Supervisory Mobility Transportation Specialist

Description:

The Chief, Veterans Transportation Service, is in the Office of the Associate Director for Operations and reports to senior members of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) comprised of the senior executives. Supervisory Mobility Transportation Specialist supervises and manages the Veterans Transportation Service, including the Supervisory Mobility Manager and Beneficiary Travel Specialist. Monitors the planning, coordination, and implementation of the Veterans Transportation Service.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/19/2025.

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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11.

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 as well as current employees applying.


Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) - Transportation Specialist Series, 2101

• Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.
• Specialized Experience: Experience that demonstrated a knowledge of the transportation function(s) of the position to be filled.

NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Analyzes new technological trends and develops phased implementation plans after analyzing feasibility, costs, benefits, opportunities, and constraints. Develops, analyzes, evaluates, advises. improves the effectiveness of work methods and procedures, organizations, manpower utilization, distribution of work assignments, delegation of authority, management controls, information and documentation systems, and similar functions of management. Formulates, interprets, and implements Veterans Transportation Program policies and procedures. Develops and implements management procedures and policies. Advises and recommend courses of action. Prepare replies to inquiries from Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and VISN offices.

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

• Decision Making
• Manages Resources
• Systems Engineering
• Transportation

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: You may be exposed to stressful working situations that will require a mature attitude, professional approach, and effective communication skills to overcome. The work requires no special physical demands but may require standing (sometimes for long periods), walking, climbing stairs, and bending. Work may require moderate lifting. May occasionally require working in extreme temperatures (hot or cold).

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/ .