Supervisory Environmental Care Specialist

Description:

Serves as a Supervisory Environmental Care Specialist subject matter expert for Environmental Management Services (EMS) at the James A. Haley VA Hospital. A key official and advisor to the Service Chief. Responsible for daily operations to include facility cleaning activities, bed management, infection control, pest, linen & laundry management and employee training within the service. Provides instruction and training in the performance of assigned new, unfamiliar and relatively complex duties.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/25/2025.

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.


Minimum Qualification Requirement: Your resume must support your response.

• 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. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Advisor and consultant to Chief of service. Assisting managers and supervisors on processes and procedures. Developing service standard operating procedures (SOP's) and policies, defining administrative requirements and providing advise to leadership levels on related issues. Managing budget for all purchases and contracts. Monitoring service managers/supervisors training programs related to staff meetings and mandatory training requirements are met. Develops long and short range goals related to space utilization, budget processes and planning activities. Developing staff training schedules, performance appraisals/awards, mentoring and counseling, approving reassignments, recommending promotions. Ensure adequate stockage and timely delivery of laundry and linen to all areas of hospital and associated CBOC's. OR,
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.
• Combination of Experience & Education: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an appropriate combination of specialized experience and education.

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• Contract Administration
• Leadership
• Planning and Evaluating
• Quality Assurance
• Technical Competence

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: Position requires considerable walking and slight physical effort may be required.

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/ .