned an initial rating. We will also review your application to make sure that your résumé supports the answers given in the questionnaire. If your résumé does not support your questionnaire answers, we will adjust your rating accordingly. Based on your ranking or numerical score, you may be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. You will be notified when your rating is determined. Control Number: 372381700
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