Job Summary

This position serves as a Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist for non-expendable (NX) assets/material in a VA Health Care System (VA HCS) and supported catchment area. Supervises multiple supply or material classes/series. Recognized as Material Management Section's expert and serves as advisor and consultant to the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Assistant CSCO on property management matters for sound material management concepts, practices, and control of all personal property.

Job Description

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-9. 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. Selective Placement Factor: Must have prior experience with employee engagement to include conducting and oversight of employee survey process, such as the All Employee Survey (AES), planning and Facilitating employee activities, serving on committees and negotiating effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations that improve employee engagement, retention, and morale. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, GS-9, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Advanced experience and knowledge in the following: evaluating and implementing best practices by working with staff to ensure that effective systems are supported with necessary resources to support employee engagement activities; data analysis using qualitative and quantitative methods to measure and evaluate the effectiveness employee engagement efforts; plan organizational events, projects and meetings; excellent verbal and written communication skills to work with facility staff to promote employee engagement; communicate to executive leadership and senior management recommendations that may involve substantial facility resources; training, facilitating, and managing inter-disciplinary teams to plan, organize, and direct team studies.